PSYC 3082 Exam 1 Questions and Answers Latest Update 2025-2026
Culturally inappropriate or unexpected - Answers Therapist Dr. X is working with a client who is
heavily involved with body piercing. The client enjoys it, but Dr. X thinks the amount is so
excessive she considers it abnormal behavior. She is employing which definition of abnormality?
-Dysfunction
-Culturally inappropriate or unexpected
-Impairment
-Distress
Frontal - Answers Which of the following lobes of the brain and cerebral cortex is associated
with thinking and reasoning skills and memory, as well as some aspects of emotions?
-Frontal
-Parietal
-Occipital
-Temporal
Impairment or distress; culturally inappropriate or unexpected reactions (violation of cultural or
social norms); psychological dysfunction - Answers Which of the following contains all of the
elements of the definition of "psychological disorder"?
-Impairment or distress; culturally inappropriate or unexpected reactions (violation of cultural or
social norms); psychological dysfunction
-Impairment or distress; culturally appropriate reactions; psychological dysfunction; behaviors
consistent with societal norms
-Impairment of functioning; behaviors within average range; psychological dysfunction;
culturally inappropriate or unexpected reaction (violation of cultural or social norms)
-Undue distress; statistically unusual; psychological dysfunction; behaviors consistent with
societal norms
A psychiatrist - Answers Marcus is suffering from depression for which his therapist has
prescribed medication. His therapist is most likely ___.
-A non-medical clinical psychologist
-Jerry Springer
, -A psychiatrist
-A psychiatric social worker
Adoption of scientific methodology - Answers Which of the following has been an important
recent (last 50 years) development in the field of psychopathology/psychotherapy?
-Adoption of scientific methodology
-Theories of the unconscious
-Recognition of statistical deviation
-Emphasis of catharsis
-All are important developments during the last 50 years
Reason the client first came to therapy; his or her initial complaint(s) - Answers "Presenting
problem" refers to the
-Main disorder needing treatment
-Problem with resistance to therapy
-Symptom that is treated first
-Reason the client first came to therapy; his or her initial complaint(s)
Prevalence - Answers The number of people in the population displaying a particular disorder, or
the rate of the disorder in the population is called the
-Incidence
-Course
-Deviation
-Prevalence
Causation - Answers Etiology refers to
-Abnormality
-Causation
-Scientific methodology
-The supernatural model
-Psychopathology
Culturally inappropriate or unexpected - Answers Therapist Dr. X is working with a client who is
heavily involved with body piercing. The client enjoys it, but Dr. X thinks the amount is so
excessive she considers it abnormal behavior. She is employing which definition of abnormality?
-Dysfunction
-Culturally inappropriate or unexpected
-Impairment
-Distress
Frontal - Answers Which of the following lobes of the brain and cerebral cortex is associated
with thinking and reasoning skills and memory, as well as some aspects of emotions?
-Frontal
-Parietal
-Occipital
-Temporal
Impairment or distress; culturally inappropriate or unexpected reactions (violation of cultural or
social norms); psychological dysfunction - Answers Which of the following contains all of the
elements of the definition of "psychological disorder"?
-Impairment or distress; culturally inappropriate or unexpected reactions (violation of cultural or
social norms); psychological dysfunction
-Impairment or distress; culturally appropriate reactions; psychological dysfunction; behaviors
consistent with societal norms
-Impairment of functioning; behaviors within average range; psychological dysfunction;
culturally inappropriate or unexpected reaction (violation of cultural or social norms)
-Undue distress; statistically unusual; psychological dysfunction; behaviors consistent with
societal norms
A psychiatrist - Answers Marcus is suffering from depression for which his therapist has
prescribed medication. His therapist is most likely ___.
-A non-medical clinical psychologist
-Jerry Springer
, -A psychiatrist
-A psychiatric social worker
Adoption of scientific methodology - Answers Which of the following has been an important
recent (last 50 years) development in the field of psychopathology/psychotherapy?
-Adoption of scientific methodology
-Theories of the unconscious
-Recognition of statistical deviation
-Emphasis of catharsis
-All are important developments during the last 50 years
Reason the client first came to therapy; his or her initial complaint(s) - Answers "Presenting
problem" refers to the
-Main disorder needing treatment
-Problem with resistance to therapy
-Symptom that is treated first
-Reason the client first came to therapy; his or her initial complaint(s)
Prevalence - Answers The number of people in the population displaying a particular disorder, or
the rate of the disorder in the population is called the
-Incidence
-Course
-Deviation
-Prevalence
Causation - Answers Etiology refers to
-Abnormality
-Causation
-Scientific methodology
-The supernatural model
-Psychopathology
