TEST BANK
Abnormal Psychology, 2nd
Canadian Edition by
Deborah C Beidel
Complete Chapter Test Bank
are included (Ch 1 to 15)
** Immediate Download
** Swift Response
** All Chapters included
,Table of Contents are given below
Chapter 1.Abnormal Psychology: Historical and Modern Perspectives
Chapter 2.Research Methods in Abnormal Psychology
Chapter 3.Assessment and Diagnosis
Chapter 4.Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Trauma- and Stressor-
Related Disorders
Chapter 5.Somatic Symptom, Dissociative, and Factitious Disorders
Chapter 6.Bipolar and Depressive Disorders
Chapter 7.Feeding and Eating Disorders
Chapter 8.Gender Dysphoria, Sexual Dysfunctions, and Paraphilic
Disorders
Chapter 9.Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
Chapter 10.Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
Chapter 11.Personality Disorders
Chapter 12.Neurodevelopmental, Disruptive, Conduct, and Elimination
Disorders
Chapter 13.Aging and Neurocognitive Disorders
Chapter 14.Health Psychology
Chapter 15.Abnormal Psychology: Legal and Ethical Issues
,The test bank is organized in reverse order, with the last chapter displayed first, to ensure that all
chapters are included in this document. (Complete Chapters included Ch15-1)
Chapter 15
Abnormal Psychology: Legal and Ethical Issues
Multiple Choice:
1) The case of Candace Newmaker, a woman who died during a “rebirthing therapy”
session, illustrates
A) tragedy brought on by untrained, unlicensed therapists.
B) the importance of conducting this form of therapy in a hospital setting.
C) the need for comprehensive malpractice insurance coverage.
D) the need for a physician to conduct this form of treatment.
ANSWER: A
Diff: 1
LO: 15.1 Understand legal, ethical, and professional issues related to the
practice of psychology.
Skill: Factual
2) Psychologists are aware of their responsibilities to patients, colleagues, and society. In
the text this is referred to as __________.
A) justice
B) fidelity
C) integrity
D) code of ethics
ANSWER: D
Diff: 1
LO: 15.1 Understand legal, ethical, and professional issues related to the practice of
psychology.
Skill: Factual
3) If you are a psychologist, you assume ethical responsibilities for
A) providing clinical treatment or conducting research.
B) charging fees that are affordable for everyone.
C) promoting yourself as a media psychologist.
D) the conduct of any one to whom you make referrals.
ANSWER: A
Diff: 1
LO: 15.1 Understand legal, ethical, and professional issues related to the practice of
psychology.
Skill: Applied
4) When psychologists join a professional organization such as the Canadian
Psychological Association, they agree to behave in a manner consistent with the
association’s code of ethics.
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, Test Bank to accompany Beidel et al., Abnormal Psychology, 2Ce
A) values.
B) beliefs.
C) code of ethics.
D) philosophy.
ANSWER: C
Diff: 1
LO: 15.1 Understand legal, ethical, and professional issues related to the practice of
psychology.
Topic: Law, Ethics, and Issues of Treatment
Skill: Factual
5) Until the 1960’s, hospital confinement was the typical treatment for severely mentally
ill patients because
A) overwhelming numbers of mentally ill persons were not able to obtain treatment
in community mental health programs.
B) psychological treatment was best delivered in a medical setting.
C) effective medications and treatments had not yet been discovered.
D) few psychiatrists were willing to provide treatment outside of medical settings.
ANSWER: C
Diff: 1
LO: 15.3 Understand the difference between criminal and civil commitment.
Skill: Factual
6) Over the past 50 years:
A) the number of those with mental illness in institutions has declined, as has the
number of those with mental illness in jails or prisons.
B) the number of those with mental illness in institutions has increased, as has the
number of those with mental illness in jails or prisons.
C) the number of those with mental illness in institutions has increased, but the
number of those with mental illness in jails or prisons has decreased.
D) the number of those with mental illness in institutions has decreased, but the
number of those with mental illness in jails or prisons has increased.
ANSWER: D
Diff: 1
LO: 15.3 Understand the difference between criminal and civil commitment.
Skill: Conceptual
7) From 1962 to 1977, the population of Canadian provincial psychiatric hospitals fell by
___%, despite the fact that the number of those with mental illness people continued to
rise as the Canadian population grew.
A) 25%.
B) 56%.
