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Psych 435 Abnormal Psychology With Complete
Questions And Correct Verified Answers 2026
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
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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
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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
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Psych 435 Abnormal Psychology With Complete
Questions And Correct Verified Answers 2026
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
pg. 1
,2|Page
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
pg. 2
, 3|Page
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
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