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Test Bank For Psychopathology An
Integrative Approach To Understanding,
Assessing, And Treating Psychological
Disorders 7th Edition By Martin
Lalumière, David Barlow, Mark Durand,
Stefan Hofmann| All Chapters(Canadian
Version)| Grade A+
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Contents
Chapter 01: Psychopathology in Historical Context ..................................................................................... 2
Chapter 02: An Integrative Approach to Psychopathology ........................................................................ 45
Chapter 03: Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis .......................................................................................... 93
Chapter 04: Research Methods in Psychopathology ................................................................................ 139
Chapter 05: Anxiety .................................................................................................................................. 183
Chapter 06: Preoccupation and Obsession ............................................................................................... 226
Chapter 07: Trauma and Dissociation ....................................................................................................... 267
Chapter 08: Mood ..................................................................................................................................... 308
Chapter 09: Eating..................................................................................................................................... 362
Chapter 10: Sleeping ................................................................................................................................. 401
Chapter 11: Sex and Gender ..................................................................................................................... 434
Chapter 12: Substance Use and Impulse Control ..................................................................................... 479
Chapter 13: Personality............................................................................................................................. 538
Chapter 14: Psychosis ............................................................................................................................... 583
Chapter 15: Neurodevelopment ............................................................................................................... 630
Chapter 16: Neurocognition and Aging .................................................................................................... 679
Chapter 17: Mental Health and the Law ................................................................................................... 723
Chapter 18: Stress, Pain, and Health ........................................................................................................ 762
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Chapter 01: Psychopathology in Historical Context
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. When using the psychological disorder criteria, when would an individual be assessed as
having psychological dysfunction?
a. when their behavioural functioning is breaking down
b. when they are extremely distressed
c. when their behaviour violates social norms
d. when they avoid interactions with other people
2. Kai, a college student, began feeling sad and lonely. Although he is still able to go to classes
and work at his job, Kai finds himself feeling down much of the time and he worries about what is
happening to him. Which part of the definition of a psychological disorder applies to his situation?
a. personal distress
b. lack of social support
c. impaired functioning
d. violation of societal norms
3. Which of the following is NOT considered to be part of the definition of a psychological
disorder?
a. personal distress
b. rarity
c. psychological dysfunction
d. violation of societal norms
4. Frank drinks three bottles of wine each day and believes he would be fine if people would
just “mind their own business.” Which criterion for a psychological disorder is absent from this
scenario?
a. objective harm to others
b. personal distress
c. maladaptiveness
d. qualitative uniqueness
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5. Popular musician Lady Gaga attended an awards show wearing a dress made completely of
meat. Why might Lady Gaga wearing a meat dress be considered disordered?
a. Her behaviour demonstrates a sense of subjective discomfort.
b. She has an inability to distinguish right from wrong.
c. It is a deviation from what is typical in her society.
d. She shows an inability to function effectively.
6. In most Western societies, what happens when a person enters a trance state and believes
they are possessed?
a. The person is believed to be suffering from a psychotic disorder.
b. The person is diagnosed with a dissociative disorder.
c. The person may be viewed as having a psychological disorder.
d. The person can be cured with antipsychotic medication.
7. According to Wakefield, harmful dysfunction includes the consideration of harm, distress,
and which of the following?
a. the failure of biological and psychological mechanisms
b. the success of treatment
c. that the behaviour is beyond the individual's control
d. that the behaviour is protective
8. Rina has just been diagnosed with schizophrenia and hospitalized. Which of the following
would Thomas Szasz most likely argue?
a. Rina should not be hospitalized because doing so will only make their symptoms worse.
b. Rina’s behaviour does not represent an illness like diabetes, and schizophrenia is merely a
label applied on the basis of highly subjective judgments.
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Test Bank For Psychopathology An
Integrative Approach To Understanding,
Assessing, And Treating Psychological
Disorders 7th Edition By Martin
Lalumière, David Barlow, Mark Durand,
Stefan Hofmann| All Chapters(Canadian
Version)| Grade A+
0
,NURSING NERD
Contents
Chapter 01: Psychopathology in Historical Context ..................................................................................... 2
Chapter 02: An Integrative Approach to Psychopathology ........................................................................ 45
Chapter 03: Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis .......................................................................................... 93
Chapter 04: Research Methods in Psychopathology ................................................................................ 139
Chapter 05: Anxiety .................................................................................................................................. 183
Chapter 06: Preoccupation and Obsession ............................................................................................... 226
Chapter 07: Trauma and Dissociation ....................................................................................................... 267
Chapter 08: Mood ..................................................................................................................................... 308
Chapter 09: Eating..................................................................................................................................... 362
Chapter 10: Sleeping ................................................................................................................................. 401
Chapter 11: Sex and Gender ..................................................................................................................... 434
Chapter 12: Substance Use and Impulse Control ..................................................................................... 479
Chapter 13: Personality............................................................................................................................. 538
Chapter 14: Psychosis ............................................................................................................................... 583
Chapter 15: Neurodevelopment ............................................................................................................... 630
Chapter 16: Neurocognition and Aging .................................................................................................... 679
Chapter 17: Mental Health and the Law ................................................................................................... 723
Chapter 18: Stress, Pain, and Health ........................................................................................................ 762
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Chapter 01: Psychopathology in Historical Context
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. When using the psychological disorder criteria, when would an individual be assessed as
having psychological dysfunction?
a. when their behavioural functioning is breaking down
b. when they are extremely distressed
c. when their behaviour violates social norms
d. when they avoid interactions with other people
2. Kai, a college student, began feeling sad and lonely. Although he is still able to go to classes
and work at his job, Kai finds himself feeling down much of the time and he worries about what is
happening to him. Which part of the definition of a psychological disorder applies to his situation?
a. personal distress
b. lack of social support
c. impaired functioning
d. violation of societal norms
3. Which of the following is NOT considered to be part of the definition of a psychological
disorder?
a. personal distress
b. rarity
c. psychological dysfunction
d. violation of societal norms
4. Frank drinks three bottles of wine each day and believes he would be fine if people would
just “mind their own business.” Which criterion for a psychological disorder is absent from this
scenario?
a. objective harm to others
b. personal distress
c. maladaptiveness
d. qualitative uniqueness
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5. Popular musician Lady Gaga attended an awards show wearing a dress made completely of
meat. Why might Lady Gaga wearing a meat dress be considered disordered?
a. Her behaviour demonstrates a sense of subjective discomfort.
b. She has an inability to distinguish right from wrong.
c. It is a deviation from what is typical in her society.
d. She shows an inability to function effectively.
6. In most Western societies, what happens when a person enters a trance state and believes
they are possessed?
a. The person is believed to be suffering from a psychotic disorder.
b. The person is diagnosed with a dissociative disorder.
c. The person may be viewed as having a psychological disorder.
d. The person can be cured with antipsychotic medication.
7. According to Wakefield, harmful dysfunction includes the consideration of harm, distress,
and which of the following?
a. the failure of biological and psychological mechanisms
b. the success of treatment
c. that the behaviour is beyond the individual's control
d. that the behaviour is protective
8. Rina has just been diagnosed with schizophrenia and hospitalized. Which of the following
would Thomas Szasz most likely argue?
a. Rina should not be hospitalized because doing so will only make their symptoms worse.
b. Rina’s behaviour does not represent an illness like diabetes, and schizophrenia is merely a
label applied on the basis of highly subjective judgments.
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