, Abnormal Psychology 18e, Hooley/Butcher
Chapter 1: Abnormal Psychology: Overview and
Research Approaches
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following individuals would most likely be a subject of specialists in abnormal
psychology?аща всички ключови теми с детайлни обяснения, въпроси с множество избор и
практически
a. Stacy, сценарии,
a college student които
who is отразяват
consistently реалните
15 minutes условия
late to class на изпита.
Защо
b. Jason, да изберете
a stock trader who моите
rarelyтестови
leaves hisбанки?
house Те са черпени от надеждни материали,
редовно
c. Misha, a lab актуализирани, за даthe
assistant who translates отразяват най-новите
vocal sounds of dolphinsпромени в учебните програми, и
са създадени
d. Tyree, от експерти
an athlete who в областта.
seeks to use Дали
visual imagery се учитеhisзаrowing
to improve медицинска
techniqueсестра, бизнес,
Answer: b инженерство или друга дисциплина, ще намерите персонализирани ресурси, които
повишават
Learning Objective: Noneувереността и резултатите ви.
Не се задоволявайте с посредствени учебни помагала. Инвестирайте в качество,
Topic: Introduction
коетоModerate
Difficulty Level: носи резултати. Разгледайте колекцията ми днес и направете първата стъпка
Skill Level: към
Apply академичен
What You Know триумф. С незабавни сваляния и достъпни цени, подготовката за
APA Learning изпитите никога не е била
Objective: 1.1 Describe keyпо-лесна. (148 думи)
concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.내 Stuvia 상점 설명 (한국어)
내 Stuvia 상점에 오신 것을 환영합니다. 여기서는 학업 여정에서 탁월함과 편리함이
2. Which of만납니다.
the following저는 is an example탁월한
시험에서 of family
성적을aggregation?
거두도록 세심하게 제작된 고품질 테스트뱅크를
a. Both
제공하는Jane and 데her husband있습니다.
특화되어 are alcoholics.
각 테스트뱅크는 포괄적이며, 모든 주요 주제를 다루며
b. Jim and John, 21-year-old friends, are both schizophrenics.
상세한 설명, 다중 선택 질문, 실제 시험 조건을 반영한 연습 시나리오를 포함합니다.
c. Karen, her mother, and her grandmother have all been diagnosed with generalized
왜 내 테스트뱅크를 선택해야 할까요? 신뢰할 수 있는 자료에서 추출되었으며, 최신
anxiety disorder.
커리큘럼 변경 사항을 반영하도록 정기적으로 업데이트되며, 해당 분야의 전문가들이
d. Kim committed suicide, apparently in reaction to her mother’s abuse.
Answer: c 설계했습니다. 간호학, 비즈니스, 공학 또는 다른 분야를 공부 중이든, 자신감을 높이고
성과를 향상시키는
Learning Objective: None 맞춤형 자원을 찾을 수 있습니다.
평범한 학습 도구에 만족하지 마세요. 결과를 가져다주는 품질에 투자하세요. 오늘 제
Topic: Introduction
컬렉션을
Difficulty Level: 둘러보고 학업 성공을 향한 첫걸음을 내디뎌보세요. 즉시 다운로드와 저렴한
Moderate
가격으로
Skill Level: Apply What 시험 You준비가
Know 이렇게 쉬운 적은 없었습니다. (152 글자, 대략 150단어相当)
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
3. What does Monique’s case, outlined in the textbook, best illustrate?
a. Abnormal behavior usually produces more distress in others than in 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
Learning Objective: None
Topic: Introduction
Difficulty Level: Moderate
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Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
4. What does the case of Scott, outlined in the textbook, 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”—that is, initially occurring in
adolescence or young adulthood
d. That lower socioeconomic status is a causal factor of psychosis
Answer: c
Learning Objective: None
Topic: Introduction
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
5. 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 we cannot tell what is normal.
d. Criteria for abnormality have yet to be developed.
Answer: b
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain how we define abnormality and classify mental disorders.