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Abnormal Psychology, 2nd
Canadian Edition by
Deborah C Beidel
Complete Chapter Test Bank
are included (Ch 1 to 15)
** Immediate Download
** Swift Response
** All Chapters included
,Table of Contents are given below
Chapter 1.Abnormal Psychology: Historical and Modern Perspectives
Chapter 2.Research Methods in Abnormal Psychology
Chapter 3.Assessment and Diagnosis
Chapter 4.Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Trauma- and Stressor-
Related Disorders
Chapter 5.Somatic Symptom, Dissociative, and Factitious Disorders
Chapter 6.Bipolar and Depressive Disorders
Chapter 7.Feeding and Eating Disorders
Chapter 8.Gender Dysphoria, Sexual Dysfunctions, and Paraphilic
Disorders
Chapter 9.Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
Chapter 10.Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
Chapter 11.Personality Disorders
Chapter 12.Neurodevelopmental, Disruptive, Conduct, and Elimination
Disorders
Chapter 13.Aging and Neurocognitive Disorders
Chapter 14.Health Psychology
Chapter 15.Abnormal Psychology: Legal and Ethical Issues
,The test bank is organized in reverse order, with the last chapter displayed first, to ensure that all
chapters are included in this document. (Complete Chapters included Ch15-1)
Chapter 15
Abnormal Psychology: Legal and Ethical Issues
Multiple Choice:
1) The case of Candace Newmaker, a woman who died during a “rebirthing therapy”
session, illustrates
A) tragedy brought on by untrained, unlicensed therapists.
B) the importance of conducting this form of therapy in a hospital setting.
C) the need for comprehensive malpractice insurance coverage.
D) the need for a physician to conduct this form of treatment.
ANSWER: A
Diff: 1
LO: 15.1 Understand legal, ethical, and professional issues related to the
practice of psychology.
Skill: Factual
2) Psychologists are aware of their responsibilities to patients, colleagues, and society. In
the text this is referred to as __________.
A) justice
B) fidelity
C) integrity
D) code of ethics
ANSWER: D
Diff: 1
LO: 15.1 Understand legal, ethical, and professional issues related to the practice of
psychology.
Skill: Factual
3) If you are a psychologist, you assume ethical responsibilities for
A) providing clinical treatment or conducting research.
B) charging fees that are affordable for everyone.
C) promoting yourself as a media psychologist.
D) the conduct of any one to whom you make referrals.
ANSWER: A
Diff: 1
LO: 15.1 Understand legal, ethical, and professional issues related to the practice of
psychology.
Skill: Applied
4) When psychologists join a professional organization such as the Canadian
Psychological Association, they agree to behave in a manner consistent with the
association’s code of ethics.
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, Test Bank to accompany Beidel et al., Abnormal Psychology, 2Ce
A) values.
B) beliefs.
C) code of ethics.
D) philosophy.
ANSWER: C
Diff: 1
LO: 15.1 Understand legal, ethical, and professional issues related to the practice of
psychology.
Topic: Law, Ethics, and Issues of Treatment
Skill: Factual
5) Until the 1960’s, hospital confinement was the typical treatment for severely mentally
ill patients because
A) overwhelming numbers of mentally ill persons were not able to obtain treatment
in community mental health programs.
B) psychological treatment was best delivered in a medical setting.
C) effective medications and treatments had not yet been discovered.
D) few psychiatrists were willing to provide treatment outside of medical settings.
ANSWER: C
Diff: 1
LO: 15.3 Understand the difference between criminal and civil commitment.
Skill: Factual
6) Over the past 50 years:
A) the number of those with mental illness in institutions has declined, as has the
number of those with mental illness in jails or prisons.
B) the number of those with mental illness in institutions has increased, as has the
number of those with mental illness in jails or prisons.
C) the number of those with mental illness in institutions has increased, but the
number of those with mental illness in jails or prisons has decreased.
D) the number of those with mental illness in institutions has decreased, but the
number of those with mental illness in jails or prisons has increased.
ANSWER: D
Diff: 1
LO: 15.3 Understand the difference between criminal and civil commitment.
Skill: Conceptual
7) From 1962 to 1977, the population of Canadian provincial psychiatric hospitals fell by
___%, despite the fact that the number of those with mental illness people continued to
rise as the Canadian population grew.
A) 25%.
B) 56%.
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