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ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
2025/2026 ACCURATE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES || 100%
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abnormal behavior .......Answer.........Patterns of thought, emotion,
and actions that are deviant, unexpected, or "away from the
standard" based on statistical, social-cultural, and/or functional
standards.
abnormal psychology .......Answer.........The scientific study of
abnormal behavior in order to describe, predict, explain, and
ultimately change abnormal patterns of functioning.
acute stress disorder .......Answer.........An anxiety disorder in
which fear and related symptoms are experienced soon after a
traumatic event, often including amnesia about the event,
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emotional numbing, and derealization, and lasting less than a
month. Many victims later develop posttraumatic stress disorder.
addiction .......Answer.........Physical dependence on a substance
marked by tolerance, withdrawal symptoms during abstinence,
or both.
affect .......Answer.........A subjective feeling of emotion or mood
often accompanied by bodily expressions noticeable to others.
age of onset .......Answer.........Person's age when he or she
develops or exhibits symptoms of a disorder.
agnosia .......Answer.........Inability to recognize and name objects;
may be a symptom of dementia or other brain disorders.
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agoraphobia .......Answer.........Anxiety about being in places or
situations from which escape might be difficult (or embarrassing)
or help unavailable if panic symptoms were to occur.
alogia .......Answer.........Deficiency in the amount or content of
speech, a disturbance often seen in people with schizophrenia.
Also known as poverty of speech.
alternate personalities / alters .......Answer.........In dissociative
identity disorder, the additional identities along with the host
identity. Also known as subpersonalities.
American Law Institute (ALI) test (1955) .......Answer.........A legal
test for insanity that holds a person to be insane at the time of
committing a crime, if during criminal conduct, the individual
could not judge right from wrong or control his or her behavior
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as required by law. Compare M'Naghten Rule and irresistible
impulse.
amnestic disorders .......Answer.........Organic disorders in which
the primary symptom is memory loss.
anhedonia .......Answer.........Inability to experience pleasure,
associated with some mood and schizophrenic disorders.
anorexia nervosa .......Answer.........Eating disorder characterized
by continual food refusal and the pursuit of extreme thinness,
leading to dangerously low body weight.
antisocial personality disorder .......Answer.........A personality
disorder marked by a pervasive pattern of disregard for and
violation of the rights of others. Deceitful, unremorseful,
manipulative, lacks anxiety and guilt.
ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
2025/2026 ACCURATE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES || 100%
GUARANTEED PASS <LATEST VERSION>
abnormal behavior .......Answer.........Patterns of thought, emotion,
and actions that are deviant, unexpected, or "away from the
standard" based on statistical, social-cultural, and/or functional
standards.
abnormal psychology .......Answer.........The scientific study of
abnormal behavior in order to describe, predict, explain, and
ultimately change abnormal patterns of functioning.
acute stress disorder .......Answer.........An anxiety disorder in
which fear and related symptoms are experienced soon after a
traumatic event, often including amnesia about the event,
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emotional numbing, and derealization, and lasting less than a
month. Many victims later develop posttraumatic stress disorder.
addiction .......Answer.........Physical dependence on a substance
marked by tolerance, withdrawal symptoms during abstinence,
or both.
affect .......Answer.........A subjective feeling of emotion or mood
often accompanied by bodily expressions noticeable to others.
age of onset .......Answer.........Person's age when he or she
develops or exhibits symptoms of a disorder.
agnosia .......Answer.........Inability to recognize and name objects;
may be a symptom of dementia or other brain disorders.
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agoraphobia .......Answer.........Anxiety about being in places or
situations from which escape might be difficult (or embarrassing)
or help unavailable if panic symptoms were to occur.
alogia .......Answer.........Deficiency in the amount or content of
speech, a disturbance often seen in people with schizophrenia.
Also known as poverty of speech.
alternate personalities / alters .......Answer.........In dissociative
identity disorder, the additional identities along with the host
identity. Also known as subpersonalities.
American Law Institute (ALI) test (1955) .......Answer.........A legal
test for insanity that holds a person to be insane at the time of
committing a crime, if during criminal conduct, the individual
could not judge right from wrong or control his or her behavior
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as required by law. Compare M'Naghten Rule and irresistible
impulse.
amnestic disorders .......Answer.........Organic disorders in which
the primary symptom is memory loss.
anhedonia .......Answer.........Inability to experience pleasure,
associated with some mood and schizophrenic disorders.
anorexia nervosa .......Answer.........Eating disorder characterized
by continual food refusal and the pursuit of extreme thinness,
leading to dangerously low body weight.
antisocial personality disorder .......Answer.........A personality
disorder marked by a pervasive pattern of disregard for and
violation of the rights of others. Deceitful, unremorseful,
manipulative, lacks anxiety and guilt.
