ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 9TH EDITION
WHITBOURNE EXAMINATION TEST 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
⩥ phobia. Answer: An anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational
fear and avoidance of a specific object or situation.
⩥ Psychological Dysfunction. Answer: Breakdown in cognitive,
emotional, or behavioral functioning
⩥ Just having a dysfunction is not enough to meet the criteria for
psychological disorder.. Answer: for this reason, these problems are
often considered to be on a continuum or a dimension rather than to be
categories that are present or absent.
⩥ atypical. Answer: not typical; not conforming to the type; irregular;
abnormal
⩥ DSM. Answer: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual - contains the
current listing of criteria for psychological disorders
⩥ Abnormal. Answer: describes behavioral, psychological, or biological
dysfunctions that are unexpected in their cultural context and associated
, with present distress and impairment in functioning, or increased risk of
suffering, death, pain, or impairment
⩥ prototype. Answer: a typical profile. a pt may have only some features
or symptoms of the disorder (minimum number) and still meet criteria
for the disorder because his or her set of symptoms is close to the
prototype.
⩥ Psychopathology. Answer: the scientific study of psychological
disorders
⩥ counseling psychologists. Answer: tend to study and treat adjustment
and vocational issues encountered by relatively healthy individuals
⩥ clinical psychologists. Answer: usually concentrate on more severe
psychological disorders
⩥ Functions of Mental Health Practitioners. Answer: 1. Consumers of
the science of psychopathology. That is that they keep up with recent
developments which benefits their patients.
2. Evaluators of own assessments or treatment procedures to see whether
they work.
3. Research. This research attempts to:
WHITBOURNE EXAMINATION TEST 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
⩥ phobia. Answer: An anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational
fear and avoidance of a specific object or situation.
⩥ Psychological Dysfunction. Answer: Breakdown in cognitive,
emotional, or behavioral functioning
⩥ Just having a dysfunction is not enough to meet the criteria for
psychological disorder.. Answer: for this reason, these problems are
often considered to be on a continuum or a dimension rather than to be
categories that are present or absent.
⩥ atypical. Answer: not typical; not conforming to the type; irregular;
abnormal
⩥ DSM. Answer: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual - contains the
current listing of criteria for psychological disorders
⩥ Abnormal. Answer: describes behavioral, psychological, or biological
dysfunctions that are unexpected in their cultural context and associated
, with present distress and impairment in functioning, or increased risk of
suffering, death, pain, or impairment
⩥ prototype. Answer: a typical profile. a pt may have only some features
or symptoms of the disorder (minimum number) and still meet criteria
for the disorder because his or her set of symptoms is close to the
prototype.
⩥ Psychopathology. Answer: the scientific study of psychological
disorders
⩥ counseling psychologists. Answer: tend to study and treat adjustment
and vocational issues encountered by relatively healthy individuals
⩥ clinical psychologists. Answer: usually concentrate on more severe
psychological disorders
⩥ Functions of Mental Health Practitioners. Answer: 1. Consumers of
the science of psychopathology. That is that they keep up with recent
developments which benefits their patients.
2. Evaluators of own assessments or treatment procedures to see whether
they work.
3. Research. This research attempts to:
