Abnormal Psych Test 1 Questions and Answers Graded A+
One who systematically gathers information in following a significant natural disaster, we would
order to describe, predict, and explain say that the person was: - -exhibiting a
abnormality is a clinical: - -scientist. typical reaction.
If you wanted a career in which you focus on People who engage in frenetic, manic activity
detecting, assessing, and treating abnormal may not experience distress. They are: - -
patterns of functioning, you should look into nevertheless considered to be abnormal.
becoming a clinical: - -practitioner.
A person who is so miserable that he or she can
The stated and unstated rules for proper conduct see no reason for living BEST fits which of the
that a society establishes are referred to as: - following definitions of abnormality? - -
-norms. distress
Behavior that violates legal norms is: - - An individual has a 9-to-5 job. However, this
deviant and criminal. person seldom gets up early enough to be at
work on time, and expresses great distress over
this behavior. This individual's behavior would be
The history, values, institutions, technology, and considered abnormal because it is: - -
arts of a society make up that society's: - - dysfunctional and deviant.
culture.
Which aspect of the definition of abnormality
Which of the following depressed people would includes the inability to care for oneself and work
be the LEAST likely to be diagnosed with a productively? - -dysfunction
mental disorder—because of specific
circumstances? - -someone whose
community was destroyed by a tornado Which of the following would NOT be considered
abnormal, despite the fact that the person's
behavior is dysfunctional? - -someone who
R. D. Laing said, "Insanity—a perfectly rational goes on a hunger strike to protest social injustice
adjustment to an insane world." This statement
illustrates: - -that abnormality is situational.
A Secret Service agent steps in front of the
President of the United States, prepared to be
That 42 percent of people go to church and 39 killed or injured if the President's safety is
percent snoop in their hosts' medicine cabinets threatened. Psychologically speaking, the Secret
demonstrates the principle that: - - Service agent's behavior is: - -
statistical deviance is not the same thing as dysfunctional, but not psychologically abnormal.
abnormality.
Research shows that danger to self or others is
If a person experienced anxiety or depression found in: - -some cases of abnormal
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functioning. those with mental disorders to say: - -I'm
different and I like it.
Despite popular misconceptions, most people
with psychological problems are not: - - Clinical theorist Jerome Frank would say that all
dangerous. forms of therapy include all of the following
EXCEPT a: - -third-party payer.
According to Thomas Szasz's views, the
deviations that some call mental illness are One who sees abnormality as a problem in living
really: - -problems in living. usually refers to those seeking help with their
problems in living as: - -clients.
A researcher spends 15 or more hours per day
conducting experiments or doing library reading Several researchers have shown that in a typical
and records observations on color-coded index year in the United States about what percentage
cards. This person lives alone in the country, but of adults show disturbances severe enough to
he doesn't interfere with others' lives. The BEST need clinical treatment? - -over 15 percent
description of the researcher's behavior is that it
is: - -eccentric.
Which of the following "new diagnoses" would
one experiencing overwhelming concern about
College students who drink so much that it being bombarded with excessive information on
interferes with their lives, health, and academic the Internet MOST likely receive? - -cyber
careers are often not diagnosed as engaging in fear
abnormal behavior because: - -drinking is
considered part of college culture.
Which of the following "new diagnoses" would
someone experiencing overwhelming concern
Defining abnormal behavior, using "the four Ds": about the security of travel on planes and
- -is still often vague and subjective. subways MOST likely receive? - -terrorism
terror
Lady Gaga and other eccentrics are usually not
considered to be experiencing a mental illness Which of the following "new diagnoses" would
because: - -they freely choose and enjoy someone experiencing overwhelming concern
their behavior. about where the safest neighborhoods and
schools are located be MOST likely to receive? -
-crime phobia
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of
eccentrics noted by researchers in the field? -
-having a diagnosable mental illness The use of exorcism in early societies suggests a
belief that abnormal behavior was caused by: -
-evil spirits.
