5%
TEST BANK
5%
,5%
TABLE OF CONTENTS 5% 5% 5%
1. Abnormal Behavior.
5% 5%
2. Understanding and Treating Mental Disorders.
5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
3. Assessment and Classification of Mental Disorders.
5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
4. Research Methods for Studying Mental Disorders.
5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
5. Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders.
5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
6. Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders.
5% 5% 5% 5%
7. Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders.
5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
8. Depressive and Bipolar Disorders.
5% 5% 5% 5%
9. Suicide.
5%
10. Eating Disorders.
5% 5%
11. Substance-Related and Other Addictive Disorders.
5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
12. Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders.
5% 5% 5%
13. Neurocognitive and Sleep-Wake Disorders.
5% 5% 5% 5%
14. Sexual Dysfunctions, Gender Dysphoria, and Paraphilic Disorders.
5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
15. Personality Psychopathology.
5% 5%
16. Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence.
5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
17. Law and Ethics in Abnormal Psychology.
5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
,Chapter 1: Abnormal Behavior
5% 5% 5%
MULTIPLE CHOICE 5%
1. Which statement about abnormal psychology is accurate
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
? a. Abnormal psychology seeks to describe, explain, predict, and modify unusual behavior
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
s.
b. Although abnormal psychology has made several gains in the past 20 years, it is not y
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
et a 5%
scientific field of study. 5% 5% 5%
c. The subject matter of abnormal psychology is restricted to extremely bizarre behavior.
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
ANS:
d. A diagnoses REF:
Most 5 %
5The Concerns
of abnormality
% of Abnormal
are based 5%
Psychology
on two or three basic behavioral factors. 5% 5%
5 % 5%
5% 5%
5% 5%
5% 5%
5%
5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
OBJ: 1 MSC: Factual
5 % 5 %
2.5 % Psychopathology, or abnormal behavior, results primarily from ____ 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
.
a.
b. genetic factors factors
environmental
55 %
% 5% 5%
c. sociocultural factors
5 % 5%
d. an interaction of many factor
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5%
s
ANS: D REF: Introduction
5 % 5 % 5 % OBJ: 5 MSC: Factual 5 %
1 %
3. Dr. Thompson collects information in order to describe and draw inferences about an
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5 % indivi
dual's
psychological disorder. Dr. Thompson is engaged in ____. 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
a. therapy5 %
b. predicting dangerousness
5 % 5%
c. psychodiagnosis
5 %
d. research
5 %
ANS: 5 % C REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5%
OBJ: 5 % 1 MSC: Applied 5 %
4.5 % Dr. Kohn is a psychoanalyst, Dr. Edwards is a humanistic therapist, Dr. Peterson is a cognitive
5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
behavioral therapist, and Dr. James is a Gestalt therapist. Each of them would likely have a differe
5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
nt
____ for a client's abnormality.
5% 5% 5% 5%
a. time of onse
5 % 5% 5%
t
b. explanation
5 %
c.
d. 55diagnosis
prognosis %
%
ANS: 5 % B REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5%
OBJ: 5 % 1 MSC: Applied 5 %
5. A psychologist says, “Juan's abnormal behavior is likely due to a combination of biology a
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
nd
inadequate interpersonal skills.” The psychologist is ____.
5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
a.
b. predicting
giving Juanthe
55 future symptoms of Juan
a psychodiagnosis
%
% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
c. offering an explanation for Juan's proble
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
m
d. describing how to control Juan's symptom
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
ANS:
s C REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
5 % 5 % 5% 5% 5% 5%
OBJ: 1 MSC: Applied
5 % 5 %
,5%
6. Which statement regarding the prediction of abnormal behavior is accurat
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
e?
a. Even experienced professionals tend to overpredict future violence.
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
b. Psychologists are not interested in predicting clients' future behavior.
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
c. Prediction is unrelated to understanding the cause of abnormality.
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
d. Psychologists tend to underpredict future violence.
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
ANS: A REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
5 % 5 % 5% 5% 5% 5%
OBJ: 1 MSC: Conceptual
5 % 5 %
7. One of Seung-
5 % 5% 5%
Hui Cho's professors reported Cho's frightening behavior to many campus authorities.
