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NEW UPDATE COMPREHENSIVE ACTUAL EXAM
REVIEW FOR PSYC 435 Abnormal Psychology -
Athabasca University||Verified Exam!!!
What is lycanthropy? - Answers-A condition in which
people believe themselves to be possessed by wolves
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 have all been
diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder
d) Kim's suicide was apparently a reaction to her mother's
abuse - Answers-Karen, her mother, and grandmother
have all been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder
Understanding the causes of mental disorders is important
because________ - Answers-such knowlege might make
both the prevention and cure of mental disorders possible
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Benjamin Rush, who encouraged more humane treatment
of the mentally ill in the United States, used as his
prinicpal remedies________ - Answers-bloodletting and
the tranquilizer chair
Which variable is manipulated in an experiment? -
Answers-independent
What does the case of JGH, a Native American elder
illustrate? - Answers-a person may focus on somatic
symptoms rather than mood when depressed
Which of the following factors has a significant effect on
the rates of severe mental illness among Americans?
a) family size
b) gender
c) geographic region of the country
d) political affiliation - Answers-gender
If fraternal (or dizygotic) twins are more likely to be
concordant for a trait than other siblings, can it be
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concluded that the higher concordance rate is due to the
greater degree of genetic relatedness? - Answers-No,
because fraternal twins are no more genetically alike than
other siblinings
Archaeology and early writings indicate the first people to
think of the brain as the site of mental functions were the
________ - Answers-ancient Egyptians
The effects of early social deprivation _______ - Answers-
are explained differently by the various psychosocial
perspectives.
Behaviourism was_________ - Answers-a reaction to
what the behaviorist perceived as a lack of scientific rigour
in psychoanalysis
Which of the following most accurately describes the
notion of different viewpoints of abnormal behaviour? -
Answers-each viewpoint offers its own explanation of
abnormal behavior
NEW UPDATE COMPREHENSIVE ACTUAL EXAM
REVIEW FOR PSYC 435 Abnormal Psychology -
Athabasca University||Verified Exam!!!
What is lycanthropy? - Answers-A condition in which
people believe themselves to be possessed by wolves
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 have all been
diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder
d) Kim's suicide was apparently a reaction to her mother's
abuse - Answers-Karen, her mother, and grandmother
have all been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder
Understanding the causes of mental disorders is important
because________ - Answers-such knowlege might make
both the prevention and cure of mental disorders possible
,2|Page
Benjamin Rush, who encouraged more humane treatment
of the mentally ill in the United States, used as his
prinicpal remedies________ - Answers-bloodletting and
the tranquilizer chair
Which variable is manipulated in an experiment? -
Answers-independent
What does the case of JGH, a Native American elder
illustrate? - Answers-a person may focus on somatic
symptoms rather than mood when depressed
Which of the following factors has a significant effect on
the rates of severe mental illness among Americans?
a) family size
b) gender
c) geographic region of the country
d) political affiliation - Answers-gender
If fraternal (or dizygotic) twins are more likely to be
concordant for a trait than other siblings, can it be
, 3|Page
concluded that the higher concordance rate is due to the
greater degree of genetic relatedness? - Answers-No,
because fraternal twins are no more genetically alike than
other siblinings
Archaeology and early writings indicate the first people to
think of the brain as the site of mental functions were the
________ - Answers-ancient Egyptians
The effects of early social deprivation _______ - Answers-
are explained differently by the various psychosocial
perspectives.
Behaviourism was_________ - Answers-a reaction to
what the behaviorist perceived as a lack of scientific rigour
in psychoanalysis
Which of the following most accurately describes the
notion of different viewpoints of abnormal behaviour? -
Answers-each viewpoint offers its own explanation of
abnormal behavior
