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, Chapter 1
Examples and Definitions of Abnormal Behavior
Total Assessment Guide (T.A.G.)
Topic Question Understand Apply What Analyze It Evaluate It
Type the Concepts You Know
Multiple 1,2,3,4,5
Choice
Overview True/False 51
Essay
Multiple 10,11,12 6,8,9,13 7
Recognizing the Choice
Presence of a True/False 52,53
Disorder
Essay 81
Multiple 15,16,21 14,17,18,20, 19,23
Defining Mental Choice 22,24
Disorder True/False 54,55,56,57, 60
58,59
Essay 82, 83,84
Multiple 27,28,29,30, 25,26,31 33
Who Choice 32,34,35
Experiences True/False 61,62,63,64, 66,68
Mental 65,67,69
Disorders? Essay 85,86
Multiple 36,38 37,39 40
The Mental Choice
Health True/False 70,71,72,73,
Professions 74
Essay 87
Multiple 41,42,43 44 45
Psychopathology Choice
In Historical True/False 75,76 77
Context
Essay 89,90 88
Multiple 46,48,49,50 47
Methods for the Choice
Scientific Study True/False 78,79 80
of Mental
Disorders Essay 91 93 92
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,Chapter 1: Examples and Definitions of Abnormal Behavior
Multiple Choice
1.1.1. Psychopathology refers to
a. a collection of symptoms that have been ruled out as the cause of a mental illness
b. the symptoms and signs of mental disorders
c. a psychological illness that causes real physical pain
d. a subtype of psychosis
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
Question ID: 1.1.1
Topic: Overview
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 1.1: Explain the process of identifying a mental disorder
1.1.2. A term used to refer to several types of mental disorders when the person is out of contact with
reality is commonly known as
a. the brain-mind disparity
b. psychosis
c. neurological disparity
d. the ancient philosophy of the interaction of mind and body
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
Question ID: 1.1.2
Topic: Overview
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 1.1: Explain the process of identifying a mental disorder
1.1.3. The primary goal of this textbook is to
a. help students acquire all the skills necessary to become licensed clinicians
b. assist students in distinguishing between social psychology and clinical psychology
c. help students understand various behaviors and cognitions associated with different disorders
d. encourage students to fear mental disorders due to their potential dangers
Answer: c.
Difficulty: Easy
Question ID: 1.1.3
Topic: Overview
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 1.1: Explain the process of identifying a mental disorder
1.1.4. Which is the best description of abnormal behavior?
a. the terminology clinicians and the public should use when referring to mental illness
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,b. a description of behaviors that are statistically rare
c. descriptions of behavior that do not contribute to stigma
d. an outdated term used to describe behaviors once considered abnormal, aberrant, or deviant by
the public
Answer: d.
Difficulty: Easy
Question ID: 1.1.4
Topic: Overview
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 1.1: Explain the process of identifying a mental disorder
1.1.5. What is the literal meaning of the word “psychopathology”?
a. demons within
b. the pathos of soul and body
c. brain dysfunction
d. pathology of the mind
Answer: d
Difficulty: Easy
Question ID: 1.1.5
Topic: Overview
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 1.1: Explain the process of identifying a mental disorder
1.1.6. The case of Kevin Warner was presented in the text as an example of the diagnosis of
schizophrenia. Which of Kevin’s symptoms strongly suggested that they had lost touch with reality?
a. social withdrawal
b. difficulty in communicating
c. inability to succeed at work
d. belief that people were poisoning them
Answer: d
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 1.1.6
Topic: Recognizing the Presence of a Disorder
Skill: Apply What You Know
LO 1.1: Explain the process of identifying a mental disorder
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,1.1.7. Why did the staff at the psychiatric hospital give Kevin Warner injections of antipsychotic
medication?
a. people with Kevin’s blood type do not respond to medication in pill form
b. a high level of gastric juices in their digestive system destroyed the medication
c. they only pretended to take the pills because they believed people were trying to poison them
d. antipsychotic drugs given by injection do not have the same serious side effects as those in pill
form
Answer: c
Difficulty: Difficult
Question ID: 1.1.7
Topic: Recognizing the Presence of a Disorder
Skill: Analyze It
LO 1.1: Explain the process of identifying a mental disorder
1.1.8. Determining the presence of a disorder is based on several criteria, including
a. the duration of a person’s symptoms
b. the presence of a specific symptom in isolation
c. the outcome of laboratory tests
d. the geographic location of where a person is from
Answer: a
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 1.1.8
Topic: Recognizing the Presence of a Disorder
Skill: Apply What You Know
LO 1.1: Explain the process of identifying a mental disorder
1.1.9. Yan displays symptoms of schizophrenia; they feel ill after eating their lunch two days in a row.
One of their symptoms is a paranoid belief that the government is using robotic bees to spy on their daily
routine. This type of belief is associated with
a. conflicts with society
b. a nervous breakdown
c. a psychosis
d. adaptive behavior
Answer: c
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 1.1.9
Topic: Recognizing the Presence of a Disorder
Skill: Apply What You Know
LO 1.1: Explain the process of identifying a mental disorder
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,1.1.10. In what terms are mental disorders defined today?
a. conditions that result in normal functioning in a person’s daily life
b. persistent, maladaptive behaviors associated with personal distress
c. abnormal behaviors that occur in Western countries only
d. “insane” and “crazy” behaviors
Answer: b.