5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
What reason did those authorities give her to explain why they could do nothing?
5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
a.
b. Cho's therapist
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5% 5%5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
5% 5%
5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
c. Cho did not make any overt threats against anyone.
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
d. When compared with that of his peer group, Cho's behavior was not considered
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
odd.
ANS: C REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
5 % 5 % 5% 5% 5% 5%
OBJ: 1 5MSC: Applied
% 5 %
8. When psychologists talk about modifying abnormal behavior, they mean they are __
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
__.
a. attempting to understand the underlying cause of that behavior
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
b.
c. restricting
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55 % freedom ofthe
to anticipate
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future behaviors 5% 5% 5%
5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
nts
d. using therapy to improve client behavior
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
ANS: D REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
5 % 5 % 5% 5% 5% 5%
OBJ: 1 MSC: Factual
5 % 5 %
9. Which of the following defines therapy most accurately
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
? a. A program of systematic intervention designed to alter behavior, emotion, or tho
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
ught
b. The scientific study of abnormal behavior.
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
c. A system of observing abnormal behavior in an attempt to classify it
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
d. The application of a theoretical model to explain the cause of abnormal behavior
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
ANS: A REF: 1
5 % OBJ: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology 5 % 5 % 5% 5% 5% 5%
MSC: Factual 5 %
10.
5 % A psychologist develops several activities for clients aimed at helping them become more
5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
self-
disciplined and feel more confident about trying new behaviors. This example illustrates ____.
5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
a.
b. epidemiological
how therapy
55 %
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seen as in the to
an attempt 5%
5% field
modify behavior 5% 5% 5%
5% 5%
5% 5%
5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
5% 5% 5%
c. the function of providing an explanation for abnormal behavi
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
or
d. the essential need for accurate psychodiagnosis
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
ANS: B REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
5 % 5 % 5% 5% 5% 5%
OBJ: 1 5 MSC: Applied
% 5 %
TEST BANK
5%
,5%
TABLE OF CONTENTS 5% 5% 5%
1. Abnormal Behavior.
5% 5%
2. Understanding and Treating Mental Disorders.
5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
3. Assessment and Classification of Mental Disorders.
5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
4. Research Methods for Studying Mental Disorders.
5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
5. Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders.
5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
6. Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders.
5% 5% 5% 5%
7. Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders.
5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
8. Depressive and Bipolar Disorders.
5% 5% 5% 5%
9. Suicide.
5%
10. Eating Disorders.
5% 5%
11. Substance-Related and Other Addictive Disorders.
5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
12. Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders.
5% 5% 5%
13. Neurocognitive and Sleep-Wake Disorders.
5% 5% 5% 5%
14. Sexual Dysfunctions, Gender Dysphoria, and Paraphilic Disorders.
5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
15. Personality Psychopathology.
5% 5%
16. Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence.
5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
17. Law and Ethics in Abnormal Psychology.
5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
,Chapter 1: Abnormal Behavior
5% 5% 5%
MULTIPLE CHOICE 5%
1. Which statement about abnormal psychology is accurate
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
? a. Abnormal psychology seeks to describe, explain, predict, and modify unusual behavior
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
s.
b. Although abnormal psychology has made several gains in the past 20 years, it is not y
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
et a 5%
scientific field of study. 5% 5% 5%
c. The subject matter of abnormal psychology is restricted to extremely bizarre behavior.
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
ANS:
d. A diagnoses REF:
Most 5 %
5The Concerns
of abnormality
% of Abnormal
are based 5%
Psychology
on two or three basic behavioral factors. 5% 5%
5 % 5%
5% 5%
5% 5%
5% 5%
5%
5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
OBJ: 1 MSC: Factual
5 % 5 %
2.5 % Psychopathology, or abnormal behavior, results primarily from ____ 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
.
a.
