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Vicky Phares, Ph.D.
University of South Florida
, Chapter 1
Conceptualizations of normality and abnormality in children and adolescents
Multiple Choice Questions
1. (p. 2) According to the textbook, if you could only ask one question to help
understand a child’s behavior, the question would be: a. Is there a family history
of this behavior?
b. Is the teacher concerned about the behavior?
* c. How old is the child?
d. Does the family have insurance?
2. (p. 2) Developmental psychopathology includes:
a. The combination of the study of developmental processes and
psychopathology
b. The study of behaviors, cognitions, and emotions that are abnormal,
disruptive and distressing
c. Investigations of individuals across the lifespan, especially infants, children,
and adolescents
* d. All of the above
3. (p. 3) Characteristics or events that increase the likelihood that a child will exhibit
problems in the future are called:
a. Protective factors
* b. Risk factors
c. Zeitgeist
d. Adultomorphism
4. (p. 3) Characteristics or events that decrease the likelihood that a child will
exhibit problems in the future, even when faced with adversity, are called:
a. V-Codes
b. Risk factors
* c. Protective factors
d. Continuity
5. (p. 3) For the most part, we can assume that crying in a 5-year-old means
roughly the same thing as crying in a 15-year-old. This pattern suggests that
crying shows across development.
a. Discontinuity
* b. Continuity
c. Evidence
d. Validity
6. (p. 4) In your textbook, the case of Albert Einstein was used to illustrate that:
a. Psychopathology is more common in highly intelligent people
, b. Parents who push their children (even against their children’s own desires)
show the most effective parenting style
c. Highly successful individuals rarely show signs of concern in their early
childhood
* d. Unique behaviors may be adaptive rather than maladaptive
7. (p. 5) During the Middle Ages, treatment for what we now know as psychological
disorders in children sometimes included:
a. Infanticide
b. Imprisonment
c. Publicly humiliated
* d. All of the above
8. (p. 6) In the mid- to late-1800s, the work by Dorthea Dix and the follow-up to the
case of Mary Ellen served to:
a. Focus attention on genetic factors
b. Highlight the need for medication
* c. Increase humane treatment for troubled children
d. All of the above
9. (p. 7) Within the United States, World War II served to:
a. Increase the focus on the mental health needs of children
* b. Decrease the focus on the mental health needs of children
c. Provide more funding for prevention programs of children’s problems
d. Increase research on child psychopathology
10. (p. 8) The first edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders (DSM-1), published in 1952,
* a. There were only a few disorders that focused on children
b. Had a cognitive-behavioral orientation
c. Listed the current treatments for psychological problems at the time
d. Included many disorders for children
11. (p.10) The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) is
published by the:
a. American Academy of Pediatrics
b. American Psychological Association
* c. American Psychiatric Association
d. International Classification of Diseases
12. (p. 10) Which of the following statements is TRUE about the Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)?
a. There are almost no diagnoses that can be applied to children and
adolescents
b. There is a section that lists “Disorders Usually First Diagnosed in Infancy,
Childhood, or Adolescence”
,* c. In contrast to DSM-IV, multiaxial evaluation is no longer used in DSM-5
d. Reliability of diagnoses in DSM-5 are similarly strong for both children and
adults
13. (p. 8) The following is an example of adultomorphism:
a. The child definition of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder can be applied to
adults
* b. The adult definition of depression can be applied directly to children
c. A 5-year-old child is treated like a 15-year-old adolescent
d. None of the above
14. (p. 10) A major change from DSM-IV to DSM-5 is:
a. Multiaxial evaluation is no longer used
b. The section entitled “Disorders Usually First Diagnosed in Infancy, Childhood,
or Adolescence” has been changed to “Neurodevelopmental Disorders”
c. The diagnosis of mental retardation is now called intellectual disability
* d. All of the above
15. (p. 9) Dr. Chang is a clinical psychologist working in a community mental health
center. She has just completed an evaluation of a 10-year-old boy who is
showing signs of depression and anxiety. As Dr. Chang tries to establish which
disorders, if any, are appropriate for the boy, she is engaging in the process of:
a. Intervention
* b. Differential diagnosis
c. Psychometric properties
d. Projective assessment
16. (p. 9) Although no longer in the current edition, in the previous two editions of the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III and DSM-IV) had
five axes to help diagnose clients. The inclusion of these five axes was called:
* a. Multiaxial evaluation
b. Differential diagnosis
c. The Kappa statistic
d. The medical model
17. (p. 9) Darryl is 11 years old. He gets into fights at school and he seems angry
almost all of the time. At home, Darryl nearly always argues with his parents
(who argue with each other a great deal). In particular, Darryl and his father
seem to be engaged in a power struggle–with both trying to gain an upper hand
on the other. Dr. Johnson just began working with family. If he wanted to note
the parent-child relations problem between Darryl and his parents as part of the
diagnostic impression, he would use a(n):
