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1. When using the psychological disorder criteria, when would an individual be assessed as having psychological
dysfunction?
a. when his or her thought processes are totally out of touch with
reality
b. when he or she is extremely distressed
c. when his or her behaviour violates social norms
d. when he or she avoids interactions with other people
ANSWER: a
2. George, a male college student, began feeling sad and lonely. Although he is still able to go to classes and work at his
job, George finds himself feeling down much of the time and he worries about what is happening to him. Which part of
the definition of abnormality applies to his situation?
a. personal distress b. lack of social support
c. impaired functioning d. violation of societal norms
ANSWER: a
3. Frank drinks three bottles of wine each day and believes he would be fine if people would just “mind their own
business.” Which criterion for abnormality is absent from this scenario?
a. objective harm to others b. personal distress
c. maladaptiveness d. qualitative uniqueness
ANSWER: b
4. Popular musician Lady Gaga has performed with blood spurting out of her clothes. Why might having blood spurt from
her clothes be considered abnormal?
a. because her behaviour demonstrates a sense of subjective discomfort
b. because she has an inability to distinguish right from wrong
c. because it is a deviation from what is typical in her society
d. because she shows an inability to function effectively
ANSWER: c
5. In most Western societies, what happens when a person enters a trance state and believes he or she is possessed?
a. The person is believed to be suffering from a psychotic
disorder.
b. The person is diagnosed with a dissociative disorder.
c. The person may be viewed as having a psychological disorder.
d. The person can be cured with antipsychotic medication.
ANSWER: c
6. Ron has just been diagnosed with schizophrenia and hospitalized. What would Thomas Szasz most likely argue?
a. Ron should not be hospitalized because doing so will only make his symptoms worse.
b. Ron’s behaviour does not represent an illness like diabetes, and “schizophrenia” is merely a label applied on
the basis of highly subjective judgments.
c. Ron’s schizophrenia is a serious illness that is best treated with a combination of drugs and family therapy.
d. Ron should be assessed further because mistakes in diagnosis are made frequently.
ANSWER: b
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7. What is the formal definition of psychopathology?
a. the medications used to treat some psychological disorders
b. the criteria used to define psychological disorders
c. the psychological therapies used to treat psychological
disorders
d. the scientific study of psychological disorders
ANSWER: d
8. What does the term psychotherapist describe?
a. clinical psychologists and psychiatrists only
b. people who provide therapy but who do not hold medical degrees
c. people who followed in the traditions of Sigmund Freud
d. anyone who can provide therapy to members of the public
ANSWER: d
9. After graduation, two of your friends express an interest in psychology careers. Carl wants to work with relatively
healthy individuals who are experiencing adjustment or vocational difficulties. Anna wishes to focus on the more severe
psychological disorders and conduct research into their causes. Because you are studying abnormal psychology, they ask
you for career advice. What do you tell them?
a. Carl should study psychology at the graduate level, and Anna should apply to medical school.
b. Carl should study clinical psychology at the graduate level, and Anna should study counselling psychology at
the graduate level.
c. Both of them should apply to medical school.
d. Anna should study clinical psychology at the graduate level, and Carl should study counselling psychology at
the graduate level.
ANSWER: d
10. What is one of the three ways a mental health practitioner can function as a scientist-practitioner?
a. by writing textbooks b. by evaluating clinical practice
c. by prescribing medications d. by teaching students
ANSWER: b
11. Louie was barking like a dog and walking on his hands and knees. A professional thought the cause of Louie’s
problem was an excess of a specific neurotransmitter and prescribed a drug to treat him. What kind of professional was
this most likely to be?
a. a clinical psychologist b. a social worker
c. a psychiatric social worker d. a psychiatrist
ANSWER: d
12. What is the relationship between a presenting problem and a clinical description?
a. Obtaining the patient’s clinical description is the first step in determining what the patient’s presenting
problem is.
b. Describing the patient’s presenting problem is the first step in determining the patient’s clinical description.
c. The presenting problem refers to the current status of a distressed individual; the clinical description refers to
the treatment plan.
d. The presenting problem refers to symptoms that last only a short time, whereas the clinical description refers
to symptoms that are chronic.
