Test Bank Abnormal
Psychology, 6th Canadian
Edition TEST BANK
Chapter 1
Introduction: Definitional and Historical
Considerations and Canada's Mental Health
System
Question type: True/False
1) It is easy to remain objective when studying abnormal psychology.
Answer: 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.
,Answer: 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.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Focus on
Discovery 1.1 Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their treatment
in Canada Bloom’s: Comprehension
4) All psychologists would like to be able to prescribe medication.
Answer: False
Section Reference: What Is Abnormal Behaviour?
, Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their treatment
in Canada Bloom’s: Comprehension
5) Demons thought to cause abnormal behaviour could be released by
trepanning.
Answer: 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.
Answer: True
Section Reference:
Somatogenesis Difficulty:
Medium
Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across
centuries Bloom’s: Knowledge
Psychology, 6th Canadian
Edition TEST BANK
Chapter 1
Introduction: Definitional and Historical
Considerations and Canada's Mental Health
System
Question type: True/False
1) It is easy to remain objective when studying abnormal psychology.
Answer: 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.
,Answer: 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.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Focus on
Discovery 1.1 Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their treatment
in Canada Bloom’s: Comprehension
4) All psychologists would like to be able to prescribe medication.
Answer: False
Section Reference: What Is Abnormal Behaviour?
, Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their treatment
in Canada Bloom’s: Comprehension
5) Demons thought to cause abnormal behaviour could be released by
trepanning.
Answer: 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.
Answer: True
Section Reference:
Somatogenesis Difficulty:
Medium
Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across
centuries Bloom’s: Knowledge
