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ABNORMALgPSYCHOLOGY

CHAPTERg1g|gAbnormalgBehaviorgingHistoricalgContext 7. Talkinggloudlygandgsmokinggisgmoregappropriateginga
ngEgyptiangmoviegtheatergthangangAmericangone.gTh
1. Accordinggtogthegauthorsgofgyourgtextbook,gthegdefinitio isgillustratesgwhichgnorm?
ngofgagpsychologicalgdisordergisgassociatedgwith a. PersonalgDistress
a. stress. b. CulturalgFactor
b. impairedgfunctioning. c. ImpairedgFunctioning
c. culturallygexpectedgresponses. d. ViolationgofgSocialgNorms
d. psychoticgsymptoms.
8. Whichgofgthegfollowinggisgtrue:
2. Agpsychologicalgdysfunctiongrefersgto a. Theregisgcleargconsensusgongthegdefinitiongofgment
a. agbreakdowngingcognitivegfunctioning. alghealthgdisease.
b. agbreakdowngingemotionalgfunctioning. b. Theregisgnogcleargconsensusgongthegdefinitiongof
c. agbreakdowngingbehavioralgfunctioning. gdiseasegbutgtheregisgagcleargdefinitiongofgmentalghealt
d. anygofgthese. hgdisorder.
c. ThegDiagnosticgandgStatisticalgManualg(DSM)gneve
3. Regardinggthegdefinitiongofgabnormality,gitgisgcorrectg rgchangesgitsgdefinitions.
togstategthat d. ThegDSMgisgbasedgongprototypesgorgsymptomsgand
a. itgisgdifficultgtogdefineg“normal”gandg“abnormal.” gexamplesgofgthegphenomenongingquestion.
b. abnormalitygdependsgsolelygongsubjectivegdistress.
c. thegdefinitiongisguniversalgacrossgcultures. 9. Whichgofgthegfollowinggdegreesgisgearnedgbygagp
d. thegcriteriagdiffergdependinggongwhethergthegindividualg sychiatrist?
hasgagpsychologicalgdisordergorgagpsychologicalg a. Ph.D.
dysfunction. b. Ed.D.
c. M.D.
4. Thegcriteriongthatgagparticulargbehaviorgbegatypicalgorgn d. Psy.D.
otgculturallygexpectedgisginsufficientgtogdefinegabnormal
itygbecause 10. Withgwhichgofgthegfollowinggterminalgdegreesgcangy
a. behaviorgthatgoccursginfrequentlygisgconsideredg ougpracticegtherapy?
abnormalgingeverygculture. a. Master’sgdegreegingbusinessgadministration
b. thegatypicalgbehaviorgmustgalsogcausegharmgorgi b. Bachelor’sgdegreegingpsychology
mpairmentgtogbegconsideredgabnormal. c. Ph.D. in psychology with additional
c. behaviorsgvarygveryglittlegfromgonegindividualgtoganothe licensinggrequirements
rgwithingeachgculture. d. Ph.D.gingnon-profitgmanagement
d. manygpeoplegbehavegingwaysgthatgdeviategfromgth
egaverage,gbutgthisgdoesn’tgmeangthatgtheyghave 11. RockygStarrgisgagmalegrockergwhogwearsgoutlandish
gagdisorder. makeupgandgwomen’sgclothinggwhengperforminggongstage.
Thisgbehaviorgisgconsidered
5. Agmalegcollegegstudentgbeginsgfeelinggsadgandglonel a. moregabnormalgthangthatgofgangaccountantgwhogstart
y.gAlthoughgstillgablegtoggogtogclassesgandgworkgatghisgjob, sgtogdogsogbecausegrockstarsgaregsupposedgtogbegv
ghegfindsghimselfgfeelinggdowngmuchgofgthegtimegandgw erygmasculine.
orriesgaboutgwhatgisghappeninggtoghim.gWhichgpartgofgtheg b. lessgabnormalgthangthatgofgangaccountantgwhogstartsgt
definitiongofgabnormalitygappliesgtoghisgsituation? ogdogsogbecausegitgisgconsistentgwithghisgprofession
a. Personalgdistress algsuccess.
b. Culturalgfactors c. lessgabnormalgthangthatgofgangaccountantgwhogstartsgt
c. Impairedgfunctioning ogdogsogbecausegitsgmoregcommongtogseegagrockst
d. Violationgofgsocietalgnorms argingmakeup.
d. justgasgabnormalgasgthatgofgangaccountantgwhogstartsgt
6. Markghasgdyedghisghairgpurple.gAlthoughghisgfriendsglike ogdogsogbecausegabnormalitygisgdefinedgbygthegindivid
gthegcolor,ghisgoldergauntsg havegbeenggivingghimgstran ualghimself.
geglooks.gMarkgisgapplyinggforgjobsgandghasgnotgyetghadga
nygjobgoffers.gHegsuspectsgthatgpotentialgemployersgaregno 12. Thegprototypegofgagdisordergreflectsg asgdescribedgi
tgtakingghimgseriouslygbecausegofghisghairgcolor.gWhi ngDSM-5.
chgpartgofgabnormalitygappliesgtogMark’sgemploymentgs a. itsghistorygandgprognosis
ituation? b. itsgbiologicalgunderpinnings
a. PersonalgDistress c. thegcausesgofgpathology
b. CulturalgFactors d. theg“typical”gprofilegandgdiagnosticgcriteria
c. ImpairedgFunctioning
d. ViolationgofgSocialgNorms
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, ABNORMALgPSYCHOLOGY