a. Clinical disorder diagnosis
* b. V-Code
c. Protective factor
d. Personality disorder
,18. (p. 13) Reliability refers to , whereas validity refers to
___________.
a. Children; Adults
b. The test; The outcome
* c. Consistency; Accuracy
d. Accuracy; Consistency
19. (p. 14) Within the United States, children with special needs have the right to
free, appropriate education in the least restrictive environment with an
individualized education program that has been developed in consultation with
the child’s parents. These rights are based on:
* a. Public Law 94-142 and Public Law 101-476
b. Standard practice since the Middle Ages
c. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)
d. The Primary Mental Health Project (PMHP)
20. (p. 17) Examples of disorders that are being considered for inclusion in the next
edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-6) are:
a. Family functioning disorder and Abuse-related disorder
b. Mixed oppositional-conduct disorder and Attention-deficit disorder (without
hyperactivity)
* c. Suicidal behavior disorder and Nonsuicidal self injury
d. All of the above
21. (p. 14) Which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. The current DSM-5 is meant to be atheoretical
b. A strength of DSM-5 is that it is widely used by many different types of
professionals within the United States
c. DSM-5 no longer uses multiaxial evaluation
* d. Diagnoses for children are more reliable than diagnoses for adults
22. (p. 22) Empirically based taxonomies are consistent with a(n)
approach to understanding children’s emotional/behavioral problems.
* a. Dimensional
b. Categorical
c. Humanistic
d. Medical model
23. (p. 25) For her dissertation, Kathy would like to find out how many children and
adolescents experience attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Thus, she is
studying:
a. Differential diagnosis
b. A multiaxial evaluation system
* c. Prevalence
d. Psychometric properties
,24. (p. 27) When two disorders occur at the same time in the same child, it is called:
a. Empirically based taxonomy
* b. Comorbidity
c. Epidemiology
d. Test-retest reliability
25. (p. 28) Examples of internalizing problems include:
a. Anxiety
b. Depression
c. Withdrawn behavior
* d. All of the above
26. (p. 28) Jose is 13 years old and his mother describes him as a “terror.” He is
aggressive, he breaks nearly every rule at school, and he cannot seem to be
controlled at home or at school. Jose’s behavior can best be described as
showing:
a. Internalizing problems
* b. Externalizing problems
c. Genetically-based problems
d. Environmentally-determined problems
27. (p. 28) When behaviors from the Child Behavior Checklist are compared across
groups, which characteristic shows the most differences (i.e., showing at least
20% difference in the variance between children in different groups)?
a. Gender
b. Race/ethnicity
* c. Referred for treatment versus not referred
d. All of the above
28. (p. 31) Based on cross-cultural research between children in the United States
and in Thailand, which of the following statements is TRUE?
a. Parents in both the U.S. and in Thailand were more troubled by internalizing
problems than by externalizing problems
b. Teachers in both countries differed a great deal from parents in their
perceptions of children’s behavior
* c. Parents in the U.S. were much less likely to think that their children’s behavior
would improve than were parents in Thailand
d. Parents in Thailand were much less likely to think that their children’s
behavior would improve than were parents in the U.S.
29. (p. 30) Socioeconomic status is based on factors like:
a. Family income
b. Parental education
c. Parental occupation
* d. All of the above
,30. (p. 34) Which of the following factors would a family theorist probably NOT
consider meaningful in understanding a child’s problems?
a. Parental psychopathology
* b. Genetic predisposition
c. Dysfunctional family structure
d. Family members’ difficulty in expressing emotions
31. (p. 18) The new diagnostic criteria proposed by the National Institute of Mental
Health are known as:
a. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV)
* b. Research Domain Criteria (RDoC)
c. Primary Project (PP)
d. Principle Diagnostic Assessment System (PDAS)
Short Answer or Essay Questions
1. Describe at least 3 major changes to the new DSM-5.
2. Define risk factor. What are the risk factors that are associated with the
development of psychopathology? As you discuss the specific risk factors,
please note whether these factors relate to one specific disorder or whether they
serve as risk factors for a number of disorders.
