Complete Test Bank for
Understanding Abnormal Behavior
12th Edition
by David Sue, Derald W. Sue, Diane
Sue & Stanley Sue
100% Verified Answers| A+ PASS
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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.
10. Eating Disorders.
11. Substance-Related and Other Addictive Disorders.
12. Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders.
13. Neurocognitive and Sleep-Wake Disorders.
14. Sexual Dysfunctions, Gender Dysphoria, and Paraphilic Disorders.
15. Personality Psychopathology.
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. ANS: AREF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
OBJ: 1 MSC: Factual
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, 2. Psychopathology, or abnormal behavior, results primarily from .
a. genetic factors
b. environmental factors
c. sociocultural factors
d. an interaction of many factors
ANS: DREF: Introduction OBJ: 1 MSC: Factual
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
ANS: CREF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology OBJ: 1 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
for a client's abnormality.
a. time of onset
b. explanation
c. diagnosis
d. prognosis
ANS: BREF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology OBJ: 1 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
b. giving Juan a psychodiagnosis
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Understanding Abnormal Behavior
12th Edition
by David Sue, Derald W. Sue, Diane
Sue & Stanley Sue
100% Verified Answers| A+ PASS
Page |
1
, 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.
10. Eating Disorders.
11. Substance-Related and Other Addictive Disorders.
12. Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders.
13. Neurocognitive and Sleep-Wake Disorders.
14. Sexual Dysfunctions, Gender Dysphoria, and Paraphilic Disorders.
15. Personality Psychopathology.
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. ANS: AREF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
OBJ: 1 MSC: Factual
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, 2. Psychopathology, or abnormal behavior, results primarily from .
a. genetic factors
b. environmental factors
c. sociocultural factors
d. an interaction of many factors
ANS: DREF: Introduction OBJ: 1 MSC: Factual
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
ANS: CREF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology OBJ: 1 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
for a client's abnormality.
a. time of onset
b. explanation
c. diagnosis
d. prognosis
ANS: BREF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology OBJ: 1 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
b. giving Juan a psychodiagnosis
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