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ANSWER: b
13. Statistical data are relevant to researchers. For example, one major epidemiological study found that about 7.8 percent
of people in North America have had a mood disorder at some point in their lives and 3.7 percent have experienced a
mood disorder over the past year. What do the 7.8 percent and 3.7 percent statistics refer to, respectively?
a. incidence; prevalence b. incidence; recurrence
c. proportion; prevalence d. prevalence; incidence
ANSWER: d
14. Psychological disorders can be described as following a typical course or individual pattern. Disorders that tend to last
a long time follow one type of course, whereas disorders that show a discontinuous, recurrent pattern follow another type
of course. What are these courses, respectively?
a. chronic; episodic b. chronic; time-limited
c. pervasive; time- d. insidious; recurrent
limited
ANSWER: a
15. If a psychological disorder is said to have an acute onset, how did the symptoms develop?
a. atypically b. suddenly
c. gradually d. sporadically
ANSWER: b
16. When 20-year-old Larry was first identified as suffering from schizophrenia, his family wanted to know how the
disorder would progress and how it would affect him in the future. In medical terms, what did the family want to know?
a. Larry’s psychosocial profile b. Larry’s pathology
c. Larry’s diagnosis d. Larry’s prognosis
ANSWER: d
17. Why is a patient’s age important information in the clinical description?
a. Young children do not experience true psychological disorders.
b. Older adults are reluctant to report psychological symptoms.
c. Children are not reliable sources of information about symptoms.
d. Disorders occurring in childhood may present differently at older
ages.
ANSWER: d
18. Which term refers to the study of the origins of a disorder?
a. prognosis b. etiology
c. symptomology d. prevalence
ANSWER: b
19. During more superstitious times, which of the following was thought to be the cause of abnormal behaviour?
a. a demonic possession b. black bile
c. homosexuality d. punishment of the illiterate
ANSWER: a
20. Which of the following terms for mental illness is related to movements of the moon and stars?
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1. When using the psychological disorder criteria, when would an individual be assessed as having psychological
dysfunction?
a. when his or her thought processes are totally out of touch with
reality
b. when he or she is extremely distressed
c. when his or her behaviour violates social norms
d. when he or she avoids interactions with other people
ANSWER: a
2. George, a male college student, began feeling sad and lonely. Although he is still able to go to classes and work at his
job, George finds himself feeling down much of the time and he worries about what is happening to him. Which part of
the definition of abnormality applies to his situation?
a. personal distress b. lack of social support
c. impaired functioning d. violation of societal norms
ANSWER: a
3. Frank drinks three bottles of wine each day and believes he would be fine if people would just “mind their own
business.” Which criterion for abnormality is absent from this scenario?
a. objective harm to others b. personal distress
c. maladaptiveness d. qualitative uniqueness
ANSWER: b
4. Popular musician Lady Gaga has performed with blood spurting out of her clothes. Why might having blood spurt from
her clothes be considered abnormal?
a. because her behaviour demonstrates a sense of subjective discomfort
b. because she has an inability to distinguish right from wrong
c. because it is a deviation from what is typical in her society
d. because she shows an inability to function effectively
ANSWER: c
5. In most Western societies, what happens when a person enters a trance state and believes he or she is possessed?
a. The person is believed to be suffering from a psychotic
disorder.
b. The person is diagnosed with a dissociative disorder.
c. The person may be viewed as having a psychological disorder.
d. The person can be cured with antipsychotic medication.
ANSWER: c
6. Ron has just been diagnosed with schizophrenia and hospitalized. What would Thomas Szasz most likely argue?
a. Ron should not be hospitalized because doing so will only make his symptoms worse.
b. Ron’s behaviour does not represent an illness like diabetes, and “schizophrenia” is merely a label applied on
the basis of highly subjective judgments.
c. Ron’s schizophrenia is a serious illness that is best treated with a combination of drugs and family therapy.
d. Ron should be assessed further because mistakes in diagnosis are made frequently.
