PSYC 435 Abnormal Psychology
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Which of the following factors has a significant effect on the rates of severe mental
illness among Americans?
a. Family size
b. Gender
c. Geographical region of the country
d. Political affiliation - Answer✅✅b. Gender
In Dr. Lu's study of eating disorders, she looked at the academic histories of girls
with an eating disorder and girls who did not have such problems. In this example,
the girls with eating disorders are the ______ group.
a. comparison
b. control
c. criterion
d. treatment - Answer✅✅c. criterion
, Understanding the causes of mental disorders is important because ______.
a. effective treatment is not possible without such an understanding.
b. classification of disorders cannot be done without such information.
c. such knowledge might make both the prevention and cure of mental disorders
possible.
d. disagreements about the causes of psychopathology have long limited the
advancements made in the study of abnormal psychology. - Answer✅✅c. such
knowledge might make both the prevention and cure of mental disorders possible.
If fraternal (or dizygotic) twins are more likely to be concordant for a trait than other
siblings, can it be concluded that the higher concordance rate is due to the greater
degree of genetic relatedness?
a. Yes.
b. Yes, but only if the siblings studied are of the same sex and age.
c. No, because the greater similarity can be attributed to environmental influence.
d. No, because fraternal twins are no more genetically alike than other siblings. -
Answer✅✅d. No, because fraternal twins are no more genetically alike than other
siblings.
Medications for psychological disorders______.
a. were first used centuries ago.
b. were first used only recently.
c. still currently use some ancient ingredients, such as "mummy powder."
d. made the search for the causes of disorders more difficult. - Answer✅✅a. were
first used centuries ago.
Which of the following most accurately describes the notion of different viewpoints
of abnormal behaviour?
a. Each viewpoint accurately describes the causes and symptoms of two or three
different disorders.
b. Each viewpoint offers its own explanation of abnormal behaviour.
c. All viewpoints are equally valid.
d. Only the biological viewpoint has been studied experimentally. - Answer✅✅b.
Each viewpoint offers its own explanation of abnormal behaviour.
Which variable is manipulated in an experiment?
a. Comparison
b. Criterion
c. Dependent
d. Independent - Answer✅✅d. Independent
The effects of early social deprivation _____
a. are explained differently by the various psychosocial perspectives.
b. have not been well-established.
c. cannot be explained by psychosocial theories.
d. are not seen when physical needs are adequately met. - Answer✅✅a. are
explained differently by the various psychosocial perspectives.
, What does the case of JGH, a Native American elder, illustrate?
a. Alcoholism has long-lasting effects on mood and behaviour, even after drinking
has ceased.
b. A person may focus on somatic symptoms, rather than mood, when depressed.
c. Depression is not universal.
d. The symptoms of some illnesses are not apparent until after lengthy psychology
evaluation. - Answer✅✅b. A person may focus on somatic symptoms, rather than
mood, when depressed.
Behaviourism was______
a. a reaction to what the behaviourists perceived as a lack of scientific rigour in
psychoanalysis.
b. a reaction to the lack of moral and spiritual factors in most theories at the time.
c. an attempt to focus on the thinking styles of people with mental illness.
d. a spin-off theory that elaborated on the psychoanalytic viewpoint. - Answer✅✅a.
a reaction to what the behaviourists perceived as a lack of scientific rigour in
psychoanalysis.
Archaeology and early writings indicate the first people to think of the brain as the
site of mental functions were the ________.
a. ancient Egyptians.
b. ancient Greeks.
c. Chinese.
d. Hebrews. - Answer✅✅a. ancient Egyptians.
After cheating on her husband, Julia accused her husband of cheating on her. Such
behavior is explained by which of the following defense mechanisms?
a. Sublimation
b. Displacement
c. Projection
d. Rationalization - Answer✅✅c. Projection
What is lycanthropy?
a. A form of mass hysteria characterized by wild dance-like movements.
b. A condition in which people believe themselves to be possessed by wolves.
c. A form of mass madness seen only in men.
d. A form of mass hysteria now known to have been drug-induced. - Answer✅✅b. A
condition in which people believe themselves to be possessed by wolves.
