Test Bank
for
Butcher, Mineka, and Hooley
Abnormal Psychology
Fourteenth Edition
prepared by
Anne Fisher
,Chapter 1: Abnormal Psychology: An Overview
Multiple-Choice Questions
1.1-1. Which of the following is an example of family aggregation?
a. Both Jane and her husband are alcoholic.
b. Jim and John, 21-year-old twins, are both schizophrenic.
c. Karen, her mother, and her grandmother all have been diagnosed with generalized
anxiety disorder.
d. Kim's suicide was apparently a reaction to her mother's abuse.
Difficulty: 2
Question ID: 1.1-1
Page Ref: 3
Topic: Abnormal Psychology/An Overview
Skill: Applied
Answer: c. Karen, her mother, and her grandmother all have been diagnosed with
generalized anxiety disorder.
1.1-2. What do the cases of Monique and Donald best illustrate?
a. Most individuals with mental disorders are violent.
b. Women are more likely to commit suicide than men.
c. Most individuals who experience a mental breakdown are clearly unwell long before
treatment is sought.
d. Mental illness can have a significant impact on one's life.
Difficulty: 1
Question ID: 1.1-2
Page Ref: 2-3
Topic: Abnormal Psychology/An Overview
Skill: Conceptual
Answer: d. Mental illness can have a significant impact on one's life.
1.1-3. What do the cases of Monique and Donald best illustrate?
a. Abnormal behavior usually produces more distress in others than the person who
engages in the abnormal behavior.
b. Abnormal behavior covers a wide range of behavioral disturbances.
c. Most people who suffer from abnormal behavior are quickly identified as deviant by
other people.
d. When people suffer from mental disorders, they are unable to work or live
independently.
Difficulty: 1
Question ID: 1.1-3
Page Ref: 3
Topic: Abnormal Psychology/An Overview
Skill: Conceptual
Answer: b. Abnormal behavior covers a wide range of behavioral disturbances.
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1.1-4. What makes defining abnormality difficult?
a. There are so many types of abnormal behavior that they can't be accurately
described.
b. There is no one behavior that serves to make someone abnormal.
c. Most of us are abnormal much of the time so that we cannot tell what is normal.
d. Criteria for abnormality have yet to be developed.
Difficulty: 2
Question ID: 1.1-4
Page Ref: 3-4
Topic: What Do We Mean by Abnormality?
Skill: Factual
Answer: b. There is no one behavior that serves to make someone abnormal.
1.1-5. Which of the following is a sufficient element to determine abnormality?
a. Suffering
b. Maladaptiveness
c. Deviancy
d. There is no sufficient element.
Difficulty: 2
Question ID: 1.1-5
Page Ref: 4
Topic: What Do We Mean by Abnormality?
Skill: Factual
Answer: d. There is no sufficient element.
1.1-6. The fact that body piercings are commonplace today while they would once have
been viewed as abnormal illustrates that
a. modern society is always open to change.
b. what is acceptable for men and women is no longer different.
c. American culture values independence.
d. the values of a society may change over time.
Difficulty: 2
Question ID: 1.1-6
Page Ref: 5
Topic: What Do We Mean by Abnormality?
Skill: Conceptual
Answer: d. the values of a society may change over time.
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1.1-7. What is a reason for classifying mental disorders?
a. A classification system allows information to be organized.
b. Then professionals won't need to look at as much information about a person.
c. Then professionals can make assumptions about people based on their diagnosis.
d. The diagnosis then often has an effect on peoples' behaviors.
Difficulty: 1
Question ID: 1.1-7
Page Ref: 7
Topic: Why Do We Need to Classify Mental Disorders?
Skill: Factual
Answer: a. A classification system allows information to be organized.
1.1-8. ________ is a necessary first step toward introducing order to any discussion of the
cause or treatment of abnormal behavior.
a. Epidemiology
b. Classification
c. Brain research
d. Labeling
Difficulty: 1
Question ID: 1.1-8
Page Ref: 7
Topic: Why Do We Need to Classify Mental Disorders?
Skill: Conceptual
Answer: b. Classification
1.1-9. Which of the following is a disadvantage of having a classification system for
mental disorders?
a. A classification system establishes the types of problems that mental professionals
can treat.
b. When a label is used to describe an individual's behavior, information about the
person is lost.
c. A classification system allows for research to advance.
d. Identifying the disorder that an individual has guides treatment.
Difficulty: 1
Question ID: 1.1-9
Page Ref: 8
Topic: What are the Disadvantages of Classification?
Skill: Conceptual
Answer: b. When a label is used to describe an individual's behavior, information about
the person is lost.
