Test Bank for Introduction
to Psychology 12th Edition
By James Kalat (All
Chapters 1-15, 100%
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All Chapters Arranged Reverse: 15-1
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Chapter 15: Abnormal Psychology: Disorders and Treatment
1. What is the main point of the biopsychosocial model of mental illness?
a. Some mental illnesses are biological, some are psychological, and some are
sociological.
b. Mental illnesses progress through a series of three stages.
c. The causes of mental illness are different from the treatments.
d. Mental illness is the outcome of a combination of influences.
ANSWER: d
2. Why do certain mental disorders such as koro occur in one culture and not another?
a. They occur by imitation.
b. They depend on genes specific to certain ethnic
groups.
c. They result from dietary deficiencies.
d. They are based on different diagnostic manuals.
ANSWER: a
3. What are ICD-11 and DSM-5?
a. tests
b. organizations
c. genes
d. books
ANSWER: d
4. What is one way in which ICD-11 differs from DSM-5?
a. ICD-11 is used only by researchers, not practicing clinicians.
b. ICD-11 lists fewer diagnoses.
c. ICD-11 describes the genetic basis of each condition.
d. ICD-11 provides fewer specific criteria.
ANSWER: d
5. What does “DSM” abbreviate?
a. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
b. Distinctive Standards for Measurement
c. Diseases of Social Mediation
d. Disorders of Senses and Mind
ANSWER: a
6. Psychiatrists in the United States rely on what source for defining the types of mental illness?
a. WAIS
b. DSM
c. MMPI
d. fMRI
ANSWER: b
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Chapter 15: Abnormal Psychology: Disorders and Treatment
7. What is DSM-5?
a. an association of mental hospitals
b. a book about diagnosing mental disorders
c. the organization that licenses psychiatrists
d. a genetic variant linked to schizophrenia
ANSWER: b
8. Why is DSM important?
a. It standardizes diagnosis.
b. It clarifies laws.
c. It helps people locate therapists.
d. It provides medications at low
prices.
ANSWER: a
9. Is it possible for people with different symptoms get the same psychiatric diagnosis?
a. Yes, because diagnoses are based on brain measurements, not behavioral symptoms.
b. Yes, because many diagnoses are based on variable combinations of symptoms.
c. Yes, because each psychiatrist uses a different method for diagnosing disorders.
d. No, because each diagnosis is specific to a particular symptom.
ANSWER: b
10. For what psychiatric disorder, if any, can psychiatrists use a laboratory test to confirm a diagnosis?
a. obsessive-compulsive
disorder
b. schizophrenia
c. bipolar disorder
d. none
ANSWER: d
11. Why are many therapists dissatisfied with DSM-5?
a. Many people do not fit neatly into a single category.
b. DSM relies too heavily on laboratory tests.
c. DSM does not include enough categories of disorders.
d. Most psychiatrists prefer just the categories of neurotic and
psychotic.
ANSWER: a
12. What assumption behind DSM-5 seems the MOST doubtful?
a. Most psychiatric disorders have a genetic predisposition.
b. Clients can be placed into a limited number of categories.
c. It is important for researchers in different places to diagnose disorders in the same
way.
d. A single disorder can have a variety of symptoms.
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ANSWER: b
13. Do either the causes or the treatments vary consistently from one psychiatric disorder to another?
a. Yes, each disorder depends on a different set of genetic predispositions.
b. Yes, each disorder is provoked by a distinct type of stressful experiences.
c. Yes, the treatments that are effective for one disorder are useless for any other one.
d. No, the causes and treatments overlap for many disorders.
ANSWER: d
14. If we were to abandon the categorical approach to diagnosing mental illnesses, what is the alternative?
a. Describe each client’s problems by laboratory tests, especially fMRI.
b. Rate each client’s problems along a few dimensions.
c. Give every client the same medications and the same type of psychotherapy.
d. Ask each client to describe his/her own problems, in ten words or less.
ANSWER: b
15. For what type of disorder, if any, does DSM-5 allow diagnosis along several dimensions instead of categories?
a. mood disorders
b. personality
disorders
c. anxiety disorders
d. none
ANSWER: b
16. What is meant by a “personality disorder”?
a. any complaint that brings someone to a therapist for help
b. a maladaptive, inflexible pattern of behavior
c. an outburst of altered behavior lasting no more than four
hours
d. a mental illness that does not fit any dsm-5 diagnosis
ANSWER: b
17. Who is more likely to develop an anxiety disorder?
a. older adults more than younger adults
b. women more than men
c. black people more than white people
d. eastern europeans more than people in english-speaking
countries
ANSWER: b
18. What is generalized anxiety disorder?
a. inability to experience anxiety, except when having trouble breathing
b. frequent exaggerated worries
c. a pattern of anxiety that spreads over a whole community
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to Psychology 12th Edition
By James Kalat (All
Chapters 1-15, 100%
Original Verified, A+ Grade)
All Chapters Arranged Reverse: 15-1
This is The Only Original
and Complete Test Bank for
12 Edition, All Other Files
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in the Market are
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,Name Clas Dat
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Chapter 15: Abnormal Psychology: Disorders and Treatment
1. What is the main point of the biopsychosocial model of mental illness?
a. Some mental illnesses are biological, some are psychological, and some are
sociological.
b. Mental illnesses progress through a series of three stages.
c. The causes of mental illness are different from the treatments.
d. Mental illness is the outcome of a combination of influences.
