Test Bank to accompany Psychopathology, 2nd edition
Chapter 1
Introduction to psychopathology
1. is the scientific study of abnormal behaviour.
*a. Psychopathology.
b. Developmental psychology.
c. General psychology.
d. Psychoneuroimmunology.
e. Health psychology.
General Feedback:
Learning Outcome 1.1: Describe the basic features of psychological disorder. The term
psychopathology describes the scientific study of abnormal behaviour in general, of specific
psychological disorders (also commonly referred to as 'mental disorders') and the characteristics
of mental health. Essential to the field of psychopathology is the definition of disorder.
2. a medical classification list by the .
*a. ICD and WHO.
b. DSM and WHO.
c. ICD and DSM.
d. DSM and APA.
e. ICD and APA.
General Feedback:
Learning Outcome 1.1: Describe the basic features of psychological disorder. International
Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD), a medical Classification
list by the World Health Organization (WHO).
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,3. Which of the following is relevant to defining a paradigm?
a. Conceptual framework.
b. Basic assumptions.
c. Specifying the problems.
d. Investigating the problems.
*e. All of the above.
General Feedback:
Learning Outcome 1.1: Describe the basic features of psychological disorder. A paradigm is a
conceptual framework or approach within which a scientist works - that is, a set of basic
assumptions, a general perspective, that defines how to conceptualise and study a subject, how to
gather and interpret relevant data, even how to think about a particular subject. A paradigm has
profound implications for how scientists and clinicians operate at any given time. Paradigms
specify what problems scientists will investigate and how they will go about the investigation.
4. Destructive beliefs and attitudes held by a society is called .
a. Disorders.
b. Opinion.
c. Suggestion.
d. Concept.
*e. Stigma.
General Feedback:
Learning Outcome 1.2: Understand stigma associated with psychological disorders and its
historical context. Stigma refers to the destructive beliefs and attitudes held by a society that are
ascribed to groups considered different in some manner, such as people with psychological
disorders.
5. Which of the following does not describe what stigma encompasses?
a. Ignorance or limitations in knowledge about mental health.
b. Negative attitudes to mental illness.
c. Unhelpful or discriminatory responses to people with mental health problems.
d. Prejudice to People with mental health problems.
*e. Helpful or non-discriminatory responses to people with mental health problems.
General Feedback:
Learning Outcome 1.2: Understand stigma associated with psychological disorders and its
historical context. Stigma encompasses: (a) ignorance or limitations in knowledge about mental
health; (b) prejudice or negative attitudes to mental illness; and (c) unhelpful or discriminatory
responses to people with mental health problems (see Thornicroft et al., 2007).
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6. People that have attitudes about themselves that are harsh or discriminatory are displaying:
a. Public stigma.
b. Perceived stigma.
*c. Self-stigma.
d. Stigma.
e. All of the above.
General Feedback:
Learning Outcome 1.2: Understand stigma associated with psychological disorders and its
historical context. Many people with mental illnesses can have attitudes about themselves that are
harsh or discriminatory ('I am no good', 'I can never function properly', 'I shouldn't bother getting
treatment'). These forms of stigma are commonly referred to as self-stigma and refer to the extent
to which one accepts or internalises the negative attitudes of others towards one's self.
7. describes improving the genetic composition of the human race through
selective breeding and sterilisation.
a. Demonology.
b. Stigma.
c. Moral Movement.
*d. Eugenics.
e. All of the above.
General Feedback:
Learning Outcome 1.2: Understand stigma associated with psychological disorders and its
historical context. Eugenics was a movement that aim to improve the genetic composition of the
human race through selective breeding and sterilisation.
8. Reliving an earlier emotional trauma and releasing emotional tension is called
.
*a. Catharsis.
b. Ventilation.
c. Abreaction.
d. Free association.
e. Displacement.
General Feedback:
Learning Outcome 1.3: Understand early psychological approaches to psychopathology. Reliving
an earlier emotional trauma and releasing emotional tension by expressing previously forgotten
thoughts about the event was called catharsis.
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, 9. Psychoanalytic theory says that psychopathology results from .
*a. Unconscious conflicts.
b. Unconscious thought.
c. Unconscious images.
d. Conscious thought.
e. Conscious conflicts.
General Feedback:
Learning Outcome 1.3: Understand early psychological approaches to psychopathology. The
central assumption of Freud's theorising, often referred to as psychoanalytic theory, is that
psychopathology results from unconscious conflicts in the individual.
