Chapter 1: Abnormal Psychology: An Overview

Chapter 1: Abnormal Psychology: An Overview

 

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below 

 

Chapter 1: Abnormal Psychology: An Overview

 

Multiple-Choice Questions

 

1.1-1. Which of the following is an example of family aggregation?

1. Both Jane and her husband are alcoholic.
2. Jim and John, 21-year-old friends, are both schizophrenic.
3. Karen, her mother, and her grandmother all have been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder.
4. Kim’s suicide was apparently a reaction to her mother’s abuse.

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 1.1-1

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Topic: Abnormal Psychology:An Overview

Skill: Applied

Answer: c. Karen, her mother, and her grandmother all have been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder.

 

1.1-2. What does Monique’s case best illustrate?

1. Most individuals with mental disorders are violent.
2. Women are more likely to commit suicide than men.
3. Most individuals who experience a mental breakdown are clearly unwell long before treatment is sought.
4. Mental illness can have a significant impact on one’s life.

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 1.1- 2

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Topic: Abnormal Psychology:An Overview

Skill: Conceptual

Answer: d. Mental illness can have a significant impact on one’s life.

 

1.1-3. What does Monique’s case best illustrate?

1. Abnormal behavior usually produces more distress in others than the person who engages in the abnormal behavior.
2. Abnormal behavior covers a wide range of behavioral disturbances.
3. Most people who suffer from abnormal behavior are quickly identified as deviant by other people.
4. When people suffer from mental disorders, they are unable to work or live independently.

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 1.1-3

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Topic: Abnormal Psychology:An Overview

Skill: Conceptual

Answer: b. Abnormal behavior covers a wide range of behavioral disturbances.

 

1.1-4. What makes defining abnormality difficult?

1. There are so many types of abnormal behavior that they can’t be accurately described.
2. There is no one behavior that serves to make someone abnormal.
3. Most of us are abnormal much of the time so that we cannot tell what is normal.
4. Criteria for abnormality have yet to be developed.

Difficulty: 2

Question ID: 1.1-4

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Topic: What Do We Mean by Abnormality?

Skill: Factual

Answer: b. There is no one behavior that serves to make someone abnormal.

 

1.1-5. Which of the following is a sufficient element to determine abnormality?

1. Suffering
2. Maladaptiveness
3. Deviancy
4. There is no single sufficient element.

Difficulty: 2

Question ID: 1.1-5

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Topic: What Do We Mean by Abnormality?

Skill: Factual

Answer: d. There is no single sufficient element.

 

1.1-6. The fact that body piercings are commonplace today while they would once have been viewed as abnormal illustrates that

1. modern society is unlikely to change.
2. what is acceptable for men and women is no longer different.
3. American culture values independence.
4. the values of a society may change over time.

Difficulty: 2

Question ID: 1.1-6

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Topic: What Do We Mean by Abnormality?

Skill: Conceptual

Answer: d. the values of a society may change over time.

 

1.1-7. Brett persistently injects himself with pain killers. This has greatly increased his chance of overdosing and dying. His behavior harms no one else. According to the DSM-5, is Brett’s behavior consistent with the definition of a mental disorder?

1. Yes, because many people in society engage in this behavior.
2. Yes, because he is persistently acting in a way that harms him.
3. No, because his behavior must also harm the well-being of others in the community.
4. No, because there is no evidence that his actions are out of his own control.

Difficulty: 2

Question ID: 1.1-7

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Topic: What Do We Mean by Abnormality?

Skill: Applied

Answer: b. Yes, because he is persistently acting in a way that harms him.

 

1.1-8. According to the DSM, when is deviant behavior viewed as indicative of a mental disorder?

1. Always
2. Only when the behavior is inconsistent with cultural norms
3. When it is a symptom of a dysfunction in the individual
4. Never

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 1.1-8

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Topic: What Do We Mean by Abnormality?

Skill: Factual

Answer: c. When it is a symptom of a dysfunction in the individual

 

1.1-9. In the field of abnormal psychology, what does DSM stand for?

1. Disorders, Science, and the Mind
2. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
3. Descriptors for the Science of the Mind
4. Diagnostic Science of the Mind

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 1.1-9

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Topic: What Do We Mean by Abnormality?

Skill: Factual

Answer: b. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual

 

1.1-10. Which of the following is included in the DSM-5?

1. A discussion of the various causes of mental disorders
2. A means of identifying different mental disorders
3. A description of all conditions for mental illness
4. A description of all of the possible treatments for each disorder

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 1.1-10

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Topic: What Do We Mean by Abnormality?

Skill: Applied

Answer: b. A means of identifying different mental disorders

 

1.1-11. In the United States, the standard for defining types of mental disorders is

contained in the

1. American Psychological Association’s bylaws.
2. American Psychiatric Association’s bylaws.
3. World Health Organization’s classification code.
4. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 1.1-11

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Topic: What Do We Mean by Abnormality?

Skill: Factual

Answer: d. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.

 

1.1-12. Which of the following best describes the DSM?

1. A complete guide to the origin, diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
2. A work in progress that classifies mental disorders based on what is currently known
3. A fundamentally flawed collection of unfounded assumptions about mental disorders
4. A collection of random opinions to diagnosing mental disorders

Difficulty: 2

Question ID: 1.1-12

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Topic: What Do We Mean by Abnormality?

Skill: Conceptual

Answer: b. A work in progress that classifies mental disorders based on what is currently known

 

1.1-13. According to the case study in the textbook, for Zell Kravinsky the burden of _______ was almost unbearable.

1. hoarding personal possessions
2. washing his hands compulsively
3. refusing to help others
4. writing and rewriting letters to his family

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 1.1-13

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Topic: What Do We Mean by Abnormality?

Skill: Factual

Answer: c. refusing to help others.

 

1.1-14. What is a reason for classifying mental disorders?

1. A classification system allows information to be organized.
2. Then professionals won’t need to look at as much information about a person.
3. Then professionals can make assumptions about people based on their diagnosis.
4. The diagnosis then often has an effect on peoples’ behaviors.

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 1.1-14

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Topic: What Do We Mean by Abnormality?

Skill: Factual

Answer: a. A classification system allows information to be organized.

 

1.1-15. Which concept provides psychologists with a consistent naming system that can be used to organize and identify information in a helpful manner?

1. Epidemiology
2. Classification
3. Brain research
4. Labeling

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 1.1-15

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Topic: What Do We Mean by Abnormality?

Skill: Factual

Answer: b. Classification

 

1.1-16. Which of the following is a disadvantage of having a classification system for

mental disorders?

1. A classification system establishes the types of problems that mental professionals can treat.
2. When a label is used to describe an individual’s behavior, information about the person is lost.
3. A classification system allows for research to advance.
4. Identifying the disorder that an individual has guides treatment.

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 1.1-16

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Topic: What Do We Mean by Abnormality?

Skill: Conceptual

Answer: b. When a label is used to describe an individual’s behavior, information about

the person is lost.

 

1.1-17. Which of the following statements is true concerning classification systems for mental disorders?

1. It is far more important that they be reliable than it is for them to be valid.
2. Classification systems make it more difficult to gather statistics on the incidence and prevalence of disorders.
3. Classification systems meet the needs of medical insurance companies who need diagnoses in order to authorize payment of claims.
4. Although they assist scientists who are researching disorders, they always inhibit our ability to communicate about abnormal behavior in a consistent way.

Difficulty: 2

Question ID: 1.1-17

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Topic: What Do We Mean by Abnormality?

Skill: Conceptual

Answer: c. Classification systems meet the needs of medical insurance companies who need diagnoses in order to authorize payment of claims.