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 have all 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 have all been diagnosed with generalized
anxiety disorder.
Benjamin Rush, who encouraged more humane treatment of the mentally ill in the
United States, used as his principal remedies
a. rest and talk.
b. bloodletting and the tranquilizer chair.
c. exorcism and purging.
d. the tranquilizer chair and relaxation. - Answer✅✅b. bloodletting and the
tranquilizer chair.
Evolutionary preparedness explains______.
a. why phobic people are likely to maintain their avoidance behaviour.
b. how the inflation effect works.
c. why cognitive variables are so important in phobias.
d. why some types of phobias are much more common than others. - Answer✅✅d.
why some types of phobias are much more common than others.
Having a history of psychological problems before going into combat_____.
a. will make a soldier much more likely to develop PTSD.
b. will only make a soldier much more likely to develop PTSD if the combat situation
is extreme.
c. sometimes increases the risk of PTSD, but it might lower the risk because the
person is used to anxiety and copes automatically with it.
d. has no impact on developing PTSD. - Answer✅✅a. will make a soldier much more
likely to develop PTSD.
Neurotic behaviour is __________.
a. maladaptive and means that a person is out of touch with reality.
b. a current team, used to describe many disorders in the DSM-5.
c. what we now refer to as "hysteria"
d. maladaptive but means that a person is not out of touch with reality. -
Answer✅✅d. maladaptive but means that a person is not out of touch with reality.
Which of the following will lessen the impact of a stressful situation?
a. Holding unrealistic expectations about the stressor.
b. Minimizing the use of social support.
c. Preparing for the stressor.
d. Being uncertain as to how long the stressor will persist. - Answer✅✅c. Preparing
for the stressor.
As in assessment, diagnostic interviews can be
a. structured or unstructured.
b. projective or objective
c. difficult or easy.
d. empirical or conceptual. - Answer✅✅a. structured or unstructured.
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Which of the following factors has a significant effect on the rates of severe mental
illness among Americans?
a. Family size
b. Gender
c. Geographical region of the country
d. Political affiliation - Answer✅✅b. Gender
In Dr. Lu's study of eating disorders, she looked at the academic histories of girls
with an eating disorder and girls who did not have such problems. In this example,
the girls with eating disorders are the ______ group.
a. comparison
b. control
c. criterion
d. treatment - Answer✅✅c. criterion
, Understanding the causes of mental disorders is important because ______.
a. effective treatment is not possible without such an understanding.
b. classification of disorders cannot be done without such information.
c. such knowledge might make both the prevention and cure of mental disorders
possible.
d. disagreements about the causes of psychopathology have long limited the
advancements made in the study of abnormal psychology. - Answer✅✅c. such
knowledge might make both the prevention and cure of mental disorders possible.
If fraternal (or dizygotic) twins are more likely to be concordant for a trait than other
siblings, can it be concluded that the higher concordance rate is due to the greater
degree of genetic relatedness?
a. Yes.
b. Yes, but only if the siblings studied are of the same sex and age.
c. No, because the greater similarity can be attributed to environmental influence.
d. No, because fraternal twins are no more genetically alike than other siblings. -
Answer✅✅d. No, because fraternal twins are no more genetically alike than other
siblings.
Medications for psychological disorders______.
a. were first used centuries ago.
b. were first used only recently.
c. still currently use some ancient ingredients, such as "mummy powder."
d. made the search for the causes of disorders more difficult. - Answer✅✅a. were
first used centuries ago.
Which of the following most accurately describes the notion of different viewpoints
of abnormal behaviour?
a. Each viewpoint accurately describes the causes and symptoms of two or three
different disorders.
b. Each viewpoint offers its own explanation of abnormal behaviour.
c. All viewpoints are equally valid.
d. Only the biological viewpoint has been studied experimentally. - Answer✅✅b.
Each viewpoint offers its own explanation of abnormal behaviour.
