TEST BANK Abnormal Psychology 16th
Edition ByButcher – Hooley Mineka
Chapter 6: Panic, Anxiety, Obsessions, and Their Disorders
Multiple-Choice Questions
6.1-1. Neurotic behavior
1. is maladaptive and means that a person is out of touch with reality.
2. is a current term, used to describe many disorders in the DSM-5.
3. is what we now refer to as “hysteria.”
4. is maladaptive but means that a person is not out of touch with reality.
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Difficulty: 2
Question ID: 6.1-1
Page Ref: 163
Topic: Panic, Anxiety, and Their Disorders
Skill: Factual
Answer: d. is maladaptive but means that a person is not out of touch with
reality.
6.1-2. DSM-III classification, which omited the concept of neurosis, was an
improvement because
1. each category now has a specific effective treatment.
2. now anxiety disorders are identified regardless of whether anxiety
symptoms are expressed.
3. diagnostic criteria are now based on shared, observable symptoms and
are more clearly defined.
4. each category is made up of symptoms that have one causal origin.
Difficulty: 2
Question ID: 6.1-2
Page Ref: 163-164
Topic: Panic, Anxiety, and Their Disorders
Skill: Conceptual
Answer: c. diagnostic criteria are now based on shared, observable symptoms
and are more clearly defined.
6.1-3. Fear is a basic emotion that involves
1. concern about the future.
2. the activation of the “fight or flight” response.
3. negative thoughts, but not a change in physiological arousal.
4. a complex blend of negative mood and self-preoccupation.
Difficulty: 1
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Question ID: 6.1-3
Page Ref: 164
Topic: The Fear and Anxiety Response Patterns
Skill: Conceptual
Answer: b. the activation of the “fight-or-flight” response.
6.1-4. Which of the following would be an example of anxiety?
1. Julie jumped when she saw the snake.
2. Hilda dreaded walking home alone.
3. Carl was certain that the food was poisoned.
4. The voices in Paul’s head told him he should be afraid.
Difficulty: 2
Question ID: 6.1-4
Page Ref: 164
Topic: The Fear and Anxiety Response Patterns
Skill: Applied
Answer: b. Hilda dreaded walking home alone.
6.1-5. The main way to tell someone is having an uncued panic attack rather than
is in a state of fear is
1. whether he or she thinks about what is happening.
2. whether he or she shows physiological changes such as increased
heart rate.
3. if he or she has a subjective belief that something awful is about to
happen.
4. if he or she feels a strong urge to flee.
Difficulty: 2
Question ID: 6.1-5
Page Ref: 164
, TEST BANK Abnormal Psychology 16th
Edition ByButcher – Hooley Mineka
Topic: The Fear and Anxiety Response Patterns
Edition ByButcher – Hooley Mineka
Chapter 6: Panic, Anxiety, Obsessions, and Their Disorders
Multiple-Choice Questions
6.1-1. Neurotic behavior
1. is maladaptive and means that a person is out of touch with reality.
2. is a current term, used to describe many disorders in the DSM-5.
3. is what we now refer to as “hysteria.”
4. is maladaptive but means that a person is not out of touch with reality.
, TEST BANK Abnormal Psychology 16th
Edition ByButcher – Hooley Mineka
Difficulty: 2
Question ID: 6.1-1
Page Ref: 163
Topic: Panic, Anxiety, and Their Disorders
Skill: Factual
Answer: d. is maladaptive but means that a person is not out of touch with
reality.
6.1-2. DSM-III classification, which omited the concept of neurosis, was an
improvement because
1. each category now has a specific effective treatment.
2. now anxiety disorders are identified regardless of whether anxiety
symptoms are expressed.
3. diagnostic criteria are now based on shared, observable symptoms and
are more clearly defined.
4. each category is made up of symptoms that have one causal origin.
Difficulty: 2
Question ID: 6.1-2
Page Ref: 163-164
Topic: Panic, Anxiety, and Their Disorders
Skill: Conceptual
Answer: c. diagnostic criteria are now based on shared, observable symptoms
and are more clearly defined.
6.1-3. Fear is a basic emotion that involves
1. concern about the future.
2. the activation of the “fight or flight” response.
3. negative thoughts, but not a change in physiological arousal.
4. a complex blend of negative mood and self-preoccupation.
Difficulty: 1
, TEST BANK Abnormal Psychology 16th
Edition ByButcher – Hooley Mineka
Question ID: 6.1-3
Page Ref: 164
Topic: The Fear and Anxiety Response Patterns
Skill: Conceptual
Answer: b. the activation of the “fight-or-flight” response.
6.1-4. Which of the following would be an example of anxiety?
1. Julie jumped when she saw the snake.
2. Hilda dreaded walking home alone.
3. Carl was certain that the food was poisoned.
4. The voices in Paul’s head told him he should be afraid.
Difficulty: 2
Question ID: 6.1-4
Page Ref: 164
Topic: The Fear and Anxiety Response Patterns
Skill: Applied
Answer: b. Hilda dreaded walking home alone.
6.1-5. The main way to tell someone is having an uncued panic attack rather than
is in a state of fear is
1. whether he or she thinks about what is happening.
2. whether he or she shows physiological changes such as increased
heart rate.
3. if he or she has a subjective belief that something awful is about to
happen.
4. if he or she feels a strong urge to flee.
Difficulty: 2
Question ID: 6.1-5
Page Ref: 164
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Edition ByButcher – Hooley Mineka
Topic: The Fear and Anxiety Response Patterns
