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Complete Test Bank for Understanding
Abnormal Behavior 12th Edition
by David Sue, Derald W. Sue, Diane Sue
& Stanley Sue
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Abnormal Behavior.
2. Understanding and Treating Mental Disorders.
3. Assessment and Classification of Mental Disorders.
4. Research Methods for Studying Mental Disorders.
5. Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders.
6. Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders.
7. Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders.
8. Depressive and Bipolar Disorders.
9. Suicide.
10. Eating Disorders.
11. Substance-Related and Other Addictive Disorders.
12. Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders.
13. Neurocognitive and Sleep-Wake Disorders.
14. Sexual Dysfunctions, Gender Dysphoria, and Paraphilic Disorders.
15. Personality Psychopathology.
16. Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence.
17. Law and Ethics in Abnormal Psychology.
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Chapter 1: Abnormal Behavior
MULTIPLE CHOICE
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1. Which statement about abnormal psychology is accurate?
yn
a. Abnormal psychology seeks to describe, explain, predict, and modify unusual behaviors.
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b. Although abnormal psychology has made several gains in the past 20 years, it is not yet a scientific
field of study.
A
c. The subject matter of abnormal psychology is restricted to extremely bizarre behavior.
pl
d. Most diagnoses of abnormality are based on two or three basic behavioral factors.
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ANS: AREF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology OBJ: 1 MSC: Factual
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2. Psychopathology, or abnormal behavior, results primarily from .
a. genetic factors
b. environmental factors
c. sociocultural factors
d. an interaction of many factors
ANS: DREF: Introduction OBJ: 1 MSC: Factual
3. Dr. Thompson collects information in order to describe and draw inferences about an individual's
psychological disorder. Dr. Thompson is engaged in .
a. therapy
b. predicting dangerousness
c. psychodiagnosis
d. research
ANS: C REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology OBJ: 1 MSC: Applied
4. Dr. Kohn is a psychoanalyst, Dr. Edwards is a humanistic therapist, Dr. Peterson is a cognitive
behavioral therapist, and Dr. James is a Gestalt therapist. Each of them would likely have a different
for a client's abnormality.
a. time of onset
Fr
b. explanation
an
c. diagnosis
d. prognosis
kl
ANS: B REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology OBJ: 1 MSC: Applied
yn
5. A psychologist says, ―Juan's abnormal behavior is likely due to a combination of biology and
e
inadequate interpersonal skills.‖ The psychologist is .
A
a. predicting the future symptoms of Juan
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b. giving Juan a psychodiagnosis
us
c. offering an explanation for Juan's problem
d. describing how to control Juan's symptoms
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ANS: C REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology OBJ: 1 MSC: Applied
6. Which statement regarding the prediction of abnormal behavior is accurate?
a. Even experienced professionals tend to overpredict future violence.
b. Psychologists are not interested in predicting clients' future behavior.
c. Prediction is unrelated to understanding the cause of abnormality.
d. Psychologists tend to underpredict future violence.
ANS: AREF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology OBJ: 1 MSC: Conceptual
7. One of Seung-Hui Cho's professors reported Cho's frightening behavior to many campus authorities.
What reason did those authorities give her to explain why they could do nothing?
a. Cho's therapist did not feel he posed a danger to others.
b. There was no space in any of the local mental health facilities to house him.
c. Cho did not make any overt threats against anyone.
d. When compared with that of his peer group, Cho's behavior was not considered odd.
ANS: C REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology OBJ: 1 MSC: Applied
8. When psychologists talk about modifying abnormal behavior, they mean they are .
a. attempting to understand the underlying cause of that behavior
Fr
b. restricting the freedom of dangerous clients
an
c. attempting to anticipate the future behaviors of clients
kl
d. using therapy to improve client behavior
ANS: DREF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology OBJ: 1 MSC: Factual
yn
e
9. Which of the following defines therapy most accurately?
A
a. A program of systematic intervention designed to alter behavior, emotion, or thought
pl
b. The scientific study of abnormal behavior.
c. A system of observing abnormal behavior in an attempt to classify it
us
d. The application of a theoretical model to explain the cause of abnormal behavior
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Complete Test Bank for Understanding
Abnormal Behavior 12th Edition
by David Sue, Derald W. Sue, Diane Sue
& Stanley Sue
100% Verified Answers| A+ PASS
Fr
an
kl
yn
e
A
pl
us
Pa
Page | 1
ss
, Franklyn A Plus Pass
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Abnormal Behavior.