Which variable is manipulated in an experiment?
a. Comparison
b. Criterion
c. Dependent
d. Independent - Answer✅✅d. Independent
The effects of early social deprivation _____
a. are explained differently by the various psychosocial perspectives.
b. have not been well-established.
c. cannot be explained by psychosocial theories.
d. are not seen when physical needs are adequately met. - Answer✅✅a. are
explained differently by the various psychosocial perspectives.
, What does the case of JGH, a Native American elder, illustrate?
a. Alcoholism has long-lasting effects on mood and behaviour, even after drinking
has ceased.
b. A person may focus on somatic symptoms, rather than mood, when depressed.
c. Depression is not universal.
d. The symptoms of some illnesses are not apparent until after lengthy psychology
evaluation. - Answer✅✅b. A person may focus on somatic symptoms, rather than
mood, when depressed.
Behaviourism was______
a. a reaction to what the behaviourists perceived as a lack of scientific rigour in
psychoanalysis.
b. a reaction to the lack of moral and spiritual factors in most theories at the time.
c. an attempt to focus on the thinking styles of people with mental illness.
d. a spin-off theory that elaborated on the psychoanalytic viewpoint. - Answer✅✅a.
a reaction to what the behaviourists perceived as a lack of scientific rigour in
psychoanalysis.
Archaeology and early writings indicate the first people to think of the brain as the
site of mental functions were the ________.
a. ancient Egyptians.
b. ancient Greeks.
c. Chinese.
d. Hebrews. - Answer✅✅a. ancient Egyptians.
After cheating on her husband, Julia accused her husband of cheating on her. Such
behavior is explained by which of the following defense mechanisms?
a. Sublimation
b. Displacement
c. Projection
d. Rationalization - Answer✅✅c. Projection
What is lycanthropy?
a. A form of mass hysteria characterized by wild dance-like movements.
b. A condition in which people believe themselves to be possessed by wolves.
c. A form of mass madness seen only in men.
d. A form of mass hysteria now known to have been drug-induced. - Answer✅✅b. A
condition in which people believe themselves to be possessed by wolves.
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 have all 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 have all been diagnosed with generalized
anxiety disorder.
Benjamin Rush, who encouraged more humane treatment of the mentally ill in the
United States, used as his principal remedies
a. rest and talk.
b. bloodletting and the tranquilizer chair.
c. exorcism and purging.
d. the tranquilizer chair and relaxation. - Answer✅✅b. bloodletting and the
tranquilizer chair.
Evolutionary preparedness explains______.
a. why phobic people are likely to maintain their avoidance behaviour.
b. how the inflation effect works.
c. why cognitive variables are so important in phobias.
d. why some types of phobias are much more common than others. - Answer✅✅d.
why some types of phobias are much more common than others.
Having a history of psychological problems before going into combat_____.
a. will make a soldier much more likely to develop PTSD.
b. will only make a soldier much more likely to develop PTSD if the combat situation
is extreme.
c. sometimes increases the risk of PTSD, but it might lower the risk because the
person is used to anxiety and copes automatically with it.
d. has no impact on developing PTSD. - Answer✅✅a. will make a soldier much more
likely to develop PTSD.
Neurotic behaviour is __________.
a. maladaptive and means that a person is out of touch with reality.
b. a current team, used to describe many disorders in the DSM-5.
c. what we now refer to as "hysteria"
d. maladaptive but means that a person is not out of touch with reality. -
Answer✅✅d. maladaptive but means that a person is not out of touch with reality.
Which of the following will lessen the impact of a stressful situation?
a. Holding unrealistic expectations about the stressor.
b. Minimizing the use of social support.
c. Preparing for the stressor.
d. Being uncertain as to how long the stressor will persist. - Answer✅✅c. Preparing
for the stressor.
As in assessment, diagnostic interviews can be
a. structured or unstructured.
b. projective or objective
c. difficult or easy.
d. empirical or conceptual. - Answer✅✅a. structured or unstructured.