Topic: Indicators of Abnormality
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
6. Which of the following statements accurately describes a characteristic indicator of
abnormality?
a. Subjective distress must be present in order for a behavior, emotion, or thought to be
deemed abnormal.
b. A behavior, emotion, or thought that is statistically rare and desirable is considered
abnormal.
c. Violating the standards of society, particularly when statistically rare, is abnormal.
d. Engaging in highly dangerous activities on a regular basis reflects abnormal behavior.
Answer: c
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain how we define abnormality and classify mental disorders.
Topic: Indicators of Abnormality
Difficulty Level: Difficult
Skill Level: Analyze It
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
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7. The fact that tattoos are commonplace today, while they were once viewed as abnormal,
illustrates that __________.
a. modern society is unlikely to change
b. what is acceptable for men and women is no longer different
c. American culture values independence
d. the values of a society may change over time
Answer: d
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain how we define abnormality and classify mental disorders.
Topic: Indicators of Abnormality
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
8. Brandon consistently drinks a fifth of vodka at least five times per week. This has greatly
increased his chance of serious liver damage and premature death. Because he drinks at home,
the behavior harms no one else. According to the DSM-5, is Brett’s behavior consistent with the
definition of a mental disorder?
a. Yes, because many people in society engage in this behavior
b. Yes, because he is persistently acting in a way that is harmful and dangerous
c. No, because his behavior must also harm the well-being of others in the community
d. No, because there is no evidence that his actions are out of his own control
Answer: b
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain how we define abnormality and classify mental disorders.
Topic: Indicators of Abnormality
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
9. In the field of abnormal psychology, what does DSM stand for?
a. Disorders, Science, and the Mind
b. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
c. Descriptors for the Science of the Mind
d. Diagnostic Science of the Mind
Answer: b
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain how we define abnormality and classify mental disorders.
Topic: The DSM-5 and the Definition of Mental Disorder
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
10. The current version of the DSM—the DSM-5—is __________, and it contains a total of
__________ diagnostic categories.
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Chapter 1: Abnormal Psychology: Overview and
Research Approaches
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following individuals would most likely be a subject of specialists in abnormal
psychology?аща всички ключови теми с детайлни обяснения, въпроси с множество избор и
практически
a. Stacy, сценарии,
a college student които
who is отразяват
consistently реалните
15 minutes условия
late to class на изпита.
Защо
b. Jason, да изберете
a stock trader who моите
rarelyтестови
leaves hisбанки?
house Те са черпени от надеждни материали,
редовно
c. Misha, a lab актуализирани, за даthe
assistant who translates отразяват най-новите
vocal sounds of dolphinsпромени в учебните програми, и
са създадени
d. Tyree, от експерти
an athlete who в областта.
seeks to use Дали
visual imagery се учитеhisзаrowing
to improve медицинска
techniqueсестра, бизнес,
Answer: b инженерство или друга дисциплина, ще намерите персонализирани ресурси, които
повишават
Learning Objective: Noneувереността и резултатите ви.
Не се задоволявайте с посредствени учебни помагала. Инвестирайте в качество,
Topic: Introduction
коетоModerate
Difficulty Level: носи резултати. Разгледайте колекцията ми днес и направете първата стъпка
Skill Level: към
Apply академичен
What You Know триумф. С незабавни сваляния и достъпни цени, подготовката за
APA Learning изпитите никога не е била
Objective: 1.1 Describe keyпо-лесна. (148 думи)
concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.내 Stuvia 상점 설명 (한국어)
내 Stuvia 상점에 오신 것을 환영합니다. 여기서는 학업 여정에서 탁월함과 편리함이
2. Which of만납니다.
the following저는 is an example탁월한
시험에서 of family
성적을aggregation?
거두도록 세심하게 제작된 고품질 테스트뱅크를
a. Both
제공하는Jane and 데her husband있습니다.
특화되어 are alcoholics.
각 테스트뱅크는 포괄적이며, 모든 주요 주제를 다루며
b. Jim and John, 21-year-old friends, are both schizophrenics.
