6th EDITION
Test Bank Abnormal Psychology, 6th
CanadianEdition By Gordon L. Flett.
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:
IntroductionDifficulty:
Medium
Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour
Bloom’s: Comprehension
2) There is no single defining characteristic of abnormal behaviour.
, 6th EDITION
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?
, 6th EDITION
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
, 6th EDITION
7) In the Middle Ages, mental illness was often mistaken for witchcraft.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Witchcraft and Mental Illness
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuries
Bloom’s: Knowledge
8) Pinel was the first to remove chains from the mentally ill in asylums.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Moral Treatment
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuries
Bloom’s: Comprehension
9) Today more care is provided in psychiatric units of general hospitals than in
psychiatric hospitals.
Test Bank Abnormal Psychology, 6th
CanadianEdition By Gordon L. Flett.
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:
IntroductionDifficulty:
Medium
Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour
Bloom’s: Comprehension
2) There is no single defining characteristic of abnormal behaviour.
, 6th EDITION
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?
, 6th EDITION
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
, 6th EDITION
7) In the Middle Ages, mental illness was often mistaken for witchcraft.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Witchcraft and Mental Illness
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuries
Bloom’s: Knowledge
8) Pinel was the first to remove chains from the mentally ill in asylums.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Moral Treatment
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuries
Bloom’s: Comprehension
9) Today more care is provided in psychiatric units of general hospitals than in
psychiatric hospitals.