13. Thegscientificgstudygofgpsychologicalgdisordersgisgcalle b. incidence
d c. recurrence
a. psychopathology.
b. psychoanalysis.
c. pseudoscience.
d. parapsychology.

14. Dr.gSimonsgisgstudyingglearninggbehaviorgingrats.gWhat
g isglikelyghergmaingfieldgofgstudy?
a. Behaviorism
b. Oedipalgtheory
c. Psychiatry
d. HumanisticgPsychology

15. Whygisgthegbiologicalgtheoreticalgmodelgconsideredg
agnewergfieldgofgstudygthangthegpsychologicalgtheoret
icalgmodel?
a. Braingscansgcangtellgusgaboutgbraingstructure.
b. Thegfieldgofggeneticsgisgrelativelygyoung.
c. Weghavegmoregpowerfulgmicroscopesgthangweghav
eghadgingthegpast.
d. Allgofgthegabovegaregtrue.

16. Dr.gSmithgisginterestedginghowgseparationganxiet
ygchangesgovergtimegfromgchildhoodgtogadolescencegin
gtheggeneralgpopulation.gWhatgisghisgmaingfieldgofgstudy
?
a. Oedipalgtheory
b. Behaviorism
c. Childgpsychopathology
d. Developmentalgpsychology

17. Allgofgthegfollowinggaregwaysgingwhichgmentalghealt
hgprofessionalsgmightgfunctiongasgscientist-
practitionersgEXCEPT
a. analyzingg theirg owng motivationsg andg reasonsg fo
rghelpinggpeoplegwithgpsychologicalgproblems.
b. evaluatinggtheirgowngassessmentsgandgtreatmentsgfo
rgeffectiveness.
c. conductinggresearchgleadinggtognewginformationgabout
gmentalgdisordersgandgtheirgtreatments.
d. usingg theg mostg currentg diagnosticg andg treatmen
tgprocedures.

18. Tameka,ghavinggearnedghergmaster’sgdegree,ghasgbegu
ngtreatinggdisordersgandgconcentratinggongfamilygproble
ms.gTamekagisgprobablyga(n)
a. psychiatricgsocialgworker.
b. familygtherapist.
c. psychiatricgnurse.
d. mentalghealthgcounselor.

19. Statisticalgdatagaregoftengrelevantgwhengdiscussin
ggpsychologicalgdisorders.gForgexample,gagresearchergmig
htgwantgtogknowghowgmanygnewgcasesgofgdepressio
ngaregdiagnosedgeachgyear,gagfiguregcalledgthegdisorder
.
a. prevalence
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, ABNORMALgPSYCHOLOGY

d. ratio eventsgofgtheg14thgandg15thgcenturies?

20. Psychologicalgdisordersgcangbegdescribedgasgfollo
wingg agtypicalgcoursegorgindividualgpattern.gForg
example,gschizophreniagfollowsgagchronicgcourse.gOn
gthegotherghand,gmoodgdisorders,gincludinggdepression
,gfollowga(n)gcourse.
a. episodic
b. acute
c. cyclic
d. Insidious

21. Ifgagpsychologicalgdisordergisgsaidgtoghavegang
acutegonset,gitgmeansgthatgthegsymptomsgdevelope
d
a. suddenly.
b. atypically.
c. gradually.
d. followinggagperiodgofgrecovery.

