TEST BANK
FOR ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 18TH
EDITION BY JAMES N BUTCHER, JILL M
HOOLEY, MATTHEW NOCK, SUSAN
MINEKA ALL CHAPTERS LATEST
EDITION 2026
,
, Chapter 1 abnormal psychology: overview and research approaches
Section 1 test item file
Multiple-choice questions
1. Which of the following is an example of family aggregation?
a. Both jane and her husband are alcoholics.
b. Jim and john, 21-year-old friends, are both schizophrenics.
c. Karen, her mother, and her grandmother all have been diagnosed with generalized anxiety
disorder.
d. Kim’s suicide was apparently a reaction to her mother’s abuse.
ANSWER: c. Karen, her mother, and her grandmother all have been diagnosed with generalized anxiety
disorder.
Difficulty: 1
Page: 3
Skill: apply what you know
learning objective: n/a
2. What does monique’s case best illustrate?
a. Most individuals with mental disorders are violent.
b. Women are more likely to commit suicide than men.
c. Most individuals who experience a mental breakdown are clearly unwell long before treatment
is sought.
d. Mental illness can have a significant impact on one’s life.
ANSWER: d. Mental illness can have a significant impact on one’s life. Difficulty: 1
Page: 2
Skill: understand the concepts
learning objective: n/a
3. What does monique’s case best illustrate?
a. Abnormal behavior usually produces more distress in others than the person who engages in the
abnormal behavior.
b. Abnormal behavior covers a wide range of behavioral disturbances.
c. Most people who suffer from abnormal behavior are quickly identified as deviant by other
people.
d. When people suffer from mental disorders, they are unable to work or live independently.
ANSWER: b. Abnormal behavior covers a wide range of behavioral disturbances. Difficulty: 1
, Page: 2
Skill: understand the concepts
learning objective: n/a
4. What does scott’s case best illustrate?
a. The problems associated with higher education in america today.
b. That homelessness often causes psychopathology.
c. That some psychological conditions are “late onset” —initially occurring in adolescence or
young adulthood.
d. That lower social economic status is a causal factor of psychosis.
ANSWER: c. That some psychological conditions are “late onset” —initially occurring in adolescence or
young adulthood.
Difficulty: 1
Page: 2
Skill: understand the concepts
learning objective: n/a
5. Scott is most likely suffering from what psychological condition?
a. Post-traumatic stress disorder
b. Depression
c. Schizophrenia
d. Dissociative identity disorder
ANSWER: c. Schizophrenia. Difficulty: 1
Page: 2
Skill: understand the concepts
learning objective: n/a
6. What makes defining abnormality difficult?
a. There are so many types of abnormal behavior that they can’t be accurately described.
b. There is no one behavior that serves to make someone abnormal.
c. Most of us are abnormal much of the time so that we cannot tell what is normal.
d. Criteria for abnormality have yet to be developed.
ANSWER: b. There is no one behavior that serves to make someone abnormal. Difficulty: 2
Page: 3
Skill: remember the facts
Learning objective: 1.1: explain how we define abnormality and classify mental disorders.
7. Which of the following is a sufficient element to determine abnormality?
a. Suffering
b. Maladaptiveness
c. Deviancy
d. There is no single sufficient element.
ANSWER: d. There is no single sufficient element. Difficulty: 2
Page: 3
FOR ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 18TH
EDITION BY JAMES N BUTCHER, JILL M
HOOLEY, MATTHEW NOCK, SUSAN
MINEKA ALL CHAPTERS LATEST
EDITION 2026
,
, Chapter 1 abnormal psychology: overview and research approaches
Section 1 test item file
Multiple-choice questions
1. Which of the following is an example of family aggregation?
a. Both jane and her husband are alcoholics.
b. Jim and john, 21-year-old friends, are both schizophrenics.
c. Karen, her mother, and her grandmother all have been diagnosed with generalized anxiety
disorder.
d. Kim’s suicide was apparently a reaction to her mother’s abuse.
ANSWER: c. Karen, her mother, and her grandmother all have been diagnosed with generalized anxiety
disorder.
Difficulty: 1
Page: 3
Skill: apply what you know
learning objective: n/a
2. What does monique’s case best illustrate?
a. Most individuals with mental disorders are violent.
b. Women are more likely to commit suicide than men.
c. Most individuals who experience a mental breakdown are clearly unwell long before treatment
is sought.
d. Mental illness can have a significant impact on one’s life.
ANSWER: d. Mental illness can have a significant impact on one’s life. Difficulty: 1
Page: 2
Skill: understand the concepts
learning objective: n/a
3. What does monique’s case best illustrate?
a. Abnormal behavior usually produces more distress in others than the person who engages in the
abnormal behavior.
b. Abnormal behavior covers a wide range of behavioral disturbances.
c. Most people who suffer from abnormal behavior are quickly identified as deviant by other
people.
d. When people suffer from mental disorders, they are unable to work or live independently.
ANSWER: b. Abnormal behavior covers a wide range of behavioral disturbances. Difficulty: 1
, Page: 2
Skill: understand the concepts
learning objective: n/a
4. What does scott’s case best illustrate?
a. The problems associated with higher education in america today.
b. That homelessness often causes psychopathology.
c. That some psychological conditions are “late onset” —initially occurring in adolescence or
young adulthood.
d. That lower social economic status is a causal factor of psychosis.
ANSWER: c. That some psychological conditions are “late onset” —initially occurring in adolescence or
young adulthood.
Difficulty: 1
Page: 2
Skill: understand the concepts
learning objective: n/a
5. Scott is most likely suffering from what psychological condition?
a. Post-traumatic stress disorder
b. Depression
c. Schizophrenia
d. Dissociative identity disorder
ANSWER: c. Schizophrenia. Difficulty: 1
Page: 2
Skill: understand the concepts
learning objective: n/a
6. What makes defining abnormality difficult?
a. There are so many types of abnormal behavior that they can’t be accurately described.
b. There is no one behavior that serves to make someone abnormal.
c. Most of us are abnormal much of the time so that we cannot tell what is normal.
d. Criteria for abnormality have yet to be developed.
ANSWER: b. There is no one behavior that serves to make someone abnormal. Difficulty: 2
Page: 3
Skill: remember the facts
Learning objective: 1.1: explain how we define abnormality and classify mental disorders.
7. Which of the following is a sufficient element to determine abnormality?
a. Suffering
b. Maladaptiveness
c. Deviancy
d. There is no single sufficient element.
ANSWER: d. There is no single sufficient element. Difficulty: 2
Page: 3