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Chapter 1
Introduction to psychopathology
1. is the scientific study of abnormal behaviour.
*a. Psychopathology.
b. Developmental psychology.
c. General psychology.
d. Psychoneuroimmunology.
e. Health psychology.
General Feedback:
Learning Outcome 1.1: Describe the basic features of psychological disorder. The term
psychopathology describes the scientific study of abnormal behaviour in general, of specific
psychological disorders (also commonly referred to as 'mental disorders') and the characteristics
of mental health. Essential to the field of psychopathology is the definition of disorder.
2. a medical classification list by the .
*a. ICD and WHO.
b. DSM and WHO.
c. ICD and DSM.
d. DSM and APA.
e. ICD and APA.
General Feedback:
Learning Outcome 1.1: Describe the basic features of psychological disorder. International
Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD), a medical Classification
list by the World Health Organization (WHO).
© 2025 Chapter 1 Introduction to psychopathology 876543
,3. Which of the following is relevant to defining a paradigm?
a. Conceptual framework.
b. Basic assumptions.
c. Specifying the problems.
d. Investigating the problems.
*e. All of the above.
General Feedback:
Learning Outcome 1.1: Describe the basic features of psychological disorder. A paradigm is a
conceptual framework or approach within which a scientist works - that is, a set of basic
assumptions, a general perspective, that defines how to conceptualise and study a subject, how to
gather and interpret relevant data, even how to think about a particular subject. A paradigm has
profound implications for how scientists and clinicians operate at any given time. Paradigms
specify what problems scientists will investigate and how they will go about the investigation.
4. Destructive beliefs and attitudes held by a society is called .
a. Disorders.
b. Opinion.
c. Suggestion.
d. Concept.
*e. Stigma.
General Feedback:
Learning Outcome 1.2: Understand stigma associated with psychological disorders and its
historical context. Stigma refers to the destructive beliefs and attitudes held by a society that are
ascribed to groups considered different in some manner, such as people with psychological
disorders.
5. Which of the following does not describe what stigma encompasses?
a. Ignorance or limitations in knowledge about mental health.
b. Negative attitudes to mental illness.
c. Unhelpful or discriminatory responses to people with mental health problems.
d. Prejudice to People with mental health problems.
*e. Helpful or non-discriminatory responses to people with mental health problems.
General Feedback:
Learning Outcome 1.2: Understand stigma associated with psychological disorders and its
historical context. Stigma encompasses: (a) ignorance or limitations in knowledge about mental
health; (b) prejudice or negative attitudes to mental illness; and (c) unhelpful or discriminatory
responses to people with mental health problems (see Thornicroft et al., 2007).
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,Test Bank to accompany Psychopathology, 2nd edition
6. People that have attitudes about themselves that are harsh or discriminatory are displaying:
a. Public stigma.
b. Perceived stigma.
*c. Self-stigma.
d. Stigma.
e. All of the above.
General Feedback:
Learning Outcome 1.2: Understand stigma associated with psychological disorders and its
historical context. Many people with mental illnesses can have attitudes about themselves that are
harsh or discriminatory ('I am no good', 'I can never function properly', 'I shouldn't bother getting
treatment'). These forms of stigma are commonly referred to as self-stigma and refer to the extent
to which one accepts or internalises the negative attitudes of others towards one's self.
7. describes improving the genetic composition of the human race through
selective breeding and sterilisation.
a. Demonology.
b. Stigma.
c. Moral Movement.
*d. Eugenics.
e. All of the above.
General Feedback:
Learning Outcome 1.2: Understand stigma associated with psychological disorders and its
historical context. Eugenics was a movement that aim to improve the genetic composition of the
human race through selective breeding and sterilisation.
8. Reliving an earlier emotional trauma and releasing emotional tension is called
.
*a. Catharsis.
b. Ventilation.
c. Abreaction.
d. Free association.
e. Displacement.
General Feedback:
Learning Outcome 1.3: Understand early psychological approaches to psychopathology. Reliving
an earlier emotional trauma and releasing emotional tension by expressing previously forgotten
thoughts about the event was called catharsis.
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, 9. Psychoanalytic theory says that psychopathology results from .
*a. Unconscious conflicts.
b. Unconscious thought.
c. Unconscious images.
d. Conscious thought.
e. Conscious conflicts.
General Feedback:
Learning Outcome 1.3: Understand early psychological approaches to psychopathology. The
central assumption of Freud's theorising, often referred to as psychoanalytic theory, is that
psychopathology results from unconscious conflicts in the individual.
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