TEST BANK FOR ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY, 6TH CANADIAN EDITION BY FLETT
Question type: True/False
1) It is easy to remain objective when studying abnormal psychology.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Introduction
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour
Bloom’s: Comprehension
2) There is no single defining characteristic of abnormal behavior
Answer: True
Section Reference: What Is Abnormal Behaviour?
,Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour
Bloom’s: Comprehension
3) The Psy.D. approach is based on the scientist-practitioner model.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Focus on Discovery 1.1
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their treatment in CanadaBloom’s:
Comprehension
4) All psychologists would like to be able to prescribe medication.
Answer: False
Section Reference: What Is Abnormal Behaviour?
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their treatment in CanadaBloom’s:
Comprehension
5) Demons thought to cause abnormal behaviour could be released by trepanning.
,Answer: True
Section Reference: Early Demonology
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuriesBloom’s:
Knowledge
6) Hippocrates believed that abnormal behaviour was the result of brain pathology.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Somatogenesis
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuriesBloom’s:
Knowledge
7) In the Middle Ages, mental illness was often mistaken for witchcraft.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Witchcraft and Mental Illness
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuriesBloom’s:
, Knowledge
8) Pinel was the first to remove chains from the mentally ill in asylums.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Moral Treatment
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuriesBloom’s:
Comprehension
9) Today more care is provided in psychiatric units of general hospitals than in
psychiatric hospitals.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Canadian Perspectives 1.2
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their treatment in CanadaBloom’s:
Knowledge
10) The most recent research data shows that stays in psychiatric hospitals in Canadaare
typically longer than in psychiatric units of general hospitals.
Question type: True/False
1) It is easy to remain objective when studying abnormal psychology.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Introduction
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour
Bloom’s: Comprehension
2) There is no single defining characteristic of abnormal behavior
Answer: True
Section Reference: What Is Abnormal Behaviour?
,Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour
Bloom’s: Comprehension
3) The Psy.D. approach is based on the scientist-practitioner model.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Focus on Discovery 1.1
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their treatment in CanadaBloom’s:
Comprehension
4) All psychologists would like to be able to prescribe medication.
Answer: False
Section Reference: What Is Abnormal Behaviour?
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their treatment in CanadaBloom’s:
Comprehension
5) Demons thought to cause abnormal behaviour could be released by trepanning.
,Answer: True
Section Reference: Early Demonology
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuriesBloom’s:
Knowledge
6) Hippocrates believed that abnormal behaviour was the result of brain pathology.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Somatogenesis
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuriesBloom’s:
Knowledge
7) In the Middle Ages, mental illness was often mistaken for witchcraft.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Witchcraft and Mental Illness
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuriesBloom’s:
, Knowledge
8) Pinel was the first to remove chains from the mentally ill in asylums.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Moral Treatment
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuriesBloom’s:
Comprehension
9) Today more care is provided in psychiatric units of general hospitals than in
psychiatric hospitals.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Canadian Perspectives 1.2
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their treatment in CanadaBloom’s:
Knowledge
10) The most recent research data shows that stays in psychiatric hospitals in Canadaare
typically longer than in psychiatric units of general hospitals.
