Test Bank Abnormal Psychology,
6th Canadian Edition By Gordon
L. Flett
Chapter 1
Introduction: Definitional and Historical
Considerations and Canada's Mental Health
System
Question type: True/False
1. It is easy to remain objective when studying abnormal
psychology.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Introduction
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal
behaviour
Bloom’s: Comprehension
, 2. There is no single defining characteristic of abnormal
behaviour.
Answer: True
Section Reference: What Is Abnormal Behaviour?
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal
behaviour
Bloom’s: Comprehension
3. The Psy.D. approach is based on the scientist-practitioner
model.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Focus on Discovery 1.1
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their
treatment in Canada
Bloom’s: Comprehension
4. All psychologists would like to be able to prescribe
medication.
Answer: False
,Section Reference: What Is Abnormal Behaviour?
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their
treatment in Canada
Bloom’s: Comprehension
5. Demons thought to cause abnormal behaviour could be
released by trepanning.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Early Demonology
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology
across centuries
Bloom’s: Knowledge
6. Hippocrates believed that abnormal behaviour was the result
of brain pathology.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Somatogenesis
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology
, across centuries
Bloom’s: Knowledge
7. In the Middle Ages, mental illness was often mistaken for
witchcraft.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Witchcraft and Mental Illness
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology
across centuries
Bloom’s: Knowledge
8. Pinel was the first to remove chains from the mentally ill in
asylums.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Moral Treatment
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology
across centuries
Bloom’s: Comprehension
6th Canadian Edition By Gordon
L. Flett
Chapter 1
Introduction: Definitional and Historical
Considerations and Canada's Mental Health
System
Question type: True/False
1. It is easy to remain objective when studying abnormal
psychology.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Introduction
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal
behaviour
Bloom’s: Comprehension
, 2. There is no single defining characteristic of abnormal
behaviour.
Answer: True
Section Reference: What Is Abnormal Behaviour?
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal
behaviour
Bloom’s: Comprehension
3. The Psy.D. approach is based on the scientist-practitioner
model.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Focus on Discovery 1.1
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their
treatment in Canada
Bloom’s: Comprehension
4. All psychologists would like to be able to prescribe
medication.
Answer: False
,Section Reference: What Is Abnormal Behaviour?
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their
treatment in Canada
Bloom’s: Comprehension
5. Demons thought to cause abnormal behaviour could be
released by trepanning.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Early Demonology
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology
across centuries
Bloom’s: Knowledge
6. Hippocrates believed that abnormal behaviour was the result
of brain pathology.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Somatogenesis
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology
, across centuries
Bloom’s: Knowledge
7. In the Middle Ages, mental illness was often mistaken for
witchcraft.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Witchcraft and Mental Illness
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology
across centuries
Bloom’s: Knowledge
8. Pinel was the first to remove chains from the mentally ill in
asylums.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Moral Treatment
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology
across centuries
Bloom’s: Comprehension
