CHAPTER 1: ABNORMAL PSYC REVIEW
1.
One who systematically gathers information in order to describe, predict, and explain
abnormality is a clinical:
A)
mentalist.
B)
legalist.
C)
scientist.
D)
practitioner.
2.
If you wanted a career in which you focus on detecting, assessing, and treating abnormal
patterns of functioning, you should look into becoming a clinical:
A)
practitioner.
B)
researcher.
C)
historian.
D)
statistician.
3.
The stated and unstated rules for proper conduct that a society establishes are referred to as:
A)
norms.
B)
culture.
C)
morality.
D)
conventions.
4.
Behavior that violates legal norms is:
A)
deviant and criminal.
,B)
distressful and criminal.
C)
deviant and psychopathological.
D)
distressful and psychopathological.
5.
The history, values, institutions, technology, and arts of a society make up that society's: A)
laws.
B)
norms.
C)
culture.
D)
conventions.
6.
Which of the following depressed people would be the LEAST likely to be diagnosed with a
mental disorder—because of specific circumstances?
A)
someone whose mother was depressed
B)
someone whose community was destroyed by a tornado
C)
someone who was experiencing a chemical brain imbalance
D)
someone who was also an alcoholic
7.
R. D. Laing said, ―Insanity—a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.‖ This statement
illustrates:
A)
how dangerous most mentally ill people actually are.
B)
that abnormality is situational.
C)
that everyone is a little eccentric.
D)
that drug use causes people to become mentally ill.
,8.
That 42 percent of people go to church and 39 percent snoop in their hosts' medicine cabinets
demonstrates the principle that:
A)
deviance is culturally defined.
B)
behavior that is not really dangerous can nevertheless be considered abnormal.
C)
statistical deviance is not the same thing as abnormality.
D)
behavior that is not distressful is not abnormal.
9.
If a person experienced anxiety or depression following a significant natural disaster, we would say
that the person was:
A)
suffering from a mental illness.
B)
deviant but not dangerous.
C)
exhibiting a typical reaction.
D)
statistically deviant.
10.
People who engage in frenetic, manic activity may not experience distress. They are:
A)
nevertheless considered to be abnormal.
B)
not abnormal because abnormality requires distress. C)
doing something illegal, not abnormal.
D)
no longer considered abnormal, but were in the past.
11.
A person who is so miserable that he or she can see no reason for living BEST fits which of the
following definitions of abnormality?
A)
, deviance
B)
distress
C)
dangerousness
D)
dysfunction
12.
An individual has a 9-to-5 job. However, this person seldom gets up early enough to be at work
on time, and expresses great distress over this behavior. This individual's behavior would be
considered abnormal because it is:
A)
dysfunctional.
B)
deviant.
C)
dysfunctional and deviant.
D)
dangerous.
13.
Which aspect of the definition of abnormality includes the inability to care for oneself and work
productively?
A)
distress
B)
deviance
C)
dysfunction
D)
danger to self or others
14.
Which of the following would NOT be considered abnormal, despite the fact that the person's
behavior is dysfunctional?
A)
someone who is too confused to drive safely
B)
someone who parties so much that he or she cannot go to class
C)
1.
One who systematically gathers information in order to describe, predict, and explain
abnormality is a clinical:
A)
mentalist.
B)
legalist.
C)
scientist.
D)
practitioner.
2.
If you wanted a career in which you focus on detecting, assessing, and treating abnormal
patterns of functioning, you should look into becoming a clinical:
A)
practitioner.
B)
researcher.
C)
historian.
D)
statistician.
3.
The stated and unstated rules for proper conduct that a society establishes are referred to as:
A)
norms.
B)
culture.
C)
morality.
D)
conventions.
4.
Behavior that violates legal norms is:
A)
deviant and criminal.
,B)
distressful and criminal.
C)
deviant and psychopathological.
D)
distressful and psychopathological.
5.
The history, values, institutions, technology, and arts of a society make up that society's: A)
laws.
B)
norms.
C)
culture.
D)
conventions.
6.
Which of the following depressed people would be the LEAST likely to be diagnosed with a
mental disorder—because of specific circumstances?
A)
someone whose mother was depressed
B)
someone whose community was destroyed by a tornado
C)
someone who was experiencing a chemical brain imbalance
D)
someone who was also an alcoholic
7.
R. D. Laing said, ―Insanity—a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.‖ This statement
illustrates:
A)
how dangerous most mentally ill people actually are.
B)
that abnormality is situational.
C)
that everyone is a little eccentric.
D)
that drug use causes people to become mentally ill.
,8.
That 42 percent of people go to church and 39 percent snoop in their hosts' medicine cabinets
demonstrates the principle that:
A)
deviance is culturally defined.
B)
behavior that is not really dangerous can nevertheless be considered abnormal.
C)
statistical deviance is not the same thing as abnormality.
D)
behavior that is not distressful is not abnormal.
9.
If a person experienced anxiety or depression following a significant natural disaster, we would say
that the person was:
A)
suffering from a mental illness.
B)
deviant but not dangerous.
C)
exhibiting a typical reaction.
D)
statistically deviant.
10.
People who engage in frenetic, manic activity may not experience distress. They are:
A)
nevertheless considered to be abnormal.
B)
not abnormal because abnormality requires distress. C)
doing something illegal, not abnormal.
D)
no longer considered abnormal, but were in the past.
11.
A person who is so miserable that he or she can see no reason for living BEST fits which of the
following definitions of abnormality?
A)
, deviance
B)
distress
C)
dangerousness
D)
dysfunction
12.
An individual has a 9-to-5 job. However, this person seldom gets up early enough to be at work
on time, and expresses great distress over this behavior. This individual's behavior would be
considered abnormal because it is:
A)
dysfunctional.
B)
deviant.
C)
dysfunctional and deviant.
D)
dangerous.
13.
Which aspect of the definition of abnormality includes the inability to care for oneself and work
productively?
A)
distress
B)
deviance
C)
dysfunction
D)
danger to self or others
14.
Which of the following would NOT be considered abnormal, despite the fact that the person's
behavior is dysfunctional?
A)
someone who is too confused to drive safely
B)
someone who parties so much that he or she cannot go to class
C)