3. Define protective factor. Provide three examples of protective factors.
4. Based on the previous DSM-IV, how were Axis I disorders and Axis II disorders
similar and how were they different? Provide an example of each.
5. What is a V-Code? Provide three examples.
6. List two advantages and two disadvantages to the Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5).
7. Describe the differences between a categorical approach versus a dimensional
approach to conceptualizing children’s mental health problems.
8. Describe the historical traditions of treating children’s emotional/behavioral
problems.
9. Describe the current process of diagnosis for children and adolescents currently.
Specifically, discuss whether there are certain disorders that can only be
diagnosed for children versus adults.
10. Discuss the different contexts that are important in understanding abnormal child
behavior.
, Chapter 2
Theories of normality and abnormality in children and adolescents
Multiple Choice Questions
1. (p. 40) Based on the special box about Prevention and Culture, which of the
following statements is TRUE?
a. One American child or teen is killed or injured by gunfire nearly every 30
minutes
b. In a study of 23 industrialized nations, a total of 87% of children under the age
of 15 who died by gun violence lived in the United States
c. Over half of youth who commit suicide with a gun obtained it from their own
home
* d. All of the above statements are true
2. (p. 41) A systematic set of statements designed to help analyze, explain, and
predict phenomena is the definition of a:
a. Psychometric study
* b. Theory
c. Longitudinal investigation
d. Zeitgeist
3. (p. 41) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a good theory?
* a. Account for new data, regardless of accounting for existing data
b. Provide a relevant explanation with logical reasons
c. Have the ability to be tested
d. Predict new and novel events
4. (p. 42) The “cause” of emotional/behavioral problems is known as:
* a. Etiology
b. Outcome
c. Investigation
d. Homeostasis
5. (p. 42/43) According to Freud, the correct order of psychosexual stages is as
follows (from earliest to latest):
a. Oral, anal, genital, latency, phallic
b. Anal, oral, phallic, genital, latency
* c. Oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital
d. Oral, latency, anal, phallic, genital
6. (p. 43) One of the more recent psychodynamic theories is known as:
a. Behavioral genetics
b. Multifinality
* c. Object relations
d. Niche-picking
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,Understanding Abnormal Child Psychology (4e)
Test Bank
Vicky Phares, Ph.D.
University of South Florida
, Chapter 1
Conceptualizations of normality and abnormality in children and adolescents
Multiple Choice Questions
1. (p. 2) According to the textbook, if you could only ask one question to help
understand a child’s behavior, the question would be: a. Is there a family history
of this behavior?
b. Is the teacher concerned about the behavior?
* c. How old is the child?
d. Does the family have insurance?
2. (p. 2) Developmental psychopathology includes:
a. The combination of the study of developmental processes and
psychopathology
b. The study of behaviors, cognitions, and emotions that are abnormal,
disruptive and distressing
c. Investigations of individuals across the lifespan, especially infants, children,
and adolescents
* d. All of the above
3. (p. 3) Characteristics or events that increase the likelihood that a child will exhibit
problems in the future are called:
a. Protective factors
* b. Risk factors
c. Zeitgeist
d. Adultomorphism
4. (p. 3) Characteristics or events that decrease the likelihood that a child will
exhibit problems in the future, even when faced with adversity, are called:
a. V-Codes
b. Risk factors
* c. Protective factors
d. Continuity
5. (p. 3) For the most part, we can assume that crying in a 5-year-old means
roughly the same thing as crying in a 15-year-old. This pattern suggests that
crying shows across development.
a. Discontinuity
* b. Continuity
c. Evidence
d. Validity
6. (p. 4) In your textbook, the case of Albert Einstein was used to illustrate that:
a. Psychopathology is more common in highly intelligent people
, b. Parents who push their children (even against their children’s own desires)
show the most effective parenting style
c. Highly successful individuals rarely show signs of concern in their early
childhood
* d. Unique behaviors may be adaptive rather than maladaptive
7. (p. 5) During the Middle Ages, treatment for what we now know as psychological
disorders in children sometimes included:
a. Infanticide
b. Imprisonment
c. Publicly humiliated
* d. All of the above
8. (p. 6) In the mid- to late-1800s, the work by Dorthea Dix and the follow-up to the
case of Mary Ellen served to:
a. Focus attention on genetic factors
b. Highlight the need for medication
* c. Increase humane treatment for troubled children
d. All of the above
9. (p. 7) Within the United States, World War II served to:
a. Increase the focus on the mental health needs of children
* b. Decrease the focus on the mental health needs of children
c. Provide more funding for prevention programs of children’s problems
d. Increase research on child psychopathology
10. (p. 8) The first edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders (DSM-1), published in 1952,
* a. There were only a few disorders that focused on children
b. Had a cognitive-behavioral orientation
c. Listed the current treatments for psychological problems at the time
d. Included many disorders for children
11. (p.10) The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) is
published by the:
a. American Academy of Pediatrics
b. American Psychological Association
* c. American Psychiatric Association
d. International Classification of Diseases
12. (p. 10) Which of the following statements is TRUE about the Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)?