Studies show that eccentrics are more likely than
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One who systematically gathers information in following a significant natural disaster, we would
order to describe, predict, and explain say that the person was: - -exhibiting a
abnormality is a clinical: - -scientist. typical reaction.
If you wanted a career in which you focus on People who engage in frenetic, manic activity
detecting, assessing, and treating abnormal may not experience distress. They are: - -
patterns of functioning, you should look into nevertheless considered to be abnormal.
becoming a clinical: - -practitioner.
A person who is so miserable that he or she can
The stated and unstated rules for proper conduct see no reason for living BEST fits which of the
that a society establishes are referred to as: - following definitions of abnormality? - -
-norms. distress
Behavior that violates legal norms is: - - An individual has a 9-to-5 job. However, this
deviant and criminal. person seldom gets up early enough to be at
work on time, and expresses great distress over
this behavior. This individual's behavior would be
The history, values, institutions, technology, and considered abnormal because it is: - -
arts of a society make up that society's: - - dysfunctional and deviant.
culture.
Which aspect of the definition of abnormality
Which of the following depressed people would includes the inability to care for oneself and work
be the LEAST likely to be diagnosed with a productively? - -dysfunction
mental disorder—because of specific
circumstances? - -someone whose
community was destroyed by a tornado Which of the following would NOT be considered
abnormal, despite the fact that the person's
behavior is dysfunctional? - -someone who
R. D. Laing said, "Insanity—a perfectly rational goes on a hunger strike to protest social injustice
adjustment to an insane world." This statement
illustrates: - -that abnormality is situational.
A Secret Service agent steps in front of the
President of the United States, prepared to be
That 42 percent of people go to church and 39 killed or injured if the President's safety is
percent snoop in their hosts' medicine cabinets threatened. Psychologically speaking, the Secret
demonstrates the principle that: - - Service agent's behavior is: - -
statistical deviance is not the same thing as dysfunctional, but not psychologically abnormal.
abnormality.
Research shows that danger to self or others is
If a person experienced anxiety or depression found in: - -some cases of abnormal
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functioning. those with mental disorders to say: - -I'm
different and I like it.
Despite popular misconceptions, most people
with psychological problems are not: - - Clinical theorist Jerome Frank would say that all
dangerous. forms of therapy include all of the following
EXCEPT a: - -third-party payer.
According to Thomas Szasz's views, the
deviations that some call mental illness are One who sees abnormality as a problem in living
really: - -problems in living. usually refers to those seeking help with their
problems in living as: - -clients.
A researcher spends 15 or more hours per day
conducting experiments or doing library reading Several researchers have shown that in a typical
and records observations on color-coded index year in the United States about what percentage
cards. This person lives alone in the country, but of adults show disturbances severe enough to
he doesn't interfere with others' lives. The BEST need clinical treatment? - -over 15 percent
description of the researcher's behavior is that it
is: - -eccentric.
Which of the following "new diagnoses" would
one experiencing overwhelming concern about
College students who drink so much that it being bombarded with excessive information on
interferes with their lives, health, and academic the Internet MOST likely receive? - -cyber
careers are often not diagnosed as engaging in fear
abnormal behavior because: - -drinking is
considered part of college culture.
Which of the following "new diagnoses" would
someone experiencing overwhelming concern
Defining abnormal behavior, using "the four Ds": about the security of travel on planes and
- -is still often vague and subjective. subways MOST likely receive? - -terrorism
terror
Lady Gaga and other eccentrics are usually not
considered to be experiencing a mental illness Which of the following "new diagnoses" would
because: - -they freely choose and enjoy someone experiencing overwhelming concern
their behavior. about where the safest neighborhoods and
schools are located be MOST likely to receive? -
-crime phobia
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of
eccentrics noted by researchers in the field? -
-having a diagnosable mental illness The use of exorcism in early societies suggests a
belief that abnormal behavior was caused by: -
-evil spirits.
Studies show that eccentrics are more likely than
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