Test Bank - Abnormal Psychology 6th Canadian Edition (Flett, 2018)
TEST BANK
Abnormal Psychology
Gordon L. Flett, Nancy L. Kocovski, Gerald C. Davison, John M. Neale
6th Edition
, Test Bank - Abnormal Psychology 6th Canadian Edition (Flett, 2018)
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction, Definition and Historical Considerations, and Canada’s Mental Health System
Chapter 2: Current Paradigms and Integrative Approaches
Chapter 3: Clinical Assessment, Classification, and Diagnosis
Chapter 4: Research Methods in the Study of Abnormal Behaviour
Chapter 5: Anxiety Disorders (PTSD Moved to revised chapter 9)
Chapter 6: Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders (new chapter)
Chapter 7: Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders
Chapter 8: Mood Disorders
Chapter 9: Stressor-Related Disorders and Clinical Health Psychology
Chapter 10: Eating Disorders
Chapter 11: Schizophrenia
Chapter 12: Substance-Related Disorders
Chapter 13: Personality Disorders
Chapter 14: Sexual Dysfunctions
Chapter 15: Disorders of Childhood
Chapter 16: Aging and Psychological Disorders
Chapter 17: Clinical Treatment Issues and Approaches
Chapter 18: Legal Issues in Psychological Intervention
, Test Bank - Abnormal Psychology 6th Canadian Edition (Flett, 2018)
Chapter 1 Introduction: Definitional and Historical Considerations and Canada's Mental
Health System
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 behaviour.
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 Canada
Bloom’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 Canada
Bloom’s: Comprehension
, Test Bank - Abnormal Psychology 6th Canadian Edition (Flett, 2018)
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 centuries
Bloom’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 centuries
Bloom’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 centuries
Bloom’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 centuries
Bloom’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
, Test Bank - Abnormal Psychology 6th Canadian Edition (Flett, 2018)
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their treatment in Canada
Bloom’s: Knowledge
10) The most recent research data shows that stays in psychiatric hospitals in Canada are
typically longer than in psychiatric units of general hospitals.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Canadian Perspectives 1.2
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their treatment in Canada
Bloom’s: Knowledge
11) Mesmer believed that one person could change another’s behaviour.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Psychogenesis
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuries
Bloom’s: Comprehension
12) Lobotomies were never performed in Canada.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Canadian Perspectives 1.3
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuries
Bloom’s: Knowledge
13) Mental illness can affect anyone.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Current Attitudes Toward People with Psychological Disorders
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour
Bloom’s: Knowledge
, Test Bank - Abnormal Psychology 6th Canadian Edition (Flett, 2018)
14) Most people with psychological disorders can never be cured of their illness.
Answer: False
Section Reference: The Public Perception
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: 1.5 Describe the issues and challenges in the delivery of psychotherapy
Bloom’s: Analysis
15) The media shapes our perception of the dangerousness of people with mental illness.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Anti-Stigma Campaigns
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.3 Describe current attitudes toward people with psychological disorders,
including how stigma and self-stigma are potential barriers to help-seeking
Bloom’s: Comprehension
16) Most Canadians see mental health issues as separate from medical problems.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Mental Health Literacy
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their treatment in Canada
Bloom’s: Comprehension
17) Anxiety Disorders carry the heaviest burden.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Cost of Mental Health Problems
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their treatment in Canada
Bloom’s: Comprehension
18) Psychological treatment is fully covered by Medicare.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Transformations in Canada’s Mental Health System – Romanow Report
, Test Bank - Abnormal Psychology 6th Canadian Edition (Flett, 2018)
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.5 Describe the issues and challenges in the delivery of psychotherapy
Bloom’s: Knowledge
19) Women seek mental health care more than men.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Help-Seeking and the Perceived Need for Help
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their treatment in Canada
Bloom’s: Knowledge
20) When mental health care is universally accessible, people with low SES seek care at equal
rates to people with high SES.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Help-Seeking and the Perceived Need for Help
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.3 Describe current attitudes toward people with psychological disorders,
including how stigma and self-stigma are potential barriers to help-seeking
Bloom’s: Comprehension
21) Focusing on prevention may help more than focusing on treatment on mental illness.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Community Psychology and Prevention
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.5 Describe the issues and challenges in the delivery of psychotherapy
Bloom’s: Comprehension
Question type: Multiple Choice
22) An illustration of abnormal behaviour would be:
a) Soiling oneself once a month at age 14.
b) Experiencing anxiety when engaged in rituals after leaving the house.
c) Losing control of oneself in anger, with no apparent provocation.
d) None of the above are examples of abnormal behaviour.
, Test Bank - Abnormal Psychology 6th Canadian Edition (Flett, 2018)
Answer: d
Section Reference: What Is Abnormal Behaviour?
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour
Bloom’s: Application
23) A happily married man covertly purchases women's shoes. Afterwards he masturbates while
wearing the shoes. This illustrates what definition of abnormality?
a) Disability or dysfunction
b) Unexpectedness
c) Personal distress
d) None of these; the behaviour is not abnormal.
