TEST BANK ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY, 6TH CANADIAN EDITION BY GORDON L. FLETT | ALL CHAPTERS COVERED | COMPLETE QUESTION WITH DETAILED SOLUTION | |LATEST UPDATE| |2025-26|

, Chapter 1

Introduction: Definitional and Historical Considerations and Canada's Mental
Health System



Question type: True/False




1) It is easy to remain objective when studying abnormal psychology.



Answer: False



Section Reference: Introduction

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour

Bloom‟s: Comprehension




2) There is no single defining characteristic of abnormal behaviour.

,Answer: True



Section Reference: What Is Abnormal Behaviour?

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour

Bloom‟s: Comprehension




3) The Psy.D. approach is based on the scientist-practitioner model.



Answer: False



Section Reference: Focus on Discovery 1.1

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their treatment in Canada

Bloom‟s: Comprehension




4) All psychologists would like to be able to prescribe medication.



Answer: False



Section Reference: What Is Abnormal Behaviour?

, Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their treatment in Canada

Bloom‟s: Comprehension




5) Demons thought to cause abnormal behaviour could be released by trepanning.



Answer: True



Section Reference: Early Demonology

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuries

Bloom‟s: Knowledge




6) Hippocrates believed that abnormal behaviour was the result of brain pathology.



Answer: True



Section Reference: Somatogenesis

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuries

Bloom‟s: Knowledge