22. Wheng20-year-
oldgLarrygwasgfirstgdiagnosedgwithgschizophrenia,
ghisgfamilygwantedgtogknowgifgandghowgthegdisorderg
wouldgprogressgandghowgitgwouldgaffectghimgingthegfut
ure.gIngmedicalgterms,gthegfamilygwantedgtogknowgLarr
y’s
a. Diagnosis.
b. Prognosis.
c. Pathophysiology.
d. diseasegetiology.

23. Atgvariousgtimesginghistory,gingangattemptgtogex
plaingproblematic,girrationalgbehavior,ghumansghavegfo
cusedgongsupernaturalgcausesgthatginclude
a. witchcraft.
b. demonsgandgevilgspirits.
c. thegmoongandgstars.
d. allgofgthegabove.

24. Throughoutghistory,gonegofgthesegtheoreticalgmo
delsghavegbeengusedgtogprimarilygexplaingourgbehavior
,gthinkinggandgemotionsgEXCEPT
a. psychological.
b. biological.
c. supernatural.
d. physical.

25. Towardgthegendgofgtheg14thgcenturygandgcontinuing
gintogtheg15th,gthegcausesgofg“madness”gweregge
nerallygattributedgto
a. toxinsgingthegblood.
b. religiousgdelusions.
c. braingdisease.
d. demonsgandgwitches.

26. Whichgofgthegfollowinggaccuratelygdescribesg
thegattitudesgofgthegCatholicgChurchgtowardgmentallygil
lgpeoplegduringgthegturbulentgpoliticalgandgreligiousg
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, ABNORMALgPSYCHOLOGY

a. Theygweregconsideredgtogbegsufferinggfromgreligiou a. generalizedgconditioning.
sgdelusionsgandgweregcaredgforgbygmembersgofgt
hegchurchgcommunities.
b. Theygweregseengasgpossessedgbygevilgspiritsgan
dgblamedgforgallgmisfortunes.
c. Theygweregregardedgasgbasicallyggoodgindividualsgwho
gweregnotgresponsiblegforgtheirgabnormalgbehavior.
d. Theygweregprovidedgwithgmedicalgtreatmentsgan
dgsometimesghospitalizedgbecausegmentalgillnessg
wasgregardedgasgequivalentgtogphysicalgillness.

27. DuringgthegMiddlegAges,gasgwellgasgatgothergtime
s,gmentallygillgpeoplegweregsometimesgforcedgtogundergogt
hegreligiousgritualgcalledgexorcism.gThisgwasgingordergto
a. curegthegmentalgillnessgbygmakinggthegindividualgmor
egreligious.
b. buildg upg muscleg strengthg andg makeg theg pers
onghealthier.
c. ridgthegindividual’sgbodygofgevilgspirits.
d. provegthatgthegpersongwasgnotgagwitch.

28. SigmundgFreudgproposedgthatgmanygphysicalgc
omplaintsgsufferedgbygyounggwomen
a. weregagformgofgdivinegpunishment.
b. reflectedgstressgplacedgupongthemgbygsociety.
c. resultedgfromgtheg“conversion”gofgsexualgfantasiesginto
sociallygacceptablegoutlets.
d. resultedgfromgthegrisegingfeminism.

29. Ingtheglateg19thgcentury,gJohngP.gGreygandghisg
colleagues
a. discoveredgthegfirstgcuregforgschizophrenia.
b. ironicallygreducedginterestgingtreatinggmentalgpatients.
c. changedgthegfieldgofgpsychologicalgresearchglargelygint
ogagbiologicalgscience.
d. createdg theg firstg humaneg treatmentg facilitiesg fo
rgmentallygillgpatients.

30. DSM-
5,gangupdatedgversiongofgthegDiagnosticgandgStatisti
calgManualgofgMentalgDisorders,gwasgpublishedgin
a. 1994.
b. 2000.
c. 2002.
d. 2013.

31. Researchgaboutgpsychologicalgdisordersgfallsgintogthre
egbasicgcategories.gWhichgisgNOTgonegofgthesegcategori
es?
a. Analysis
b. Description
c. Causationg(etiology)
d. Treatmentgandgoutcomes

32. Thegauthorsgdescribegangexamplegofgconditioninggi
ngwhichgcancergpatientsgdevelopgagnegativegreactiongto
gagvarietygofgpeoplegandgthingsgassociatedgwithgthei
rgchemotherapygtreatments.gThegphenomenongisgcalled
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