Abnormal Psychology Test Bank by Susan K. Fuhr 2025

Which facet of your text's definition of "abnormal behavior" is universally Ans. D accepted? Fac a. individual disturbance of behavior or physical functioning p. 4 b. psychological distress or impaired functioning E c. a kind of disturbance that is unexpected in the culture d. None of the above apply. 1. 2 If you were a citizen of ancient Egypt, what would you be most likely to cite Ans. C as the cause of Nelson McGrath's behavior? App a. weakness of character p. 5 b. bodily illness E c. evil d. irrational thoughts & perceptions 1. 3 Evidence from cultures around 3500 to 3000 B. C. suggests that a Ans. D model would have been used to explain abnormal behavior. Fac a. medical p. 5 b. humanistic E c. rationalistic d. demonological 1. 4 How might an early Mesopotamian individual be treated if she or he Ans. C demonstrated bizarre actions, strange speech, and extremely unusual beliefs? App a. bloodletting with leeches p. 5 b. confinement to an asylum M c. trephining d. a special diet to restore bodily imbalances 1. 5 Ancient Chinese and Hebrew civilizations employed several methods in the Ans. B treatment of abnormal individuals. Which approach, however, was NOT Fac common? p. 5 a. exercise and special diet M b. special care in asylums c. faith healing d. concoctions to poison spirits and demons 1. 6 The movie "An American Werewolf in London" reflects a belief in which of Ans. A the following? App a. lycanthropy p. 5 b. hysteria E c. tarantism d. stigmata diaboli 1. 7 In your historical review of early approaches to understanding abnormality, to Ans. D whom would you credit the birth of the medical tradition? App a. Roman philosophers p. 5 b. Islamic scholars E c. Egyptian healers d. Greek physicians 1. 8 If you assert that humans are primarily rational beings who gain knowledge Ans. C through reasoning and recollection to discover universal truths, to whom do Con you clearly owe an intellectual debt? p. 5 a. Hippocrates M b. Avicenna * c. Plato d. Descartes 1. 9 Marc considers himself an empirical scientist of psychology, gathering and Ans. C evaluating information from perceptual experiences. Which Greek philosopher Con set forth the intellectual foundation for Marc's perspective? p. 5 a. Plato M b. Hippocrates c. Aristotle d. Galen 1. 10 Which humorous Greek is considered the father of medicine? Ans. B a. Galen Fac b. Hippocrates p. 5 c. Epictetus E d. Aristotle 1. 11 An ancient Greek was diagnosed as suffering from melancholia. This Ans. A individual was probably given a special diet as well as purgatives in order to App treat an imbalance of p. 5 a. black bile. E b. phlegm. c. yellow bile. d. blood. 1. 12 Which of the following descriptive terms would best reflect Hippocrates' Ans. C approach to abnormality? Con a. madness p. 5 b. evil E c. illness d. sinfulness 1. 13 You are Galen's medical assistant. What aspect of human psychology would Ans. D you be studying? App a. rational thinking processes p. 6 b. social behavior M c. intelligence d. temperament