a. There are almost no diagnoses that can be applied to children and
adolescents
b. There is a section that lists “Disorders Usually First Diagnosed in Infancy,
Childhood, or Adolescence”
,* c. In contrast to DSM-IV, multiaxial evaluation is no longer used in DSM-5
d. Reliability of diagnoses in DSM-5 are similarly strong for both children and
adults
13. (p. 8) The following is an example of adultomorphism:
a. The child definition of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder can be applied to
adults
* b. The adult definition of depression can be applied directly to children
c. A 5-year-old child is treated like a 15-year-old adolescent
d. None of the above
14. (p. 10) A major change from DSM-IV to DSM-5 is:
a. Multiaxial evaluation is no longer used
b. The section entitled “Disorders Usually First Diagnosed in Infancy, Childhood,
or Adolescence” has been changed to “Neurodevelopmental Disorders”
c. The diagnosis of mental retardation is now called intellectual disability
* d. All of the above
15. (p. 9) Dr. Chang is a clinical psychologist working in a community mental health
center. She has just completed an evaluation of a 10-year-old boy who is
showing signs of depression and anxiety. As Dr. Chang tries to establish which
disorders, if any, are appropriate for the boy, she is engaging in the process of:
a. Intervention
* b. Differential diagnosis
c. Psychometric properties
d. Projective assessment
16. (p. 9) Although no longer in the current edition, in the previous two editions of the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III and DSM-IV) had
five axes to help diagnose clients. The inclusion of these five axes was called:
* a. Multiaxial evaluation
b. Differential diagnosis
c. The Kappa statistic
d. The medical model
17. (p. 9) Darryl is 11 years old. He gets into fights at school and he seems angry
almost all of the time. At home, Darryl nearly always argues with his parents
(who argue with each other a great deal). In particular, Darryl and his father
seem to be engaged in a power struggle–with both trying to gain an upper hand
on the other. Dr. Johnson just began working with family. If he wanted to note
the parent-child relations problem between Darryl and his parents as part of the
diagnostic impression, he would use a(n):
a. Clinical disorder diagnosis
* b. V-Code
c. Protective factor
d. Personality disorder
,18. (p. 13) Reliability refers to , whereas validity refers to
___________.
a. Children; Adults
b. The test; The outcome
* c. Consistency; Accuracy
d. Accuracy; Consistency
19. (p. 14) Within the United States, children with special needs have the right to
free, appropriate education in the least restrictive environment with an
individualized education program that has been developed in consultation with
the child’s parents. These rights are based on:
* a. Public Law 94-142 and Public Law 101-476
b. Standard practice since the Middle Ages
c. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)
d. The Primary Mental Health Project (PMHP)
20. (p. 17) Examples of disorders that are being considered for inclusion in the next
edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-6) are:
a. Family functioning disorder and Abuse-related disorder
b. Mixed oppositional-conduct disorder and Attention-deficit disorder (without
hyperactivity)
* c. Suicidal behavior disorder and Nonsuicidal self injury
d. All of the above
21. (p. 14) Which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. The current DSM-5 is meant to be atheoretical
b. A strength of DSM-5 is that it is widely used by many different types of
professionals within the United States
c. DSM-5 no longer uses multiaxial evaluation
* d. Diagnoses for children are more reliable than diagnoses for adults
22. (p. 22) Empirically based taxonomies are consistent with a(n)
approach to understanding children’s emotional/behavioral problems.
