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Understanding Abnormal Behavior,
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12th Edition, Sue All Chapters 1 to 17
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. Abnormal Behavior.
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2. Understanding and Treating Mental Disorders.
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3. Assessment and Classification of Mental Disorders.
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4. Research Methods for Studying Mental Disorders.
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5. Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders.
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6. Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders.
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7. Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders.
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8. Depressive and Bipolar Disorders.
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9. Suicide.
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10. Eating Disorders.
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11. Substance-Related and Other Addictive Disorders.
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12. Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders.
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13. Neurocognitive and Sleep-Wake Disorders.
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14. Sexual Dysfunctions, Gender Dysphoria, and Paraphilic Disorders.
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15. Personality Psychopathology.
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16. Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence.
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17. Law and Ethics in Abnormal Psychology.
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,Chapterw1:wAbnormalwBehavior
MULTIPLEwCHOICE
1.w Whichwstatementwaboutwabnormalwpsychologywiswaccurate?
a.w Abnormalwpsychologywseekswtowdescribe,wexplain,wpredict,wandwmodifywunusualwbehaviors.
b.w Althoughwabnormalwpsychologywhaswmadewseveralwgainswinwthewpastw20wyears,witwiswnotwyet
wa
scientificwfieldwofwstudy.
c.w Thewsubjectwmatterwofwabnormalwpsychologywiswrestrictedwtowextremelywbizarrewbehavior.
d.w Mostwdiagnoseswofwabnormalitywarewbasedwonwtwoworwthreewbasicwbehavioralwfactors.
ANS:w A REF:w ThewConcernswofwAbnormalwPsychology
OBJ:w 1 MSC:w Factual
2.w Psychopathology,worwabnormalwbehavior,wresultswprimarilywfromw____.
a.w geneticwfactors
b.w environmentalwfactors
c.w socioculturalwfactors
d.w anwinteractionwofwmanywfactors
ANS:w D REF:w Introductionw OBJ:w 1 MSC:w Factual
3.w Dr.wThompsonwcollectswinformationwinworderwtowdescribewandwdrawwinferenceswaboutwanw individual
's psychologicalwdisorder.wDr.wThompsonwiswengagedwinw____.
a.w therapy
b.w predictingwdangerousness
c.w psychodiagnosis
d.w research
ANS:w C REF:w ThewConcernswofwAbnormalwPsychology
OBJ:w 1 MSC:w Applied
4.w Dr.wKohnwiswawpsychoanalyst,wDr.wEdwardswiswawhumanisticwtherapist,wDr.wPetersonwiswawcognitive
behavioralwtherapist,wandwDr.wJameswiswawGestaltwtherapist.wEachwofwthemwwouldwlikelywhavewawdiffere
nt
____wforwawclient'swabnormality.
a.w timewofwonset
b.w explanation
c.w diagnosis
d.w prognosis
ANS:w B REF:w ThewConcernswofwAbnormalwPsychology
OBJ:w 1 MSC:w Applied
5.w Awpsychologistwsays,w“Juan'swabnormalwbehaviorwiswlikelywduewtowawcombinationwofwbiologywan
d
inadequatewinterpersonalwskills.”wThewpsychologistwisw____.
a. predicting
b.w giving wthe
wJuan wfuturewsymptomswofwJuan
wawpsychodiagnosis
c.w offeringwanwexplanationwforwJuan'swproblem
d.w describingwhowwtowcontrolwJuan'swsymptoms
ANS:w C REF:w ThewConcernswofwAbnormalwPsychology
OBJ:w 1 MSC:w Applied
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6.w Whichwstatementwregardingwthewpredictionwofwabnormalwbehaviorwiswaccurate
?
a.w Evenwexperiencedwprofessionalswtendwtowoverpredictwfuturewviolence.
b.w Psychologistswarewnotwinterestedwinwpredictingwclients'wfuturewbehavior.
c.w Predictionwiswunrelatedwtowunderstandingwthewcausewofwabnormality.
d.w Psychologistswtendwtowunderpredictwfuturewviolence.
ANS:w A REF:w ThewConcernswofwAbnormalwPsychology
OBJ:w 1 MSC:w Conceptual
7.w OnewofwSeung-
HuiwCho'swprofessorswreportedwCho'swfrighteningwbehaviorwtowmanywcampuswauthorities.
Whatwreasonwdidwthosewauthoritieswgivewherwtowexplainwwhywtheywcouldwdownothing?
a.w There
b. Cho'swwtherapistwdidwnot
waswnowspace feelwwof
winwwany hewthe
wposed waw
wlocal dangerwwhealth
wmental towothers.
wfacilitieswtowhousewhim.
c.w Chowdidwnotwmakewanywovertwthreatswagainstwanyone.
d.w Whenwcomparedwwithwthatwofwhiswpeerwgroup,wCho'swbehaviorwwaswnotwconsideredwo
dd.
ANS:w C REF:w ThewConcernswofwAbnormalwPsychology
OBJ:w 1 MSC:w Applied
8.w Whenwpsychologistswtalkwaboutwmodifyingwabnormalwbehavior,wtheywmeanwtheywarew___
_.
a.w attemptingwtowunderstandwthewunderlyingwcausewofwthatwbehavior
b. restrictingwwthe
c.ww attempting freedomwof
towwanticipate wdangerous
wthe wclients wofwclient
wfuturewbehaviors
s
d.w usingwtherapywtowimprovewclientwbehavior
ANS:w D REF:w ThewConcernswofwAbnormalwPsychology
OBJ:w 1 MSC:w Factual
9.w Whichwofwthewfollowingwdefineswtherapywmostwaccurately?
a.w Awprogramwofwsystematicwinterventionwdesignedwtowalterwbehavior,wemotion,worwthoug
ht
b.w Thewscientificwstudywofwabnormalwbehavior.
c.w Awsystemwofwobservingwabnormalwbehaviorwinwanwattemptwtowclassifywit
d.w Thewapplicationwofwawtheoreticalwmodelwtowexplainwthewcausewofwabnormalwbehavior
ANS:w A REF:w 1 OBJ:w ThewConcernswofwAbnormalwPsychology
MSC:w Factual
10.w Awpsychologistwdevelopswseveralwactivitieswforwclientswaimedwatwhelpingwthemwbecomewmore
self-
disciplinedwandwfeelwmorewconfidentwaboutwtryingwnewwbehaviors.wThiswexamplewillustratesw____.
a.w howwtherapy
b. epidemiological
wmaywbewwwork iswwdone
seenwas winwthewto
anwattempt field
wmodifywbehavior
c.w thewfunctionwofwprovidingwanwexplanationwforwabnormalwbehavio
r
d.w thewessentialwneedwforwaccuratewpsychodiagnosis
ANS:w B REF:w ThewConcernswofwAbnormalwPsychology
OBJ:w 1 MSC:w Applied