TEST BANK — Abnormal Psychology, 6th Canadian Edition — Gordon L. Flett, Nancy L(2026)LATEST EDITION

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,Davison, Blankstein, Flett, Neale, Abnormal Psychology, 6th Canadian Edition Testbank



Chapter 1
Introduction: Definitional and Historical Considerations and Canada's Mental HEAIth System

Question type: True/False


1) It is easy to remain objective when studying abnormal psychology.

ACCULATE ANS:False

Section Reference: Introduction
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour
Bloom’s: Comprehension


2) There is no single defining characteristic of abnormal behaviour.

ACCULATE ANS:True

Section Reference: What Is Abnormal Behaviour?
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour
Bloom’s: Comprehension


3) The Psy.D. approach is based on the scientist-practitioner model.

ACCULATE ANS:False

Section Reference: Focus on Discovery 1.1
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental HEAIth problems and their treatment in Canada
Bloom’s: Comprehension


4) All psychologists would like to be able to prescribe medication.

ACCULATE ANS:False

Section Reference: What Is Abnormal Behaviour?
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental HEAIth problems and their treatment in Canada
Bloom’s: Comprehension

, Davison, Blankstein, Flett, Neale, Abnormal Psychology, 6th Canadian Edition Testbank



5) Demons thought to cause abnormal behaviour could be released by trepanning.

ACCULATE ANS:True

Section Reference: Early Demonology
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuries
Bloom’s: Knowledge


6) Hippocrates believed that abnormal behaviour was the result of brain pathology.

ACCULATE ANS:True

Section Reference: Somatogenesis
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuries
Bloom’s: Knowledge


7) In the Middle Ages, mental illness was often mistaken for witchcraft.

ACCULATE ANS:True

Section Reference: Witchcraft and Mental Illness
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuries
Bloom’s: Knowledge


8) Pinel was the first to remove chains from the mentally ill in asylums.

ACCULATE ANS:False

Section Reference: Moral Treatment
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuries
Bloom’s: Comprehension


9) Today more care is provided in psychiatric units of general hospitals than in psychiatric
hospitals.

ACCULATE ANS:True