Test Bank for Abnormal Psychology 6th Edition by Gordon L. Flett , ISBN: 9781119335153 |All Chapters Included| Guide A+

TEST BANK FOR ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY, 6TH CANADIAN EDITION BY FLETT
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Question type: True/False
1) It is easy to remain objective when studying abnormal psychology.
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Answer: False
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Section Reference: Introduction
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Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour
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Bloom’s: Comprehension
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2) There is no single defining characteristic of abnormal behavior

Answer: True




Section Reference: What Is Abnormal Behaviour?

,Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour

Bloom’s: Comprehension
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3) The Psy.D. approach is based on the scientist-practitioner model.



Answer: False
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Section Reference: Focus on Discovery 1.1
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Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their treatment in CanadaBloom’s:
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Comprehension
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4) All psychologists would like to be able to prescribe medication.
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Answer: False
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Section Reference: What Is Abnormal Behaviour?
Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their treatment in CanadaBloom’s:

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5) Demons thought to cause abnormal behaviour could be released by trepanning.

,Answer: True



Section Reference: Early Demonology
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Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuriesBloom’s:

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6) Hippocrates believed that abnormal behaviour was the result of brain pathology.
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Answer: True



Section Reference: Somatogenesis
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Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuriesBloom’s:
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7) In the Middle Ages, mental illness was often mistaken for witchcraft.
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Answer: True



Section Reference: Witchcraft and Mental Illness

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuriesBloom’s:

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8) Pinel was the first to remove chains from the mentally ill in asylums.
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Answer: False



Section Reference: Moral Treatment
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Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuriesBloom’s:
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9) Today more care is provided in psychiatric units of general hospitals than in
psychiatric hospitals.
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Answer: True
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Section Reference: Canadian Perspectives 1.2
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Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their treatment in CanadaBloom’s:
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10) The most recent research data shows that stays in psychiatric hospitals in Canadaare
typically longer than in psychiatric units of general hospitals.