Test Bank For Understanding Abnormal Behavior 12th Edition By David Sue , Derald Wing Sue | All Chapters (1-17)| Q&As Verified | Grade A+ Assured | ISBN 9780357365212

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Test Bank For Understanding Abnormal Behavior 12th Edition
By David Sue , Derald Wing Sue
All Chapters (1-17)| Q&As Verified | Grade A+ Assured
ISBN 9780357365212




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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Abnormal Behavior ..................................................................................... 3
Chapter 2: Models of Abnormal Behavior ................................................................... 31
Chapter 3: Assessment and Classification of Abnormal Behavior .............................. 59
Chapter 4 - The Scientific Method in Abnormal Psychology ....................................... 88
Chapter 5: Anxiety and Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders..................... 117
Chapter 6: Stress Disorders ...................................................................................... 144
Chapter 7: Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders ........................................ 174
Chapter 8: Mood Disorders ....................................................................................... 202
Chapter 9: Suicide ..................................................................................................... 228
Chapter 10: Eating Disorders .................................................................................... 261
Chapter 11: Substance Use Disorders ....................................................................... 288
Chapter 12: Schizophrenia ........................................................................................ 315
Chapter 13: Neurocognitive Disorders ..................................................................... 343
Chapter 14: Sexual Dysfunction and Gender Dysphoria Disorders .......................... 371
Chapter 15:Personality Psychopathology ................................................................. 399
Chapter 16: Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence .............................................. 429
Chapter 17: Legal and Ethical Issues in Abnormal Psychology ................................. 458




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Chapter 1: Abnormal Behavior
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which statement about abnormal psychology is accurate?
a. Abnormal psychology seeks to describe, explain, predict, and modify unusual behaviors.
b. Although abnormal psychology has made several gains in the past 20 years, it is not yet a
scientific field of study.
c. The subject matter of abnormal psychology is restricted to extremely bizarre behavior.
d. Most diagnoses of abnormality are based on two or three basic behavioral factors.
CORRECT ANSWER A REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology OBJ: 1 MSC: Factual


2. Psychopathology, or abnormal behavior, results primarily from .
a. genetic factors
b. environmental factors
c. sociocultural factors
d. an interaction of many factors
CORRECT ANSWER D REF: Introduction OBJ: 1 MSC: Factual


3. Dr. Thompson collects information in order to describe and draw inferences about an
individual's psychological disorder. Dr. Thompson is engaged in .
a. therapy
b. predicting dangerousness
c. psychodiagnosis
d. research
CORRECT ANSWER C REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology OBJ: 1 MSC: Applied


4. Dr. Kohn is a psychoanalyst, Dr. Edwards is a humanistic therapist, Dr. Peterson is a
cognitive behavioral therapist, and Dr. James is a Gestalt therapist. Each of them would likely
have a different
for a client's abnormality.
a. time of onset
b. explanation
c. diagnosis
d. prognosis


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CORRECT ANSWER B REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology OBJ: 1 MSC: Applied


5. A psychologist says, “Juan's abnormal behavior is likely due to a combination of biology
and inadequate interpersonal skills.” The psychologist is .
a. predicting the future symptoms of Juan
b. giving Juan a psychodiagnosis
c. offering an explanation for Juan's problem
d. describing how to control Juan's symptoms
CORRECT ANSWER C REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology OBJ: 1 MSC: Applied


6. Which statement regarding the prediction of abnormal behavior is accurate?
a. Even experienced professionals tend to overpredict future violence.
b. Psychologists are not interested in predicting clients' future behavior.
c. Prediction is unrelated to understanding the cause of abnormality.
d. Psychologists tend to underpredict future violence.
CORRECT ANSWER A REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology OBJ: 1 MSC: Conceptual


7. One of Seung-Hui Cho's professors reported Cho's frightening behavior to many campus
authorities. What reason did those authorities give her to explain why they could do nothing?
a. Cho's therapist did not feel he posed a danger to others.
b. There was no space in any of the local mental health facilities to house him.
c. Cho did not make any overt threats against anyone.
d. When compared with that of his peer group, Cho's behavior was not considered odd.
CORRECT ANSWER C REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology OBJ: 1 MSC: Applied


8. When psychologists talk about modifying abnormal behavior, they mean they are .
a. attempting to understand the underlying cause of that behavior
b. restricting the freedom of dangerous clients
c. attempting to anticipate the future behaviors of clients
d. using therapy to improve client behavior
CORRECT ANSWER D REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology OBJ: 1 MSC: Factual




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