상세한 설명, 다중 선택 질문, 실제 시험 조건을 반영한 연습 시나리오를 포함합니다.
c. Karen, her mother, and her grandmother have all been diagnosed with generalized
왜 내 테스트뱅크를 선택해야 할까요? 신뢰할 수 있는 자료에서 추출되었으며, 최신
anxiety disorder.
커리큘럼 변경 사항을 반영하도록 정기적으로 업데이트되며, 해당 분야의 전문가들이
d. Kim committed suicide, apparently in reaction to her mother’s abuse.
Answer: c 설계했습니다. 간호학, 비즈니스, 공학 또는 다른 분야를 공부 중이든, 자신감을 높이고
성과를 향상시키는
Learning Objective: None 맞춤형 자원을 찾을 수 있습니다.
평범한 학습 도구에 만족하지 마세요. 결과를 가져다주는 품질에 투자하세요. 오늘 제
Topic: Introduction
컬렉션을
Difficulty Level: 둘러보고 학업 성공을 향한 첫걸음을 내디뎌보세요. 즉시 다운로드와 저렴한
Moderate
가격으로
Skill Level: Apply What 시험 You준비가
Know 이렇게 쉬운 적은 없었습니다. (152 글자, 대략 150단어相当)
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
3. What does Monique’s case, outlined in the textbook, best illustrate?
a. Abnormal behavior usually produces more distress in others than in 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
Learning Objective: None
Topic: Introduction
Difficulty Level: Moderate
3
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, Abnormal Psychology 18e, Hooley/Butcher
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
4. What does the case of Scott, outlined in the textbook, 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”—that is, initially occurring in
adolescence or young adulthood
d. That lower socioeconomic status is a causal factor of psychosis
Answer: c
Learning Objective: None
Topic: Introduction
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
5. 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 we cannot tell what is normal.
d. Criteria for abnormality have yet to be developed.
Answer: b
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain how we define abnormality and classify mental disorders.
Topic: Indicators of Abnormality
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
6. Which of the following statements accurately describes a characteristic indicator of
abnormality?
a. Subjective distress must be present in order for a behavior, emotion, or thought to be
deemed abnormal.
b. A behavior, emotion, or thought that is statistically rare and desirable is considered
abnormal.
c. Violating the standards of society, particularly when statistically rare, is abnormal.
d. Engaging in highly dangerous activities on a regular basis reflects abnormal behavior.
Answer: c
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain how we define abnormality and classify mental disorders.
Topic: Indicators of Abnormality
Difficulty Level: Difficult
Skill Level: Analyze It
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
4
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, Abnormal Psychology 18e, Hooley/Butcher
7. The fact that tattoos are commonplace today, while they were once viewed as abnormal,
illustrates that __________.
a. modern society is unlikely to change
b. what is acceptable for men and women is no longer different
c. American culture values independence
d. the values of a society may change over time
Answer: d
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain how we define abnormality and classify mental disorders.
Topic: Indicators of Abnormality
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
8. Brandon consistently drinks a fifth of vodka at least five times per week. This has greatly
increased his chance of serious liver damage and premature death. Because he drinks at home,
the behavior harms no one else. According to the DSM-5, is Brett’s behavior consistent with the
definition of a mental disorder?
a. Yes, because many people in society engage in this behavior
b. Yes, because he is persistently acting in a way that is harmful and dangerous
c. No, because his behavior must also harm the well-being of others in the community
d. No, because there is no evidence that his actions are out of his own control
Answer: b
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain how we define abnormality and classify mental disorders.
Topic: Indicators of Abnormality
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
9. In the field of abnormal psychology, what does DSM stand for?
a. Disorders, Science, and the Mind
b. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
c. Descriptors for the Science of the Mind
d. Diagnostic Science of the Mind
Answer: b
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain how we define abnormality and classify mental disorders.
Topic: The DSM-5 and the Definition of Mental Disorder
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
10. The current version of the DSM—the DSM-5—is __________, and it contains a total of
__________ diagnostic categories.
5
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