* a. Dimensional
b. Categorical
c. Humanistic
d. Medical model
23. (p. 25) For her dissertation, Kathy would like to find out how many children and
adolescents experience attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Thus, she is
studying:
a. Differential diagnosis
b. A multiaxial evaluation system
* c. Prevalence
d. Psychometric properties
,24. (p. 27) When two disorders occur at the same time in the same child, it is called:
a. Empirically based taxonomy
* b. Comorbidity
c. Epidemiology
d. Test-retest reliability
25. (p. 28) Examples of internalizing problems include:
a. Anxiety
b. Depression
c. Withdrawn behavior
* d. All of the above
26. (p. 28) Jose is 13 years old and his mother describes him as a “terror.” He is
aggressive, he breaks nearly every rule at school, and he cannot seem to be
controlled at home or at school. Jose’s behavior can best be described as
showing:
a. Internalizing problems
* b. Externalizing problems
c. Genetically-based problems
d. Environmentally-determined problems
27. (p. 28) When behaviors from the Child Behavior Checklist are compared across
groups, which characteristic shows the most differences (i.e., showing at least
20% difference in the variance between children in different groups)?
a. Gender
b. Race/ethnicity
* c. Referred for treatment versus not referred
d. All of the above
28. (p. 31) Based on cross-cultural research between children in the United States
and in Thailand, which of the following statements is TRUE?
a. Parents in both the U.S. and in Thailand were more troubled by internalizing
problems than by externalizing problems
b. Teachers in both countries differed a great deal from parents in their
perceptions of children’s behavior
* c. Parents in the U.S. were much less likely to think that their children’s behavior
would improve than were parents in Thailand
d. Parents in Thailand were much less likely to think that their children’s
behavior would improve than were parents in the U.S.
29. (p. 30) Socioeconomic status is based on factors like:
a. Family income
b. Parental education
c. Parental occupation
* d. All of the above
,30. (p. 34) Which of the following factors would a family theorist probably NOT
consider meaningful in understanding a child’s problems?
a. Parental psychopathology
* b. Genetic predisposition
c. Dysfunctional family structure
d. Family members’ difficulty in expressing emotions
31. (p. 18) The new diagnostic criteria proposed by the National Institute of Mental
Health are known as:
a. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV)
* b. Research Domain Criteria (RDoC)
c. Primary Project (PP)
d. Principle Diagnostic Assessment System (PDAS)
Short Answer or Essay Questions
1. Describe at least 3 major changes to the new DSM-5.
2. Define risk factor. What are the risk factors that are associated with the
development of psychopathology? As you discuss the specific risk factors,
please note whether these factors relate to one specific disorder or whether they
serve as risk factors for a number of disorders.
3. Define protective factor. Provide three examples of protective factors.
4. Based on the previous DSM-IV, how were Axis I disorders and Axis II disorders
similar and how were they different? Provide an example of each.
5. What is a V-Code? Provide three examples.
6. List two advantages and two disadvantages to the Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5).
7. Describe the differences between a categorical approach versus a dimensional
approach to conceptualizing children’s mental health problems.
8. Describe the historical traditions of treating children’s emotional/behavioral
problems.
9. Describe the current process of diagnosis for children and adolescents currently.
Specifically, discuss whether there are certain disorders that can only be
diagnosed for children versus adults.
10. Discuss the different contexts that are important in understanding abnormal child
behavior.
, Chapter 2
Theories of normality and abnormality in children and adolescents
Multiple Choice Questions
1. (p. 40) Based on the special box about Prevention and Culture, which of the
following statements is TRUE?
a. One American child or teen is killed or injured by gunfire nearly every 30
minutes
b. In a study of 23 industrialized nations, a total of 87% of children under the age
of 15 who died by gun violence lived in the United States
c. Over half of youth who commit suicide with a gun obtained it from their own
home
* d. All of the above statements are true
2. (p. 41) A systematic set of statements designed to help analyze, explain, and
predict phenomena is the definition of a:
a. Psychometric study
* b. Theory
c. Longitudinal investigation
d. Zeitgeist
3. (p. 41) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a good theory?
* a. Account for new data, regardless of accounting for existing data
b. Provide a relevant explanation with logical reasons
c. Have the ability to be tested
d. Predict new and novel events
4. (p. 42) The “cause” of emotional/behavioral problems is known as:
* a. Etiology
b. Outcome
c. Investigation
d. Homeostasis
5. (p. 42/43) According to Freud, the correct order of psychosexual stages is as
follows (from earliest to latest):
a. Oral, anal, genital, latency, phallic
b. Anal, oral, phallic, genital, latency
* c. Oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital
d. Oral, latency, anal, phallic, genital
6. (p. 43) One of the more recent psychodynamic theories is known as:
a. Behavioral genetics
b. Multifinality
* c. Object relations
d. Niche-picking