ANSWER: b
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7. What is the formal definition of psychopathology?
a. the medications used to treat some psychological disorders
b. the criteria used to define psychological disorders
c. the psychological therapies used to treat psychological
disorders
d. the scientific study of psychological disorders
ANSWER: d
8. What does the term psychotherapist describe?
a. clinical psychologists and psychiatrists only
b. people who provide therapy but who do not hold medical degrees
c. people who followed in the traditions of Sigmund Freud
d. anyone who can provide therapy to members of the public
ANSWER: d
9. After graduation, two of your friends express an interest in psychology careers. Carl wants to work with relatively
healthy individuals who are experiencing adjustment or vocational difficulties. Anna wishes to focus on the more severe
psychological disorders and conduct research into their causes. Because you are studying abnormal psychology, they ask
you for career advice. What do you tell them?
a. Carl should study psychology at the graduate level, and Anna should apply to medical school.
b. Carl should study clinical psychology at the graduate level, and Anna should study counselling psychology at
the graduate level.
c. Both of them should apply to medical school.
d. Anna should study clinical psychology at the graduate level, and Carl should study counselling psychology at
the graduate level.
ANSWER: d
10. What is one of the three ways a mental health practitioner can function as a scientist-practitioner?
a. by writing textbooks b. by evaluating clinical practice
c. by prescribing medications d. by teaching students
ANSWER: b
11. Louie was barking like a dog and walking on his hands and knees. A professional thought the cause of Louie’s
problem was an excess of a specific neurotransmitter and prescribed a drug to treat him. What kind of professional was
this most likely to be?
a. a clinical psychologist b. a social worker
c. a psychiatric social worker d. a psychiatrist
ANSWER: d
12. What is the relationship between a presenting problem and a clinical description?
a. Obtaining the patient’s clinical description is the first step in determining what the patient’s presenting
problem is.
b. Describing the patient’s presenting problem is the first step in determining the patient’s clinical description.
c. The presenting problem refers to the current status of a distressed individual; the clinical description refers to
the treatment plan.
d. The presenting problem refers to symptoms that last only a short time, whereas the clinical description refers
to symptoms that are chronic.
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ANSWER: b
13. Statistical data are relevant to researchers. For example, one major epidemiological study found that about 7.8 percent
of people in North America have had a mood disorder at some point in their lives and 3.7 percent have experienced a
mood disorder over the past year. What do the 7.8 percent and 3.7 percent statistics refer to, respectively?
a. incidence; prevalence b. incidence; recurrence
c. proportion; prevalence d. prevalence; incidence
ANSWER: d
14. Psychological disorders can be described as following a typical course or individual pattern. Disorders that tend to last
a long time follow one type of course, whereas disorders that show a discontinuous, recurrent pattern follow another type
of course. What are these courses, respectively?
a. chronic; episodic b. chronic; time-limited
c. pervasive; time- d. insidious; recurrent
limited
ANSWER: a
15. If a psychological disorder is said to have an acute onset, how did the symptoms develop?
a. atypically b. suddenly
c. gradually d. sporadically
ANSWER: b
16. When 20-year-old Larry was first identified as suffering from schizophrenia, his family wanted to know how the
disorder would progress and how it would affect him in the future. In medical terms, what did the family want to know?
a. Larry’s psychosocial profile b. Larry’s pathology
c. Larry’s diagnosis d. Larry’s prognosis
ANSWER: d
17. Why is a patient’s age important information in the clinical description?
a. Young children do not experience true psychological disorders.
b. Older adults are reluctant to report psychological symptoms.
c. Children are not reliable sources of information about symptoms.
d. Disorders occurring in childhood may present differently at older
ages.
ANSWER: d
18. Which term refers to the study of the origins of a disorder?
a. prognosis b. etiology
c. symptomology d. prevalence
ANSWER: b
19. During more superstitious times, which of the following was thought to be the cause of abnormal behaviour?
a. a demonic possession b. black bile
c. homosexuality d. punishment of the illiterate
ANSWER: a
20. Which of the following terms for mental illness is related to movements of the moon and stars?
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