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TEST BANK
Understanding Abnormal Behavior,
12th Edition, by David Sue, Derald Wing Sue, Diane Sue
All Chapters Covered|| 100% Verified Answers|| Latest Edition|| ISBN-13 978-0357365212
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Abnormal Behavior.
2. Understanding and Treating Mental Disorders.
3. Assessment and Classification of Mental Disorders.
4. Research Methods for Studying Mental Disorders.
5. Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders.
6. Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders.
7. Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders.
8. Depressive and Bipolar Disorders.
9. Suicide.
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10. Eating Disorders.
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11. Substance-Related and Other Addictive Disorders.
12. Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders.
13. Neurocognitive and Sleep-Wake Disorders.
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14. Sexual Dysfunctions, Gender Dysphoria, and Paraphilic Disorders.
15. Personality Psychopathology.
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16. Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence.
17. Law and Ethics in Abnormal Psychology.
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Chapter 1: Abnormal Behavior
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which statement about abnormal psychology is accurate?
a. Abnormal psychology seeks to describe, explain, predict, and modify unusual behaviors.
b. Although abnormal psychology has made several gains in the past 20 years, it is not yet a
scientific field of study.
c. The subject matter of abnormal psychology is restricted to extremely bizarre behavior.
d. Most diagnoses of abnormality are based on two or three basic behavioral factors.
Correct Answer: A
OBJ: 1
REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
MSC: Factual
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2. Psychopathology, or abnormal behavior, results primarily from ____.
a. genetic factors
b. environmental factors
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c. sociocultural factors
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d. an interaction of many factors
Correct Answer: D
REF: Introduction OBJ: 1
MSC: Factual
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3. Dr. Thompson collects information in order to describe and draw inferences about an individual's
psychological disorder. Dr. Thompson is engaged in ____.
a. therapy
b. predicting dangerousness
c. psychodiagnosis
d. research
Correct Answer: C
OBJ: 1
REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
MSC: Applied
4. Dr. Kohn is a psychoanalyst, Dr. Edwards is a humanistic therapist, Dr. Peterson is a cognitive
behavioral therapist, and Dr. James is a Gestalt therapist. Each of them would likely have a different
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___ for a client's abnormality.
a. time of onset
b. explanation
c. diagnosis
d. prognosis
Correct Answer: B
OBJ: 1
REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
MSC: Applied
5. A psychologist says, “Juan's abnormal behavior is likely due to a combination of biology and
inadequate interpersonal skills.” The psychologist is ____.
a. predicting the future symptoms of Juan
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b. giving Juan a psychodiagnosis
c. offering an explanation for Juan's problem
d. describing how to control Juan's symptoms
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Correct Answer: C
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OBJ: 1
REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
MSC: Applied
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6. Which statement regarding the prediction of abnormal behavior is accurate?
a. Even experienced professionals tend to overpredict future violence.
b. Psychologists are not interested in predicting clients' future behavior.
c. Prediction is unrelated to understanding the cause of abnormality.
d. Psychologists tend to underpredict future violence.
Correct Answer: A
OBJ: 1
REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
MSC: Conceptual
7. One of Seung-Hui Cho's professors reported Cho's frightening behavior to many campus authorities.
What reason did those authorities give her to explain why they could do nothing?
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TEST BANK
Understanding Abnormal Behavior,
12th Edition, by David Sue, Derald Wing Sue, Diane Sue
All Chapters Covered|| 100% Verified Answers|| Latest Edition|| ISBN-13 978-0357365212
C
LE
ST
BE
1
,BESTLEC
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Abnormal Behavior.
2. Understanding and Treating Mental Disorders.
3. Assessment and Classification of Mental Disorders.
4. Research Methods for Studying Mental Disorders.
5. Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders.
6. Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders.
7. Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders.
8. Depressive and Bipolar Disorders.
9. Suicide.
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10. Eating Disorders.
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11. Substance-Related and Other Addictive Disorders.
12. Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders.
13. Neurocognitive and Sleep-Wake Disorders.
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14. Sexual Dysfunctions, Gender Dysphoria, and Paraphilic Disorders.
15. Personality Psychopathology.
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16. Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence.
17. Law and Ethics in Abnormal Psychology.
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Chapter 1: Abnormal Behavior
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which statement about abnormal psychology is accurate?
a. Abnormal psychology seeks to describe, explain, predict, and modify unusual behaviors.
b. Although abnormal psychology has made several gains in the past 20 years, it is not yet a
scientific field of study.
c. The subject matter of abnormal psychology is restricted to extremely bizarre behavior.
d. Most diagnoses of abnormality are based on two or three basic behavioral factors.
Correct Answer: A
OBJ: 1
REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
MSC: Factual
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2. Psychopathology, or abnormal behavior, results primarily from ____.
a. genetic factors
b. environmental factors
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c. sociocultural factors
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d. an interaction of many factors
Correct Answer: D
REF: Introduction OBJ: 1
MSC: Factual
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3. Dr. Thompson collects information in order to describe and draw inferences about an individual's
psychological disorder. Dr. Thompson is engaged in ____.
a. therapy
b. predicting dangerousness
c. psychodiagnosis
d. research
Correct Answer: C
OBJ: 1
REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
MSC: Applied
4. Dr. Kohn is a psychoanalyst, Dr. Edwards is a humanistic therapist, Dr. Peterson is a cognitive
behavioral therapist, and Dr. James is a Gestalt therapist. Each of them would likely have a different
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___ for a client's abnormality.
a. time of onset
b. explanation
c. diagnosis
d. prognosis
Correct Answer: B
OBJ: 1
REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
MSC: Applied
5. A psychologist says, “Juan's abnormal behavior is likely due to a combination of biology and
inadequate interpersonal skills.” The psychologist is ____.
a. predicting the future symptoms of Juan
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b. giving Juan a psychodiagnosis
c. offering an explanation for Juan's problem
d. describing how to control Juan's symptoms
LE
Correct Answer: C
ST
OBJ: 1
REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
MSC: Applied
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6. Which statement regarding the prediction of abnormal behavior is accurate?
a. Even experienced professionals tend to overpredict future violence.
b. Psychologists are not interested in predicting clients' future behavior.
c. Prediction is unrelated to understanding the cause of abnormality.
d. Psychologists tend to underpredict future violence.
Correct Answer: A
OBJ: 1
REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
MSC: Conceptual
7. One of Seung-Hui Cho's professors reported Cho's frightening behavior to many campus authorities.
What reason did those authorities give her to explain why they could do nothing?
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