HS 691 Quiz 1
Abnormal Psychology
Questions & Answers
(Answers Highlighted in Yellow)
1. According to Prof. Coolidge, all therapies that involve talking to a client work on the basic
assumption that
A) Awareness per se (in and of itself) is curative
B) Dreams are critical in understanding a patient’s issues
C) Something happened in childhood that makes adults unhappy
D) ID impulses must be controlled
E) The contents of the superego must be examined
2. A personality state to a personality trait is as
A) Chronic to acute
B) Long-lasting to temporary
C) Acute to chronic
D) Genes to genomes
E) None of the above
3. What percentage of people diagnosed with schizophrenia will recover but then later
decompensate again?
A) 10%
B) 25%
C) 50%
D) 75%
E) 90%
4. According to Prof. Coolidge, one strong contribution of the psychoanalytic paradigm to
abnormal psychology is
A) It provided ways to understand ID impulses
B) It provided a lingua franca
C) It promoted dream interpretation
D) It outlined many ego defenses
E) It provided ways to count unwanted behaviors
5. Which human behavior has the most evidence that it is genetic? (Note: not the strongest
evidence but the most evidence)
A) Conscientiousness
B) Agreeableness
, C) Psychoticism
D) Neuroticism
E) Introversion/Extraversion
6. Which theorist said that sometimes random events can change the faces of our children and
grandchildren?
A) Sigmund Freud
B) Albert Bandura
C) Carl Jung
D) B.F. Skinner
E) Fritz Perls
7. According to Prof. Coolidge, which two words best define Freudian
theory? A) Electra Complex
B) Oedipus Complex
C) Dream Therapy
D) Eternal Conflict
E) Schizophrenogenic Mother
8. Which part of the psyche arises first in Freudian theory?
A) Ego
B) ID
C) Superego
D) Collective unconscious
E) Archetypes
9. Which of the following psychoanalytic terms is synonymous with
“conscience?”
A) Ego
B) ID
C) Superego
D) Collective unconscious
E) Archetypes
10. Which of the following psychoanalytic terms is synonymous with “ego
ideal?” A) Ego
B) ID
C) Superego
D) Collective unconscious
Abnormal Psychology
Questions & Answers
(Answers Highlighted in Yellow)
1. According to Prof. Coolidge, all therapies that involve talking to a client work on the basic
assumption that
A) Awareness per se (in and of itself) is curative
B) Dreams are critical in understanding a patient’s issues
C) Something happened in childhood that makes adults unhappy
D) ID impulses must be controlled
E) The contents of the superego must be examined
2. A personality state to a personality trait is as
A) Chronic to acute
B) Long-lasting to temporary
C) Acute to chronic
D) Genes to genomes
E) None of the above
3. What percentage of people diagnosed with schizophrenia will recover but then later
decompensate again?
A) 10%
B) 25%
C) 50%
D) 75%
E) 90%
4. According to Prof. Coolidge, one strong contribution of the psychoanalytic paradigm to
abnormal psychology is
A) It provided ways to understand ID impulses
B) It provided a lingua franca
C) It promoted dream interpretation
D) It outlined many ego defenses
E) It provided ways to count unwanted behaviors
5. Which human behavior has the most evidence that it is genetic? (Note: not the strongest
evidence but the most evidence)
A) Conscientiousness
B) Agreeableness
, C) Psychoticism
D) Neuroticism
E) Introversion/Extraversion
6. Which theorist said that sometimes random events can change the faces of our children and
grandchildren?
A) Sigmund Freud
B) Albert Bandura
C) Carl Jung
D) B.F. Skinner
E) Fritz Perls
7. According to Prof. Coolidge, which two words best define Freudian
theory? A) Electra Complex
B) Oedipus Complex
C) Dream Therapy
D) Eternal Conflict
E) Schizophrenogenic Mother
8. Which part of the psyche arises first in Freudian theory?
A) Ego
B) ID
C) Superego
D) Collective unconscious
E) Archetypes
9. Which of the following psychoanalytic terms is synonymous with
“conscience?”
A) Ego
B) ID
C) Superego
D) Collective unconscious
E) Archetypes
10. Which of the following psychoanalytic terms is synonymous with “ego
ideal?” A) Ego
B) ID
C) Superego
D) Collective unconscious
