Psyc /
435 final exam questions with correct answers
/ // // // // // //
What /
/is /
/abnormal /
/psychology /
/concerned /
/with? //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) //✔✔ //understanding //the //nature, //causes //and //treatment //of //mental //disorders
What //is //family //aggregation //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //whether //a //disorder //runs //in //families
7 //indicators //of //abnormailty //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //1. //subjective //distress
2. //maladaptiveness
3. //statistical //delivery
4. //violation //of //the //standards //of //society
5. //social //discomfort
6. //irrationality //and //unpredictability
7. //dangerousness
DSM /
/definition /
/of //
a/
/mental /
/disorder //- /
/correct /
,/answer(s) /
/✔✔ //
A/
/syndrome /
/that /
/is /
/present /
/in /
/an /
/individual /
/and /
/that /
/involves /
/clinically /
/significant //disturbance //in //behaviour, //emotional //regulation //or //cognitive //functioning
Advantages /
/of /
/classification //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) /
/✔✔ /
/Provides /
/us /
/with //nomenclature //and //enable //us //to //structure //information //in //a //more //helpful //manner
Disadvantages /
/of /
/classification //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) /
/✔✔ /
/Use /
/of /
/shorthand /
/leads /
,/to //
a/
/loss /
/of /
/information, /
/there /
/can //be //some //stigma //associated //with //a //having //a //psychiatric //diagnosis, //and //stereotyping
What /
/is /
/epidemiology //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) /
/✔✔ /
/the /
/study /
/of /
/the /
/distribution //of //diseases, //disorders //or //health //related //behaviours //in //a //given //population
Difference /
/between /
/prevalence /
/and /
/incidence //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) /
/✔✔ /
/prevalence /
/refers /
/to /
/the /
/number /
/of /
/active /
/cases /
, /in //
a/
/population, /
/incidence //refers //to //the //number //of //new //cases //that //occur //over //a //given //period //of //time
What /
/is /
/external /
/validity //- /
/correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //The //extent //to //which //we //can //generalize //results //of //a //study
What //is //internal //validity //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //The //degree //of //confidence //we //can //have
//in //the //results //of //a //particular //study
What //is //a //correlation //coefficient? //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //the //strength //of //a //correlation
What /
/is /
/statistical /
/significance? //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //probability //that //results //are //due //to //chance
What /
/is //
a/
/meta /
/analysis? //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) /
/✔✔ /
/Statistical //approach //which //calculates //and //then //combines //the //effect //sizes //from //studies
what //is //a //longitudinal //design? //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //a //study //that //follows //people //over
//time //and //tries //to //identify //factors //that //predate //the //onset //of //a //disorder
435 final exam questions with correct answers
/ // // // // // //
What /
/is /
/abnormal /
/psychology /
/concerned /
/with? //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) //✔✔ //understanding //the //nature, //causes //and //treatment //of //mental //disorders
What //is //family //aggregation //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //whether //a //disorder //runs //in //families
7 //indicators //of //abnormailty //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //1. //subjective //distress
2. //maladaptiveness
3. //statistical //delivery
4. //violation //of //the //standards //of //society
5. //social //discomfort
6. //irrationality //and //unpredictability
7. //dangerousness
DSM /
/definition /
/of //
a/
/mental /
/disorder //- /
/correct /
,/answer(s) /
/✔✔ //
A/
/syndrome /
/that /
/is /
/present /
/in /
/an /
/individual /
/and /
/that /
/involves /
/clinically /
/significant //disturbance //in //behaviour, //emotional //regulation //or //cognitive //functioning
Advantages /
/of /
/classification //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) /
/✔✔ /
/Provides /
/us /
/with //nomenclature //and //enable //us //to //structure //information //in //a //more //helpful //manner
Disadvantages /
/of /
/classification //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) /
/✔✔ /
/Use /
/of /
/shorthand /
/leads /
,/to //
a/
/loss /
/of /
/information, /
/there /
/can //be //some //stigma //associated //with //a //having //a //psychiatric //diagnosis, //and //stereotyping
What /
/is /
/epidemiology //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) /
/✔✔ /
/the /
/study /
/of /
/the /
/distribution //of //diseases, //disorders //or //health //related //behaviours //in //a //given //population
Difference /
/between /
/prevalence /
/and /
/incidence //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) /
/✔✔ /
/prevalence /
/refers /
/to /
/the /
/number /
/of /
/active /
/cases /
, /in //
a/
/population, /
/incidence //refers //to //the //number //of //new //cases //that //occur //over //a //given //period //of //time
What /
/is /
/external /
/validity //- /
/correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //The //extent //to //which //we //can //generalize //results //of //a //study
What //is //internal //validity //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //The //degree //of //confidence //we //can //have
//in //the //results //of //a //particular //study
What //is //a //correlation //coefficient? //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //the //strength //of //a //correlation
What /
/is /
/statistical /
/significance? //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //probability //that //results //are //due //to //chance
What /
/is //
a/
/meta /
/analysis? //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) /
/✔✔ /
/Statistical //approach //which //calculates //and //then //combines //the //effect //sizes //from //studies
what //is //a //longitudinal //design? //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //a //study //that //follows //people //over
//time //and //tries //to //identify //factors //that //predate //the //onset //of //a //disorder