ANSWER: d
2. Why do certain mental disorders such as koro occur in one culture and not another?
a. They occur by imitation.
b. They depend on genes specific to certain ethnic
groups.
c. They result from dietary deficiencies.
d. They are based on different diagnostic manuals.
ANSWER: a
3. What are ICD-11 and DSM-5?
a. tests
b. organizations
c. genes
d. books
ANSWER: d
4. What is one way in which ICD-11 differs from DSM-5?
a. ICD-11 is used only by researchers, not practicing clinicians.
b. ICD-11 lists fewer diagnoses.
c. ICD-11 describes the genetic basis of each condition.
d. ICD-11 provides fewer specific criteria.
ANSWER: d
5. What does “DSM” abbreviate?
a. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
b. Distinctive Standards for Measurement
c. Diseases of Social Mediation
d. Disorders of Senses and Mind
ANSWER: a
6. Psychiatrists in the United States rely on what source for defining the types of mental illness?
a. WAIS
b. DSM
c. MMPI
d. fMRI
ANSWER: b
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Chapter 15: Abnormal Psychology: Disorders and Treatment
7. What is DSM-5?
a. an association of mental hospitals
b. a book about diagnosing mental disorders
c. the organization that licenses psychiatrists
d. a genetic variant linked to schizophrenia
ANSWER: b
8. Why is DSM important?
a. It standardizes diagnosis.
b. It clarifies laws.
c. It helps people locate therapists.
d. It provides medications at low
prices.
ANSWER: a
9. Is it possible for people with different symptoms get the same psychiatric diagnosis?
a. Yes, because diagnoses are based on brain measurements, not behavioral symptoms.
b. Yes, because many diagnoses are based on variable combinations of symptoms.
c. Yes, because each psychiatrist uses a different method for diagnosing disorders.
d. No, because each diagnosis is specific to a particular symptom.
ANSWER: b
10. For what psychiatric disorder, if any, can psychiatrists use a laboratory test to confirm a diagnosis?
a. obsessive-compulsive
disorder
b. schizophrenia
c. bipolar disorder
d. none
ANSWER: d
11. Why are many therapists dissatisfied with DSM-5?
a. Many people do not fit neatly into a single category.
b. DSM relies too heavily on laboratory tests.
c. DSM does not include enough categories of disorders.
d. Most psychiatrists prefer just the categories of neurotic and
psychotic.
ANSWER: a
12. What assumption behind DSM-5 seems the MOST doubtful?
a. Most psychiatric disorders have a genetic predisposition.
b. Clients can be placed into a limited number of categories.
c. It is important for researchers in different places to diagnose disorders in the same
way.
d. A single disorder can have a variety of symptoms.
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ANSWER: b
13. Do either the causes or the treatments vary consistently from one psychiatric disorder to another?
a. Yes, each disorder depends on a different set of genetic predispositions.
b. Yes, each disorder is provoked by a distinct type of stressful experiences.
c. Yes, the treatments that are effective for one disorder are useless for any other one.
d. No, the causes and treatments overlap for many disorders.
ANSWER: d
14. If we were to abandon the categorical approach to diagnosing mental illnesses, what is the alternative?
a. Describe each client’s problems by laboratory tests, especially fMRI.
b. Rate each client’s problems along a few dimensions.
c. Give every client the same medications and the same type of psychotherapy.
d. Ask each client to describe his/her own problems, in ten words or less.
ANSWER: b
15. For what type of disorder, if any, does DSM-5 allow diagnosis along several dimensions instead of categories?
a. mood disorders
b. personality
disorders
c. anxiety disorders
d. none
ANSWER: b
16. What is meant by a “personality disorder”?
a. any complaint that brings someone to a therapist for help
b. a maladaptive, inflexible pattern of behavior
c. an outburst of altered behavior lasting no more than four
hours
d. a mental illness that does not fit any dsm-5 diagnosis
ANSWER: b
17. Who is more likely to develop an anxiety disorder?
a. older adults more than younger adults
b. women more than men
c. black people more than white people
d. eastern europeans more than people in english-speaking
countries
ANSWER: b
18. What is generalized anxiety disorder?
a. inability to experience anxiety, except when having trouble breathing
b. frequent exaggerated worries
c. a pattern of anxiety that spreads over a whole community
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