2. Understanding and Treating Mental Disorders.
3. Assessment and Classification of Mental Disorders.
4. Research Methods for Studying Mental Disorders.
5. Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders.
6. Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders.
7. Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders.
8. Depressive and Bipolar Disorders.
9. Suicide.
10. Eating Disorders.
11. Substance-Related and Other Addictive Disorders.
12. Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders.
13. Neurocognitive and Sleep-Wake Disorders.
14. Sexual Dysfunctions, Gender Dysphoria, and Paraphilic Disorders.
15. Personality Psychopathology.
16. Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence.
17. Law and Ethics in Abnormal Psychology.
Fr
an
Chapter 1: Abnormal Behavior
MULTIPLE CHOICE
kl
1. Which statement about abnormal psychology is accurate?
yn
a. Abnormal psychology seeks to describe, explain, predict, and modify unusual behaviors.
e
b. Although abnormal psychology has made several gains in the past 20 years, it is not yet a scientific
field of study.
A
c. The subject matter of abnormal psychology is restricted to extremely bizarre behavior.
pl
d. Most diagnoses of abnormality are based on two or three basic behavioral factors.
us
ANS: AREF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology OBJ: 1 MSC: Factual
Pa
Page | 2
ss
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2. Psychopathology, or abnormal behavior, results primarily from .
a. genetic factors
b. environmental factors
c. sociocultural factors
d. an interaction of many factors
ANS: DREF: Introduction OBJ: 1 MSC: Factual
3. Dr. Thompson collects information in order to describe and draw inferences about an individual's
psychological disorder. Dr. Thompson is engaged in .
a. therapy
b. predicting dangerousness
c. psychodiagnosis
d. research
ANS: C REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology OBJ: 1 MSC: Applied
4. Dr. Kohn is a psychoanalyst, Dr. Edwards is a humanistic therapist, Dr. Peterson is a cognitive
behavioral therapist, and Dr. James is a Gestalt therapist. Each of them would likely have a different
for a client's abnormality.
a. time of onset
Fr
b. explanation
an
c. diagnosis
d. prognosis
kl
ANS: B REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology OBJ: 1 MSC: Applied
yn
5. A psychologist says, ―Juan's abnormal behavior is likely due to a combination of biology and
e
inadequate interpersonal skills.‖ The psychologist is .
A
a. predicting the future symptoms of Juan
pl
b. giving Juan a psychodiagnosis
us
c. offering an explanation for Juan's problem
d. describing how to control Juan's symptoms
Pa
Page | 3
ss
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ANS: C REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology OBJ: 1 MSC: Applied
6. Which statement regarding the prediction of abnormal behavior is accurate?
a. Even experienced professionals tend to overpredict future violence.
b. Psychologists are not interested in predicting clients' future behavior.
c. Prediction is unrelated to understanding the cause of abnormality.
d. Psychologists tend to underpredict future violence.
ANS: AREF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology OBJ: 1 MSC: Conceptual
7. One of Seung-Hui Cho's professors reported Cho's frightening behavior to many campus authorities.
What reason did those authorities give her to explain why they could do nothing?
a. Cho's therapist did not feel he posed a danger to others.
b. There was no space in any of the local mental health facilities to house him.
c. Cho did not make any overt threats against anyone.
d. When compared with that of his peer group, Cho's behavior was not considered odd.
ANS: C REF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology OBJ: 1 MSC: Applied
8. When psychologists talk about modifying abnormal behavior, they mean they are .
a. attempting to understand the underlying cause of that behavior
Fr
b. restricting the freedom of dangerous clients
an
c. attempting to anticipate the future behaviors of clients
kl
d. using therapy to improve client behavior
ANS: DREF: The Concerns of Abnormal Psychology OBJ: 1 MSC: Factual
yn
e
9. Which of the following defines therapy most accurately?
A
a. A program of systematic intervention designed to alter behavior, emotion, or thought
pl
b. The scientific study of abnormal behavior.
c. A system of observing abnormal behavior in an attempt to classify it
us
d. The application of a theoretical model to explain the cause of abnormal behavior
Pa
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