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CHAPTER 2: CONCEPTUALIZING ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY

Abnormal Psychology An Integrative Approach, 6th Edition International Edition by David Barlow

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CHAPTER 2: CONCEPTUALIZING ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY

 

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Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

  1. The best description of the multidimensional integrative approach to understanding psychopathology is that it is based on
a. biological and psychological causes.
b. biological causes only.
c. learned helplessness and social learning theory.
d. the physical structure and chemical processes of the brain.

 

 

ANS:  A                    DIF:    Moderate                  OBJ:               1; APALO: 1.3.e

MSC:  TYPE: Conceptual

 

  1. Within the multidimensional integrative approach to understanding psychopathology, learned helplessness is considered a(n) ______    dimension.
a. biological
b. psychological
c. emotional
d. psychological

 

 

ANS:  B                    DIF:    Moderate                  OBJ:               1; APALO: 1.3.e

MSC:  TYPE: Conceptual

 

  1. The basis of the multidimensional integrative approach to understanding psychopathology is that each dimension (psychological, biological, emotional, etc.)
a. operates independently.
b. is sufficient to cause pathology.
c. builds on the dimension that precedes it.
d. is influenced by the other dimensions.

 

 

ANS:  D                    DIF:    Easy                         OBJ:               1; APALO: 1.3.e

MSC:  TYPE: Conceptual

 

  1. Your uncle spent most of his teen years in a hospital undergoing treatment for a severe physical illness. As an adult, he is rather shy and withdrawn, particularly around women. He has been diagnosed with social phobia, which you believe is entirely due to lack of socialization during his teen years. Your theory or model of what caused his phobia is ________.
a. multidimensional
b. integrative
c. one-dimensional
d. biological

 

 

ANS:  C                    DIF:    Easy                         OBJ:               1; APALO: 1.3.e

MSC:  TYPE: Applied

 

  1. According to the multidimensional integrative approach to psychopathology, the following statement is true for most psychological disorders:
a. If one monozygotic twin has a particular disorder, the other twin will definitely have the disorder as well
b. Monozygotic twins are no more likely to share psychological disorders than any other siblings
c. Monozygotic twins are no more likely to share disorders than any other two people selected at random from the population
d. If one monozygotic twin has a particular psychological disorder, the other twin is more likely to have the disorder than the rest of the population

 

 

ANS:  D                    DIF:    Moderate                  OBJ:               1; APALO: 1.3.e

MSC:   TYPE: Applied

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