PSYC 2490 Final Exam questions with answers
1. Your housemate has been overly concerned with keeping the
kitchen clean. In fact, he scrubs the sinks and counters for half an
hour each time someone puts something on them. In order to
determine his diagnosis, a practitioner in North America would most
likely consult the
A) American Medical Association's Treatment Manual (AMA-TM).
B) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth
edition (DSM-5)
C) International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related
Health Problems (ICD-10).
D) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, sixth
edition (DSM-6).
E) The North American Guide to Psychiatric Disorders (NAPD-IV). -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B
2. Psychopathology refers to
A) the same disorder as psychopathy.
B) disorders of the brain.
C) a physical cause to psychological problems.
D) only severe psychological disorders.
,E) the study of the nature of psychological problems. - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔E
3. According to the text, behaviour, speech or thought that impairs a
person's ability to function in a way that is generally expected of
them in the context where the unusual functioning is occurring
corresponds best to which of the following concepts?
A) mental illness
B) mental problem
C) brain pathology
D) psychological abnormality
E) psychological disorder - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔D
4. According to Wakefield, a behaviour can be considered disordered
when:
A) there is evidence of failure in a designed function and a judgment
that the design failure is harming the person.
B) there is evidence of failure in a designed function and evidence of
significant personal distress.
C) there is evidence of a failure in a designed function.
D) the behaviour shows strong statistical deviation from an
established norm. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A
,5. Abnormal behaviour has been defined as behaviour that occurs
infrequently. Which of the following examples illustrates a problem
with this definition?
A) People with IQs below 70 are considered to have abnormal
intellectual functioning.
B) Most people get depressed from time to time.
C) Mathematical geniuses are considered rare in the population.
D) Children often believe in the existence of monsters.
E) Anxiety disorders are relatively rare in a given population. -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔C
6. Dr. Smith is working with a client who has to arrange and
rearrange her food on her plate after each bite. Although her client
does not find this behaviour strange, other people find it odd. The
definition of abnormality applicable to this client is
A) statistically unusual behaviour.
B) violating the norms of society.
C) distress to self and others.
D) personal dysfunction.
E) expert diagnosis. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B
7. Perhaps the biggest problem with using inappropriate behaviour as
a criterion for abnormal behaviour is
, A) what is considered appropriate differs across time and location.
B) people with mental illnesses are usually not dangerous.
C) social norms tend to be constant over time.
D) inappropriate behaviour is often the norm in North American
culture.
E) killers and murderers are generally sane. - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔A
8. The authors discuss the Violation of Cultural Norms criterion as:
A) an essential and sufficient component in defining psychological
abnormality
B) a necessary but not sufficient component of defining abnormality
C) a consideration that will often be relevant to defining abnormality
D) distinct from considerations of psychological abnormality
E) a distraction from considerations of abnormality - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔C
9. Which one of the following combinations of principles has been
used to define abnormality?
A) diagnosis by an expert, presence of personal distress, evidence of
poor emotional control
B) presence of personal distress, delinquent activity, poor emotional
control
1. Your housemate has been overly concerned with keeping the
kitchen clean. In fact, he scrubs the sinks and counters for half an
hour each time someone puts something on them. In order to
determine his diagnosis, a practitioner in North America would most
likely consult the
A) American Medical Association's Treatment Manual (AMA-TM).
B) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth
edition (DSM-5)
C) International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related
Health Problems (ICD-10).
D) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, sixth
edition (DSM-6).
E) The North American Guide to Psychiatric Disorders (NAPD-IV). -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B
2. Psychopathology refers to
A) the same disorder as psychopathy.
B) disorders of the brain.
C) a physical cause to psychological problems.
D) only severe psychological disorders.
,E) the study of the nature of psychological problems. - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔E
3. According to the text, behaviour, speech or thought that impairs a
person's ability to function in a way that is generally expected of
them in the context where the unusual functioning is occurring
corresponds best to which of the following concepts?
A) mental illness
B) mental problem
C) brain pathology
D) psychological abnormality
E) psychological disorder - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔D
4. According to Wakefield, a behaviour can be considered disordered
when:
A) there is evidence of failure in a designed function and a judgment
that the design failure is harming the person.
B) there is evidence of failure in a designed function and evidence of
significant personal distress.
C) there is evidence of a failure in a designed function.
D) the behaviour shows strong statistical deviation from an
established norm. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A
,5. Abnormal behaviour has been defined as behaviour that occurs
infrequently. Which of the following examples illustrates a problem
with this definition?
A) People with IQs below 70 are considered to have abnormal
intellectual functioning.
B) Most people get depressed from time to time.
C) Mathematical geniuses are considered rare in the population.
D) Children often believe in the existence of monsters.
E) Anxiety disorders are relatively rare in a given population. -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔C
6. Dr. Smith is working with a client who has to arrange and
rearrange her food on her plate after each bite. Although her client
does not find this behaviour strange, other people find it odd. The
definition of abnormality applicable to this client is
A) statistically unusual behaviour.
B) violating the norms of society.
C) distress to self and others.
D) personal dysfunction.
E) expert diagnosis. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B
7. Perhaps the biggest problem with using inappropriate behaviour as
a criterion for abnormal behaviour is
, A) what is considered appropriate differs across time and location.
B) people with mental illnesses are usually not dangerous.
C) social norms tend to be constant over time.
D) inappropriate behaviour is often the norm in North American
culture.
E) killers and murderers are generally sane. - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔A
8. The authors discuss the Violation of Cultural Norms criterion as:
A) an essential and sufficient component in defining psychological
abnormality
B) a necessary but not sufficient component of defining abnormality
C) a consideration that will often be relevant to defining abnormality
D) distinct from considerations of psychological abnormality
E) a distraction from considerations of abnormality - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔C
9. Which one of the following combinations of principles has been
used to define abnormality?
A) diagnosis by an expert, presence of personal distress, evidence of
poor emotional control
B) presence of personal distress, delinquent activity, poor emotional
control
