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Chapter 01: Multiple Choice
2. Which statement about distress is TRUE?
a. Distress is a subjective experience.
b. Distress is always considered abnormal.
c. Distress is more common in women than in men.
d. Distress is always characterized overt, observable signs. ANSWER: a
3. An individual has a 9-to-5 job. However, this person seldom gets up early enough to be at work on time
and expresses great distress over this behavior. This individual’s behavior would be considered abnormal
because it is:
a. disturbed.
b. deviant.
c. dysfunctional.
d. dangerous. ANSWER: c
4. Which aspect of the definition of abnormality includes the inability to care for oneself and work
productively?
a. distress
b. deviance
c. dysfunction
d. danger to self or others ANSWER: c
5. Which person would NOT be considered abnormal, despite the fact that the person’s behavior is
dysfunctional?
a. someone who is too confused to drive safely
b. someone who parties so much that he or she cannot go to class
c. someone who goes on a hunger strike to protest social injustice
d. someone who cannot stay alone for even one night ANSWER: c
, 6. Just a few decades ago, a woman’s love for racecar driving would have been considered abnormal. This
statement illustrates that:
a. abnormal thinking centers on fear.
b. abnormality can be situational.
c. everyone is a little eccentric.
d. women are labeled as abnormal more frequently than are men. ANSWER: b
7. When behavior prevents a person from participating in ordinary social interactions, that behavior is said to
be:
a. deviant.
b. dangerous.
c. distressing.
d. dysfunctional. ANSWER: d
8. A person who is having suicidal thoughts and can see no reason for living BEST fits which definition of
abnormality?
a. deviance
b. distress
c. danger
d. dysfunction ANSWER: c
9. A Secret Service agent steps in front of the president of the United States, prepared to be killed or injured
if the president’s safety is threatened. Psychologically speaking, the Secret Service agent’s behavior is:
a. distressing to the agent and abnormal.
b. dangerous for the agent but not abnormal.
c. deviant but not abnormal.
d. dysfunctional and abnormal. ANSWER: b
10. Research shows that danger to self or others is found in:
a. a minority of cases of abnormal functioning.
b. no cases of abnormal functioning.
c. all cases of abnormal functioning.
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Chapter 01: Multiple Choice
2. Which statement about distress is TRUE?
a. Distress is a subjective experience.
b. Distress is always considered abnormal.
c. Distress is more common in women than in men.
d. Distress is always characterized overt, observable signs. ANSWER: a
3. An individual has a 9-to-5 job. However, this person seldom gets up early enough to be at work on time
and expresses great distress over this behavior. This individual’s behavior would be considered abnormal
because it is:
a. disturbed.
b. deviant.
c. dysfunctional.
d. dangerous. ANSWER: c
4. Which aspect of the definition of abnormality includes the inability to care for oneself and work
productively?
a. distress
b. deviance
c. dysfunction
d. danger to self or others ANSWER: c
5. Which person would NOT be considered abnormal, despite the fact that the person’s behavior is
dysfunctional?
a. someone who is too confused to drive safely
b. someone who parties so much that he or she cannot go to class
c. someone who goes on a hunger strike to protest social injustice
d. someone who cannot stay alone for even one night ANSWER: c
, 6. Just a few decades ago, a woman’s love for racecar driving would have been considered abnormal. This
statement illustrates that:
a. abnormal thinking centers on fear.
b. abnormality can be situational.
c. everyone is a little eccentric.
d. women are labeled as abnormal more frequently than are men. ANSWER: b
7. When behavior prevents a person from participating in ordinary social interactions, that behavior is said to
be:
a. deviant.
b. dangerous.
c. distressing.
d. dysfunctional. ANSWER: d
8. A person who is having suicidal thoughts and can see no reason for living BEST fits which definition of
abnormality?
a. deviance
b. distress
c. danger
d. dysfunction ANSWER: c
9. A Secret Service agent steps in front of the president of the United States, prepared to be killed or injured
if the president’s safety is threatened. Psychologically speaking, the Secret Service agent’s behavior is:
a. distressing to the agent and abnormal.
b. dangerous for the agent but not abnormal.
c. deviant but not abnormal.
d. dysfunctional and abnormal. ANSWER: b
10. Research shows that danger to self or others is found in:
a. a minority of cases of abnormal functioning.
b. no cases of abnormal functioning.
c. all cases of abnormal functioning.
