Abnormal Psychology 4610 - Chapters 1, 2,
3, 4, 5, & 6
1)
Which of the following is an example of family aggregation?
A)
Both Jane and her husband are alcoholic.
B)
Jim and John, 21-year-old twins, are both schizophrenic.
C)
Karen, her mother, and her grandmother all have been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder.
D)
Kim's suicide was apparently a reaction to her mother's abuse. -
✅C
Diff: 2
Topic:
Abnormal Psychology/An Overview
Applied
2)
What do the cases of Monique and Donald best illustrate?
A)
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,Most individuals with mental disorders are violent.
B)
Women are more likely to commit suicide than men.
C)
Most individuals who experience a mental breakdown are clearly unwell long before treatment is
sought.
D)
Mental illness can have a significant impact on one's life. -
✅D
Diff: 1
Topic:
Abnormal Psychology/An Overview
Conceptual
3)
What do the cases of Monique and Donald best illustrate?
A)
Abnormal behaviour usually produces more distress in others than the person who engages in the
abnormal behaviour.
B)
Abnormal behaviour covers a wide range of behavioural disturbances.
C)
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,Most people who suffer from abnormal behaviour are quickly identified as deviant by other people.
D)
When people suffer from mental disorders they are unable to work or live independently. -
✅B
Diff: 1
Topic:
Abnormal Psychology/An Overview
Conceptual
4)
What makes defining abnormality difficult?
A)
There are so many types of abnormal behaviour that they can't be accurately described.
B)
There is not a clear dividing line that serves to distinguish different behaviour from that which is
abnormal.
C)
Most of us are abnormal much of the time.
D)
Criteria for abnormality have yet to be developed. -
✅B
Diff: 2
Topic:
3|Page
, What Do We Mean by Abnormal Behaviour?
Factual
5)
Which of the following is a sufficient element to determine abnormality?
A)
suffering
B)
maladaptiveness
C)
deviancy
D)
there is no sufficient element -
✅D
Diff: 2
Topic:
What Do We Mean by Abnormal Behaviour?
Factual
6)
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3, 4, 5, & 6
1)
Which of the following is an example of family aggregation?
A)
Both Jane and her husband are alcoholic.
B)
Jim and John, 21-year-old twins, are both schizophrenic.
C)
Karen, her mother, and her grandmother all have been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder.
D)
Kim's suicide was apparently a reaction to her mother's abuse. -
✅C
Diff: 2
Topic:
Abnormal Psychology/An Overview
Applied
2)
What do the cases of Monique and Donald best illustrate?
A)
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,Most individuals with mental disorders are violent.
B)
Women are more likely to commit suicide than men.
C)
Most individuals who experience a mental breakdown are clearly unwell long before treatment is
sought.
D)
Mental illness can have a significant impact on one's life. -
✅D
Diff: 1
Topic:
Abnormal Psychology/An Overview
Conceptual
3)
What do the cases of Monique and Donald best illustrate?
A)
Abnormal behaviour usually produces more distress in others than the person who engages in the
abnormal behaviour.
B)
Abnormal behaviour covers a wide range of behavioural disturbances.
C)
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,Most people who suffer from abnormal behaviour are quickly identified as deviant by other people.
D)
When people suffer from mental disorders they are unable to work or live independently. -
✅B
Diff: 1
Topic:
Abnormal Psychology/An Overview
Conceptual
4)
What makes defining abnormality difficult?
A)
There are so many types of abnormal behaviour that they can't be accurately described.
B)
There is not a clear dividing line that serves to distinguish different behaviour from that which is
abnormal.
C)
Most of us are abnormal much of the time.
D)
Criteria for abnormality have yet to be developed. -
✅B
Diff: 2
Topic:
3|Page
, What Do We Mean by Abnormal Behaviour?
Factual
5)
Which of the following is a sufficient element to determine abnormality?
A)
suffering
B)
maladaptiveness
C)
deviancy
D)
there is no sufficient element -
✅D
Diff: 2
Topic:
What Do We Mean by Abnormal Behaviour?
Factual
6)
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