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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. Abnormal Behavior.
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2. Understanding and Treating Mental Disorders.
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3. Assessment and Classification of Mental Disorders.
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,4. Research Methods for Studying Mental Disorders.
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5. Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders.
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6. Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders.
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7. Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders.
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8. Depressive and Bipolar Disorders.
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9. Suicide.
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10. Eating Disorders.
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11. Substance-Related and Other Addictive Disorders.
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12. Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders.
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13. Neurocognitive and Sleep-Wake Disorders.
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14. Sexual Dysfunctions, Gender Dysphoria, and Paraphilic Disorders.
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15. Personality Psychopathology.
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16. Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence.
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17. Law and Ethics in Abnormal Psychology.
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,Chapter 1: Abnormal Behavior
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MULTIPLE CHOICE bn




1. Which statement about abnormal psychology is accurate
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? a. Abnormal psychology seeks to describe, explain, predict, and modify unusual behaviors
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b. Although abnormal psychology has made several gains in the past 20 years, it is not yet
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c. The subject matter of abnormal psychology is restricted to extremely bizarre behavior.
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2.b n Psychopathology, or abnormal behavior, results primarily from ____. bn bn bn bn bn bn bn



a. genetic factors
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b. environmental factors
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c. sociocultural factors
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d. an interaction of many factor
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ANS: D REF: Introduction
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3. Dr. Thompson collects information in order to describe and draw inferences about an
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a. therapy
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b. predicting dangerousness
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c. psychodiagnosis
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d. research
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ANS: C b n REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
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OBJ: 1 b n MSC: Applied b n




4.b n Dr. Kohn is a psychoanalyst, Dr. Edwards is a humanistic therapist, Dr. Peterson is a cognitive
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behavioral therapist, and Dr. James is a Gestalt therapist. Each of them would likely have a different
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____ for a client's abnormality.
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a. time of onset
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c. diagnosis
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d. prognosis
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ANS: B b n REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
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5.b n A psychologist says, “Juan's abnormal behavior is likely due to a combination of biology an
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inadequate interpersonal skills.” The psychologist is ____.
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c. offering an explanation for Juan's problem
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d. describing how to control Juan's symptom
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ANS: C REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
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6. Which statement regarding the prediction of abnormal behavior is accurat
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a. Even experienced professionals tend to overpredict future violence.
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b. Psychologists are not interested in predicting clients' future behavior.
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c. Prediction is unrelated to understanding the cause of abnormality.
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d. Psychologists tend to underpredict future violence.
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ANS: A REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
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7. One of Seung-
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Hui Cho's professors reported Cho's frightening behavior to many campus authorities.
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What reason did those authorities give her to explain why they could do nothing?
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c. Cho did not make any overt threats against anyone.
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d. When compared with that of his peer group, Cho's behavior was not considered o
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8. When psychologists talk about modifying abnormal behavior, they mean they are ___
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ANS: D REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
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OBJ: 1 MSC: Factual
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9. Which of the following defines therapy most accurately
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? a. A program of systematic intervention designed to alter behavior, emotion, or thou
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b. The scientific study of abnormal behavior.
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c. A system of observing abnormal behavior in an attempt to classify it
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d. The application of a theoretical model to explain the cause of abnormal behavior
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10.
b n A psychologist develops several activities for clients aimed at helping them become more
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self-disciplined and feel more confident about trying new behaviors. This example illustrates ____.
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a. how epidemiological work is done in the field
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b. how therapy may be seen as an attempt to modify behavior
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c. the function of providing an explanation for abnormal behavi
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or
d. the essential need for accurate psychodiagnosis
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ANS: B REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology
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