b. genetic factors factors
environmental
55 %
% 5% 5%
c. sociocultural factors
5 % 5%
d. an interaction of many factor
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5%
s
ANS: D REF: Introduction
5 % 5 % 5 % OBJ: 5 MSC: Factual 5 %
1 %
3. Dr. Thompson collects information in order to describe and draw inferences about an
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5 % indivi
dual's
psychological disorder. Dr. Thompson is engaged in ____. 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
a. therapy5 %
b. predicting dangerousness
5 % 5%
c. psychodiagnosis
5 %
d. research
5 %
ANS: 5 % C REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5%
OBJ: 5 % 1 MSC: Applied 5 %
4.5 % Dr. Kohn is a psychoanalyst, Dr. Edwards is a humanistic therapist, Dr. Peterson is a cognitive
5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
behavioral therapist, and Dr. James is a Gestalt therapist. Each of them would likely have a differe
5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
nt
____ for a client's abnormality.
5% 5% 5% 5%
a. time of onse
5 % 5% 5%
t
b. explanation
5 %
c.
d. 55diagnosis
prognosis %
%
ANS: 5 % B REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5%
OBJ: 5 % 1 MSC: Applied 5 %
5. A psychologist says, “Juan's abnormal behavior is likely due to a combination of biology a
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
nd
inadequate interpersonal skills.” The psychologist is ____.
5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
a.
b. predicting
giving Juanthe
55 future symptoms of Juan
a psychodiagnosis
%
% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
c. offering an explanation for Juan's proble
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
m
d. describing how to control Juan's symptom
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
ANS:
s C REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
5 % 5 % 5% 5% 5% 5%
OBJ: 1 MSC: Applied
5 % 5 %
,5%
6. Which statement regarding the prediction of abnormal behavior is accurat
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
e?
a. Even experienced professionals tend to overpredict future violence.
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
b. Psychologists are not interested in predicting clients' future behavior.
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
c. Prediction is unrelated to understanding the cause of abnormality.
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
d. Psychologists tend to underpredict future violence.
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
ANS: A REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
5 % 5 % 5% 5% 5% 5%
OBJ: 1 MSC: Conceptual
5 % 5 %
7. One of Seung-
5 % 5% 5%
Hui Cho's professors reported Cho's frightening behavior to many campus authorities.
5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
What reason did those authorities give her to explain why they could do nothing?
5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
a.
b. Cho's therapist
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was no space
55 % feel of
in any hethe
posed
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danger health
to others.
5%
5% facilities to house him.
5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
5% 5%5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
5% 5%
5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
c. Cho did not make any overt threats against anyone.
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
d. When compared with that of his peer group, Cho's behavior was not considered
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
odd.
ANS: C REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
5 % 5 % 5% 5% 5% 5%
OBJ: 1 5MSC: Applied
% 5 %
8. When psychologists talk about modifying abnormal behavior, they mean they are __
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
__.
a. attempting to understand the underlying cause of that behavior
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
b.
c. restricting
attemptingthe
55 % freedom ofthe
to anticipate
% dangerous clients of clie
future behaviors 5% 5% 5%
5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
nts
d. using therapy to improve client behavior
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
ANS: D REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
5 % 5 % 5% 5% 5% 5%
OBJ: 1 MSC: Factual
5 % 5 %
9. Which of the following defines therapy most accurately
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
? a. A program of systematic intervention designed to alter behavior, emotion, or tho
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
ught
b. The scientific study of abnormal behavior.
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
c. A system of observing abnormal behavior in an attempt to classify it
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
d. The application of a theoretical model to explain the cause of abnormal behavior
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
ANS: A REF: 1
5 % OBJ: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology 5 % 5 % 5% 5% 5% 5%
MSC: Factual 5 %
10.
5 % A psychologist develops several activities for clients aimed at helping them become more
5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
self-
disciplined and feel more confident about trying new behaviors. This example illustrates ____.
5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
a.
b. epidemiological
how therapy
55 %
% may be work is done
seen as in the to
an attempt 5%
5% field
modify behavior 5% 5% 5%
5% 5%
5% 5%
5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
5% 5% 5%
c. the function of providing an explanation for abnormal behavi
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
or
d. the essential need for accurate psychodiagnosis
5 % 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
ANS: B REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
5 % 5 % 5% 5% 5% 5%
OBJ: 1 5 MSC: Applied
% 5 %