Answer: d
Section Reference: What Is Abnormal Behaviour?
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour
Bloom’s: Application
24) Which of the following illustrates the difficulty in defining abnormal behaviour as behaviour
that is statistically infrequent?
a) IQ below 70 is considered mentally retarded.
b) It is unusual for people to have delusions.
c) Math prodigies are rare in the population.
d) Bedwetting is common in young children.
Answer: c
Section Reference: Statistical Infrequency
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour
Bloom’s: Application
25) Autism is based on which of the following definitions of abnormal behaviour?
a) Statistical infrequency
b) Violation of personal norms
c) Personal distress
, Test Bank - Abnormal Psychology 6th Canadian Edition (Flett, 2018)
d) Social distress
Answer: a
Section Reference: Statistical Infrequency
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour
Bloom’s: Knowledge
26) A commonly accepted cut-off point for a diagnosis of mental retardation is an intelligence
quotient (IQ) that is below:
a) 125
b) 100
c) 85
d) 70
Answer: d
Section Reference: Statistical Infrequency
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour
Bloom’s: Knowledge
27) According to the criteria outlined by Davison et al. in their definition of abnormality, which
of the following is not part of the definition?
a) Whether the behaviour violates social norms
b) Whether the behaviour causes personal distress
c) Whether the behaviour reflects a past history of abnormal behaviour
d) None of the above
Answer: c
Section Reference: What Is Abnormal Behaviour?
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour
Bloom’s: Knowledge
28) Variations in cultural background make it difficult to define abnormal behaviour as simply
behaviour which
a) involves a deviation from norms.
, Test Bank - Abnormal Psychology 6th Canadian Edition (Flett, 2018)
b) leads to dysfunction.
c) improves after therapy.
d) causes personal distress.
Answer: a
Section Reference: Violation of Norms
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour
Bloom’s: Analysis
29) Which of the following is least likely to be studied in abnormal psychology?
a) A prostitute
b) A psychopath
c) A developmentally delayed child
d) An anxious person
Answer: a
Section Reference: Violation of Norms
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour
Bloom’s: Comprehension
30) Which characteristic of abnormal behaviour do cultural differences affect most?
a) Statistical infrequency
b) Violation of norms
c) Personal distress
d) Disability or dysfunction
Answer: b
Section Reference: Violation of Norms
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour
Bloom’s: Comprehension
31) Kevin was seen walking around campus naked on the first day of term. When campus
security caught up with him, they told him he was crazy and needed a psychiatric evaluation,
despite Kevin telling them he was a nudist. While Kevin is not mentally ill, his behaviour meets
which criteria of abnormal behaviour?
TEST BANK
Abnormal Psychology
Gordon L. Flett, Nancy L. Kocovski, Gerald C. Davison, John M. Neale
6th Edition
, Test Bank - Abnormal Psychology 6th Canadian Edition (Flett, 2018)
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction, Definition and Historical Considerations, and Canada’s Mental Health System
Chapter 2: Current Paradigms and Integrative Approaches
Chapter 3: Clinical Assessment, Classification, and Diagnosis
Chapter 4: Research Methods in the Study of Abnormal Behaviour
Chapter 5: Anxiety Disorders (PTSD Moved to revised chapter 9)
Chapter 6: Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders (new chapter)
Chapter 7: Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders
Chapter 8: Mood Disorders
Chapter 9: Stressor-Related Disorders and Clinical Health Psychology
Chapter 10: Eating Disorders
Chapter 11: Schizophrenia
Chapter 12: Substance-Related Disorders
Chapter 13: Personality Disorders
Chapter 14: Sexual Dysfunctions
Chapter 15: Disorders of Childhood
Chapter 16: Aging and Psychological Disorders
Chapter 17: Clinical Treatment Issues and Approaches
Chapter 18: Legal Issues in Psychological Intervention
, Test Bank - Abnormal Psychology 6th Canadian Edition (Flett, 2018)
Chapter 1 Introduction: Definitional and Historical Considerations and Canada's Mental
Health System
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 behaviour.
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 Canada
Bloom’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 Canada
Bloom’s: Comprehension
, Test Bank - Abnormal Psychology 6th Canadian Edition (Flett, 2018)
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 centuries
Bloom’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 centuries
Bloom’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 centuries
Bloom’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 centuries
Bloom’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
, Test Bank - Abnormal Psychology 6th Canadian Edition (Flett, 2018)
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their treatment in Canada
Bloom’s: Knowledge
10) The most recent research data shows that stays in psychiatric hospitals in Canada are
typically longer than in psychiatric units of general hospitals.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Canadian Perspectives 1.2
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their treatment in Canada
Bloom’s: Knowledge
11) Mesmer believed that one person could change another’s behaviour.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Psychogenesis
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuries
Bloom’s: Comprehension
12) Lobotomies were never performed in Canada.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Canadian Perspectives 1.3
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuries
Bloom’s: Knowledge
13) Mental illness can affect anyone.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Current Attitudes Toward People with Psychological Disorders
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour
Bloom’s: Knowledge
, Test Bank - Abnormal Psychology 6th Canadian Edition (Flett, 2018)
14) Most people with psychological disorders can never be cured of their illness.
