TEST BANK — Abnormal Psychology, 6th Canadian Edition — Gordon L. Flett, Nancy L. Kocovski, Gerald C. Davison, John M. Neale — ISBN 9781119335337

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Chapter 1
Introduction: Definitional and Historical Considerations and Canada's Mental Health System
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Question type: True/False


1) It is easy to remain objective when studying abnormal psychology.
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Answer: False

Section Reference: Introduction
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour
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Bloom’s: Comprehension


2) There is no single defining characteristic of abnormal behaviour.
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Answer: True

Section Reference: What Is Abnormal Behaviour?
Difficulty: Easy
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Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour
Bloom’s: Comprehension


3) The Psy.D. approach is based on the scientist-practitioner model.
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Answer: False

Section Reference: Focus on Discovery 1.1
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their treatment in Canada
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Bloom’s: Comprehension


4) All psychologists would like to be able to prescribe medication.
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Answer: False

Section Reference: What Is Abnormal Behaviour?
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their treatment in Canada
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Bloom’s: Comprehension

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5) Demons thought to cause abnormal behaviour could be released by trepanning.

Answer: True
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Section Reference: Early Demonology
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuries
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Bloom’s: Knowledge


6) Hippocrates believed that abnormal behaviour was the result of brain pathology.

Answer: True
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Section Reference: Somatogenesis
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuries
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Bloom’s: Knowledge


7) In the Middle Ages, mental illness was often mistaken for witchcraft.
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Answer: True

Section Reference: Witchcraft and Mental Illness
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuries
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Bloom’s: Knowledge


8) Pinel was the first to remove chains from the mentally ill in asylums.

Answer: False
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Section Reference: Moral Treatment
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuries
Bloom’s: Comprehension
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9) Today more care is provided in psychiatric units of general hospitals than in psychiatric
hospitals.
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Answer: True

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Section Reference: Canadian Perspectives 1.2
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their treatment in Canada
Bloom’s: Knowledge
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10) The most recent research data shows that stays in psychiatric hospitals in Canada are
typically longer than in psychiatric units of general hospitals.
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Answer: False

Section Reference: Canadian Perspectives 1.2
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their treatment in Canada
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Bloom’s: Knowledge


11) Mesmer believed that one person could change another’s behaviour.
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Answer: True

Section Reference: Psychogenesis
Difficulty: Medium
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Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuries
Bloom’s: Comprehension


12) Lobotomies were never performed in Canada.
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Answer: False

Section Reference: Canadian Perspectives 1.3
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuries
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Bloom’s: Knowledge


13) Mental illness can affect anyone.
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Answer: True

Section Reference: Current Attitudes Toward People with Psychological Disorders
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour
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Bloom’s: Knowledge