Test Bank for Abnormal Psychology by Hooley (17th Ed)

Which of the following is an example of family aggregation? a. Both Jane and her husband are alcoholics. b. Jim and John, 21-year-old friends, are both schizophrenics. c. Karen, her mother, and her grandmother all have been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder. d. Kim's suicide was apparently a reaction to her mother's abuse. - c. Karen, her mother, and her grandmother all have been diagnosed with generalized anxiety What makes defining abnormality difficult? a. There are so many types of abnormal behavior that they can't be accurately described. b. There is no one behavior that serves to make someone abnormal. c. Most of us are abnormal much of the time so that we cannot tell what is normal. d. Criteria for abnormality have yet to be developed. - b. There is no one behavior that serves to make someone abnormal. Which of the following is a sufficient element to determine abnormality? a. Suffering b. Maladaptiveness c. Deviancy d. There is no single sufficient element. - d. There is no single sufficient element. The fact that body piercings are commonplace today while they would once have been viewed as abnormal illustrates that