Abnormal Psychology EXAM WITH
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Q1. Which criterion is most essential in defining abnormal behavior?
A. Cultural popularity
B. Personal preference
C. Distress or impairment ✅
D. Intelligence level
Q2. A person's behavior violates societal norms but causes no distress or
impairment. What is the priority consideration?
A. Immediate medication
B. Cultural context ✅
C. Hospitalization
D. Cognitive testing
Q3. Which research method best establishes cause-and-effect relationships?
A. Case study
B. Correlational study
C. Experimental design ✅
D. Observational study
,Q4. What makes defining abnormality difficult?
A. Too many types of abnormal behavior exist
B. There is no single behavior that makes someone abnormal ✅
C. Most people are abnormal much of the time
D. Criteria have yet to be developed
Q5. Which of the following is an example of family aggregation?
A. Both Jane and her husband are alcoholics
B. Jim and John, friends, are both schizophrenic
C. Karen, her mother, and her grandmother all have generalized anxiety disorder ✅
D. Kim's suicide was a reaction to her mother's abuse
Q6. According to DSM-5-TR, deviant behavior is indicative of a mental disorder
when:
A. It violates social norms
B. It causes distress to others
C. It is a symptom of a dysfunction in the individual ✅
D. It is statistically rare
Q7. The number of new cases of a disorder in a population during a specified time
is:
A. Prevalence
B. Incidence ✅
C. Point prevalence
D. Lifetime risk
Q8. What does the diathesis-stress model propose?
A. Stress alone causes disorders
B. A predisposition interacts with environmental stressors ✅
C. Biological factors are the sole cause
D. Social factors are irrelevant
,Q9. Body piercings being commonplace today but abnormal in the past illustrates:
A. Modern society is unlikely to change
B. Values of a society may change over time ✅
C. American culture values independence
D. Gender differences no longer exist
Q10. Which is a sufficient element to determine abnormality?
A. Suffering
B. Maladaptiveness
C. Deviancy
D. There is no single sufficient element ✅
Q11. Correlational research differs from experimental research because:
A. It does not require a sample
B. It does not generate hypotheses
C. There is no manipulation of variables ✅
D. There is no comparison group
Q12. The study of the distribution of mental disorders in a population is called:
A. Epidemiology ✅
B. Etiology
C. Nosology
D. Psychopathology
Q13. Which concept provides a consistent naming system for mental disorders?
A. Epidemiology
B. Classification ✅
C. Brain research
D. Labeling
Q14. Most people with psychological disorders:
A. Seek treatment immediately
B. Recover only with treatment
, C. Delay seeking treatment, sometimes for years ✅
D. Never seek treatment
Q15. What is stigma in the context of psychological disorders?
A. A diagnostic label
B. A mark of disgrace or shame ✅
C. A treatment approach
D. A research method
Q16. When does deviant behavior become a symptom of mental disorder per
DSM-5-TR?
A. Never
B. Only when it violates norms
C. When it reflects a dysfunction in the individual ✅
D. When it is statistically common
Q17. Which research design examines an individual or family in depth?
A. Survey
B. Case study ✅
C. Correlational study
D. Experimental design
Q18. Positive correlation between prenatal influenza exposure and schizophrenia
means:
A. Influenza causes schizophrenia
B. Exposure is associated with higher risk ✅
C. Schizophrenia causes influenza
D. No relationship exists
Q19. What does DSM stand for?
A. Disorders, Science, and the Mind
B. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual ✅
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS) | ALREADY
GRADED A+ | PROFESSOR VERIFIED |
BRANDNEW!!!
Q1. Which criterion is most essential in defining abnormal behavior?
A. Cultural popularity
B. Personal preference
C. Distress or impairment ✅
D. Intelligence level
Q2. A person's behavior violates societal norms but causes no distress or
impairment. What is the priority consideration?
A. Immediate medication
B. Cultural context ✅
C. Hospitalization
D. Cognitive testing
Q3. Which research method best establishes cause-and-effect relationships?
A. Case study
B. Correlational study
C. Experimental design ✅
D. Observational study
,Q4. What makes defining abnormality difficult?
A. Too many types of abnormal behavior exist
B. There is no single behavior that makes someone abnormal ✅
C. Most people are abnormal much of the time
D. Criteria have yet to be developed
Q5. Which of the following is an example of family aggregation?
A. Both Jane and her husband are alcoholics
B. Jim and John, friends, are both schizophrenic
C. Karen, her mother, and her grandmother all have generalized anxiety disorder ✅
D. Kim's suicide was a reaction to her mother's abuse
Q6. According to DSM-5-TR, deviant behavior is indicative of a mental disorder
when:
A. It violates social norms
B. It causes distress to others
C. It is a symptom of a dysfunction in the individual ✅
D. It is statistically rare
Q7. The number of new cases of a disorder in a population during a specified time
is:
A. Prevalence
B. Incidence ✅
C. Point prevalence
D. Lifetime risk
Q8. What does the diathesis-stress model propose?
A. Stress alone causes disorders
B. A predisposition interacts with environmental stressors ✅
C. Biological factors are the sole cause
D. Social factors are irrelevant
,Q9. Body piercings being commonplace today but abnormal in the past illustrates:
A. Modern society is unlikely to change
B. Values of a society may change over time ✅
C. American culture values independence
D. Gender differences no longer exist
Q10. Which is a sufficient element to determine abnormality?
A. Suffering
B. Maladaptiveness
C. Deviancy
D. There is no single sufficient element ✅
Q11. Correlational research differs from experimental research because:
A. It does not require a sample
B. It does not generate hypotheses
C. There is no manipulation of variables ✅
D. There is no comparison group
Q12. The study of the distribution of mental disorders in a population is called:
A. Epidemiology ✅
B. Etiology
C. Nosology
D. Psychopathology
Q13. Which concept provides a consistent naming system for mental disorders?
A. Epidemiology
B. Classification ✅
C. Brain research
D. Labeling
Q14. Most people with psychological disorders:
A. Seek treatment immediately
B. Recover only with treatment
, C. Delay seeking treatment, sometimes for years ✅
D. Never seek treatment
Q15. What is stigma in the context of psychological disorders?
A. A diagnostic label
B. A mark of disgrace or shame ✅
C. A treatment approach
D. A research method
Q16. When does deviant behavior become a symptom of mental disorder per
DSM-5-TR?
A. Never
B. Only when it violates norms
C. When it reflects a dysfunction in the individual ✅
D. When it is statistically common
Q17. Which research design examines an individual or family in depth?
A. Survey
B. Case study ✅
C. Correlational study
D. Experimental design
Q18. Positive correlation between prenatal influenza exposure and schizophrenia
means:
A. Influenza causes schizophrenia
B. Exposure is associated with higher risk ✅
C. Schizophrenia causes influenza
D. No relationship exists
Q19. What does DSM stand for?
A. Disorders, Science, and the Mind
B. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual ✅
