PSYCH 435 ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY | 131 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
What is lycanthropy? Answer - 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 Answer -
Karen, her mother, and grandmother have all been diagnosed with generalized
anxiety disorder
Understanding the causes of mental disorders is important because________
Answer - such knowlege might make both the prevention and cure of mental
disorders possible
Benjamin Rush, who encouraged more humane treatment of the mentally ill in
the United States, used as his prinicpal remedies________ Answer -
bloodletting and the tranquilizer chair
Which variable is manipulated in an experiment? Answer - independent
,What does the case of JGH, a Native American elder illustrate? Answer - 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 Answer - gender
If fraternal (or dizygotic) twins are more likely to be concordant for a trait than
other siblings, can it be concluded that the higher concordance rate is due to
the greater degree of genetic relatedness? Answer - 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 ________ Answer - ancient Egyptians
The effects of early social deprivation _______ Answer - are explained
differently by the various psychosocial perspectives.
Behaviourism was_________ Answer - 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? Answer - each viewpoint offers its own
explanation of abnormal behavior
, In Dr. Lu's study of eating disorders, she looked at the academic histories of
girls with an eating disorer and girls who didn't have such problems. In this
example, the girls with eating disorders are the ____group Answer - criterion
Medications for psychological disorders _________ Answer - were first used
centuries ago
After cheating on her husband and feeling ashamed, Julia accused her husband
of cheating. Such behaviour is explained by which of the following defense
mechanisms? Answer - projection
Discuss some of the difficulties involved in attempting to define abnormal
behaviour Answer - "Abnormal" presupposes some norm from which behavior
deviates, but there is no definition of "normal" about which people can all
agree. Abnormal is also related to behavior that is deemed undesirable by
society. Value issues therefore always complicate the objective definition of
disorders. What, exactly, comprises distress, disability, or dysfunction is also
difficult to define. In addition, definitions of abnormality vary not only with
culture, but over time.
Which statment about neural communicator is accurate? Answer -
Neurotransmitters released into the synapse determine whether messages are
sent from one neuron to another
________refers to the estimated proprtion of actual, active cases of a disorder
in a given population at a given point of time. Answer - point of prevalence
The role of learning is the central theme in _______ Answer - the behavioural
perspective
ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
What is lycanthropy? Answer - 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 Answer -
Karen, her mother, and grandmother have all been diagnosed with generalized
anxiety disorder
Understanding the causes of mental disorders is important because________
Answer - such knowlege might make both the prevention and cure of mental
disorders possible
Benjamin Rush, who encouraged more humane treatment of the mentally ill in
the United States, used as his prinicpal remedies________ Answer -
bloodletting and the tranquilizer chair
Which variable is manipulated in an experiment? Answer - independent
,What does the case of JGH, a Native American elder illustrate? Answer - 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 Answer - gender
If fraternal (or dizygotic) twins are more likely to be concordant for a trait than
other siblings, can it be concluded that the higher concordance rate is due to
the greater degree of genetic relatedness? Answer - 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 ________ Answer - ancient Egyptians
The effects of early social deprivation _______ Answer - are explained
differently by the various psychosocial perspectives.
Behaviourism was_________ Answer - 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? Answer - each viewpoint offers its own
explanation of abnormal behavior
, In Dr. Lu's study of eating disorders, she looked at the academic histories of
girls with an eating disorer and girls who didn't have such problems. In this
example, the girls with eating disorders are the ____group Answer - criterion
Medications for psychological disorders _________ Answer - were first used
centuries ago
After cheating on her husband and feeling ashamed, Julia accused her husband
of cheating. Such behaviour is explained by which of the following defense
mechanisms? Answer - projection
Discuss some of the difficulties involved in attempting to define abnormal
behaviour Answer - "Abnormal" presupposes some norm from which behavior
deviates, but there is no definition of "normal" about which people can all
agree. Abnormal is also related to behavior that is deemed undesirable by
society. Value issues therefore always complicate the objective definition of
disorders. What, exactly, comprises distress, disability, or dysfunction is also
difficult to define. In addition, definitions of abnormality vary not only with
culture, but over time.
Which statment about neural communicator is accurate? Answer -
Neurotransmitters released into the synapse determine whether messages are
sent from one neuron to another
________refers to the estimated proprtion of actual, active cases of a disorder
in a given population at a given point of time. Answer - point of prevalence
The role of learning is the central theme in _______ Answer - the behavioural
perspective