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for
Butcher, Mineka, and Hooley
Abnormal Psychology
Fourteenth Edition
prepared by
Anne Fisher
,Chapter 1: Abnormal Psychology: An Overview
Multiple-Choice Questions
1.1-1. Which of the following is an example of family aggregation?
a. Both Jane and her husband are alcoholic.
b. Jim and John, 21-year-old twins, are both schizophrenic.
c. Karen, her mother, and her grandmother all have been diagnosed with generalized
anxiety disorder.
d. Kim's suicide was apparently a reaction to her mother's abuse.
Difficulty: 2
Question ID: 1.1-1
Page Ref: 3
Topic: Abnormal Psychology/An Overview
Skill: Applied
Answer: c. Karen, her mother, and her grandmother all have been diagnosed with
generalized anxiety disorder.
1.1-2. What do the cases of Monique and Donald best illustrate?
a. Most individuals with mental disorders are violent.
b. Women are more likely to commit suicide than men.
c. Most individuals who experience a mental breakdown are clearly unwell long before
treatment is sought.
d. Mental illness can have a significant impact on one's life.
Difficulty: 1
Question ID: 1.1-2
Page Ref: 2-3
Topic: Abnormal Psychology/An Overview
Skill: Conceptual
Answer: d. Mental illness can have a significant impact on one's life.
1.1-3. What do the cases of Monique and Donald best illustrate?
a. Abnormal behavior usually produces more distress in others than the person who
engages in the abnormal behavior.
b. Abnormal behavior covers a wide range of behavioral disturbances.
c. Most people who suffer from abnormal behavior are quickly identified as deviant by
other people.
d. When people suffer from mental disorders, they are unable to work or live
independently.
Difficulty: 1
Question ID: 1.1-3
Page Ref: 3
Topic: Abnormal Psychology/An Overview
Skill: Conceptual
Answer: b. Abnormal behavior covers a wide range of behavioral disturbances.
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,Test Bank for Abnormal Psychology, 14e
1.1-4. What makes defining abnormality difficult?
a. There are so many types of abnormal behavior that they can't be accurately
described.
b. There is no one behavior that serves to make someone abnormal.
c. Most of us are abnormal much of the time so that we cannot tell what is normal.
d. Criteria for abnormality have yet to be developed.
Difficulty: 2
Question ID: 1.1-4
Page Ref: 3-4
Topic: What Do We Mean by Abnormality?
Skill: Factual
Answer: b. There is no one behavior that serves to make someone abnormal.
1.1-5. Which of the following is a sufficient element to determine abnormality?
a. Suffering
b. Maladaptiveness
c. Deviancy
d. There is no sufficient element.
Difficulty: 2
Question ID: 1.1-5
Page Ref: 4
Topic: What Do We Mean by Abnormality?
Skill: Factual
Answer: d. There is no sufficient element.
1.1-6. The fact that body piercings are commonplace today while they would once have
been viewed as abnormal illustrates that
a. modern society is always open to change.
b. what is acceptable for men and women is no longer different.
c. American culture values independence.
d. the values of a society may change over time.
Difficulty: 2
Question ID: 1.1-6
Page Ref: 5
Topic: What Do We Mean by Abnormality?
Skill: Conceptual
Answer: d. the values of a society may change over time.
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1.1-7. What is a reason for classifying mental disorders?
a. A classification system allows information to be organized.
b. Then professionals won't need to look at as much information about a person.
c. Then professionals can make assumptions about people based on their diagnosis.
d. The diagnosis then often has an effect on peoples' behaviors.
Difficulty: 1
Question ID: 1.1-7
Page Ref: 7
Topic: Why Do We Need to Classify Mental Disorders?
Skill: Factual
Answer: a. A classification system allows information to be organized.
1.1-8. ________ is a necessary first step toward introducing order to any discussion of the
cause or treatment of abnormal behavior.
a. Epidemiology
b. Classification
c. Brain research
d. Labeling
Difficulty: 1
Question ID: 1.1-8
Page Ref: 7
Topic: Why Do We Need to Classify Mental Disorders?
Skill: Conceptual
Answer: b. Classification
1.1-9. Which of the following is a disadvantage of having a classification system for
mental disorders?
a. A classification system establishes the types of problems that mental professionals
can treat.
b. When a label is used to describe an individual's behavior, information about the
person is lost.
c. A classification system allows for research to advance.
d. Identifying the disorder that an individual has guides treatment.
Difficulty: 1
Question ID: 1.1-9
Page Ref: 8
Topic: What are the Disadvantages of Classification?
Skill: Conceptual
Answer: b. When a label is used to describe an individual's behavior, information about
the person is lost.
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