Answer: False
Section Reference: The Public Perception
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: 1.5 Describe the issues and challenges in the delivery of psychotherapy
Bloom’s: Analysis
15) The media shapes our perception of the dangerousness of people with mental illness.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Anti-Stigma Campaigns
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.3 Describe current attitudes toward people with psychological disorders,
including how stigma and self-stigma are potential barriers to help-seeking
Bloom’s: Comprehension
16) Most Canadians see mental health issues as separate from medical problems.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Mental Health Literacy
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their treatment in Canada
Bloom’s: Comprehension
17) Anxiety Disorders carry the heaviest burden.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Cost of Mental Health Problems
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their treatment in Canada
Bloom’s: Comprehension
18) Psychological treatment is fully covered by Medicare.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Transformations in Canada’s Mental Health System – Romanow Report
, Test Bank - Abnormal Psychology 6th Canadian Edition (Flett, 2018)
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.5 Describe the issues and challenges in the delivery of psychotherapy
Bloom’s: Knowledge
19) Women seek mental health care more than men.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Help-Seeking and the Perceived Need for Help
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their treatment in Canada
Bloom’s: Knowledge
20) When mental health care is universally accessible, people with low SES seek care at equal
rates to people with high SES.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Help-Seeking and the Perceived Need for Help
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.3 Describe current attitudes toward people with psychological disorders,
including how stigma and self-stigma are potential barriers to help-seeking
Bloom’s: Comprehension
21) Focusing on prevention may help more than focusing on treatment on mental illness.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Community Psychology and Prevention
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.5 Describe the issues and challenges in the delivery of psychotherapy
Bloom’s: Comprehension
Question type: Multiple Choice
22) An illustration of abnormal behaviour would be:
a) Soiling oneself once a month at age 14.
b) Experiencing anxiety when engaged in rituals after leaving the house.
c) Losing control of oneself in anger, with no apparent provocation.
d) None of the above are examples of abnormal behaviour.
, Test Bank - Abnormal Psychology 6th Canadian Edition (Flett, 2018)
Answer: d
Section Reference: What Is Abnormal Behaviour?
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour
Bloom’s: Application
23) A happily married man covertly purchases women's shoes. Afterwards he masturbates while
wearing the shoes. This illustrates what definition of abnormality?
a) Disability or dysfunction
b) Unexpectedness
c) Personal distress
d) None of these; the behaviour is not abnormal.
Answer: d
Section Reference: What Is Abnormal Behaviour?
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour
Bloom’s: Application
24) Which of the following illustrates the difficulty in defining abnormal behaviour as behaviour
that is statistically infrequent?
a) IQ below 70 is considered mentally retarded.
b) It is unusual for people to have delusions.
c) Math prodigies are rare in the population.
d) Bedwetting is common in young children.
Answer: c
Section Reference: Statistical Infrequency
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour
Bloom’s: Application
25) Autism is based on which of the following definitions of abnormal behaviour?
a) Statistical infrequency
b) Violation of personal norms
c) Personal distress
, Test Bank - Abnormal Psychology 6th Canadian Edition (Flett, 2018)
d) Social distress
Answer: a
Section Reference: Statistical Infrequency
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour
Bloom’s: Knowledge
26) A commonly accepted cut-off point for a diagnosis of mental retardation is an intelligence
quotient (IQ) that is below:
a) 125
b) 100
c) 85
d) 70
Answer: d
Section Reference: Statistical Infrequency
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour
Bloom’s: Knowledge
27) According to the criteria outlined by Davison et al. in their definition of abnormality, which
of the following is not part of the definition?
a) Whether the behaviour violates social norms
b) Whether the behaviour causes personal distress
c) Whether the behaviour reflects a past history of abnormal behaviour
d) None of the above
Answer: c
Section Reference: What Is Abnormal Behaviour?
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour
Bloom’s: Knowledge
28) Variations in cultural background make it difficult to define abnormal behaviour as simply
behaviour which
a) involves a deviation from norms.
, Test Bank - Abnormal Psychology 6th Canadian Edition (Flett, 2018)
b) leads to dysfunction.
c) improves after therapy.
d) causes personal distress.
Answer: a
Section Reference: Violation of Norms
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour
Bloom’s: Analysis
29) Which of the following is least likely to be studied in abnormal psychology?
a) A prostitute
b) A psychopath
c) A developmentally delayed child
d) An anxious person
Answer: a
Section Reference: Violation of Norms
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour
Bloom’s: Comprehension
30) Which characteristic of abnormal behaviour do cultural differences affect most?
a) Statistical infrequency
b) Violation of norms
c) Personal distress
d) Disability or dysfunction
Answer: b
Section Reference: Violation of Norms
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour
Bloom’s: Comprehension
31) Kevin was seen walking around campus naked on the first day of term. When campus
security caught up with him, they told him he was crazy and needed a psychiatric evaluation,
despite Kevin telling them he was a nudist. While Kevin is not mentally ill, his behaviour meets
which criteria of abnormal behaviour?