Difficulty: Easy
Question ID: 1.1.10
Topic: Recognizing the Presence of a Disorder
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 1.1: Explain the process of identifying a mental disorder
1.1.11. A group of symptoms that appear together and are assumed to represent a specific type of disorder
is referred to as a
a. syndrome
b. sign
c. psychosis
d. disease
Answer: a.
Difficulty: Easy
Question ID: 1.1.11
Topic: Recognizing the Presence of a Disorder
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 1.1: Explain the process of identifying a mental disorder
1.1.12. Specific laboratory tests to confirm the presence of psychopathology
a. do not exist at present
b. are used by psychologists but not by psychiatrists
c. are not necessary because we already know the processes that cause mental disorders
d. are used to test for the presence of viral infections or brain lesions to confirm a diagnosis
Answer: a
Difficulty: Easy
Question ID: 1.1.12
Topic: Recognizing the Presence of a Disorder
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 1.1: Explain the process of identifying a mental disorder
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,1.1.13. Jerome is a clinical psychologist trying to determine if Jennifer has schizophrenia. How will he
make this determination?
a. blood tests
b. studying the concentration of schizophrenia in Jennifer’s geographic area
c. heredity
d. making observations of Jennifer’s behavior and her descriptions of personal experiences
Answer: d
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 1.1.13
Topic: Recognizing the Presence of a Disorder
Skill: Apply What You Know
LO 1.1: Explain the process of identifying a mental disorder
1.1.14. A problem with defining abnormal behavior in terms of deviation from statistical norms is that
this definition
a. focuses only on very rare conditions
b. focuses only on conditions that are relatively common
c. does not specify how unusual the behavior must be to be considered abnormal
d. only considers deviations that are harmful
Answer: c
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 1.1.14
Topic: Defining Abnormal Behavior
Skill: Apply What You Know
LO 1.2: Analyze the evolving definitions of mental health
1.1.15. One of the reasons that the DSM defines mental disorders based on the level of subjective and
personal distress an individual experiences is that
a. people often lie about their personal experiences
b. mental disorders need to cause problems in social, occupational, or personal domains to ensure
we are not pathologizing normal behavior
c. it takes too much time to investigate a disorder on these criteria
d. most people who experience a disorder do not report discomfort or distress
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
Question ID: 1.1.15
Topic: Defining Abnormal Behavior
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 1.2: Analyze the evolving definitions of mental health
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,1.1.16. In the term “harmful dysfunction,” the word “dysfunction” refers to
a. impairment in one’s ability to function at home
b. a set of distinguishing symptoms
c. a disruption of thought, feeling, communication, motivation, behavior, or perception
d. the inability of the person to function at work or school
Answer: c.
Difficulty: Easy
Question ID: 1.1.16
Topic: Defining Abnormal Behavior
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 1.2: Analyze the evolving definitions of mental health
1.1.17. What does Wakefield propose about culture when determining whether a condition should be
considered a disorder?
a. the condition causes some harm to the person as judged by the standards of their culture
b. mental disorders cannot be evaluated based on cultural differences
c. this only applies to Asian and Eastern European countries, but not Western nations
d. this is not a reliable way to define mental disorders
Answer: a.
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 1.1.17
Topic: Defining Abnormal Behavior
Skill: Apply What You Know
LO 1.2: Analyze the evolving definitions of mental health
1.1.18. What dysfunctions are considered disorders?
a. those resulting in significant harm to the person
b. those differing in any way from the ordinary function of a biological process
c. those eliciting abnormal behavioral characteristics explicitly
d. those that are voluntary beliefs in a social or religious group
Answer: a.
Difficulty: Easy
Question ID: 1.1.18
Topic: Defining Abnormal Behavior
Skill: Apply What You Know
LO 1.2: Analyze the evolving definitions of mental health
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, 1.1.19. What is one of the advantages of Jerome Wakefield’s harmful dysfunction approach to defining
mental disorders?
a. Cultural factors do not affect the definition.
b. The definition is based on established humanistic criteria.
c. The meaning of harmful is limited to life-threatening conditions.
d. The definition incorporates an element that is based on as much objective evaluation of
performance as possible.
Answer: d.
Difficulty: Difficult
Question ID: 1.1.19
Topic: Defining Abnormal Behavior
Skill: Analyze It
LO 1.2: Analyze the evolving definitions of mental health
1.1.20. Beliefs and actions that are shared by religious, political, or sexual minority groups are not
considered evidence of a mental disorder because such behaviors
a. are voluntary.
b. are rare and unusual.
c. can cause harm.
d. deviate from society’s standards of proper behavior
Answer: a
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 1.1.20
Topic: Defining Abnormal Behavior
Skill: Apply What You Know
LO 1.2: Analyze the evolving definitions of mental health
1.1.21. Which organization publishes the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th
Edition (DSM-5-TR)?
a. World Health Organization
b. American Psychiatric Association
c. American Psychological Association
d. National Institute of Mental Health
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
Question ID: 1.1.21
Topic: Defining Abnormal Behavior
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 1.2: Analyze the evolving definitions of mental health
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Psychopathology and Mental Health, 10th edition Oltmanns
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, Chapter 1
Examples and Definitions of Abnormal Behavior
Total Assessment Guide (T.A.G.)
Topic Question Understand Apply What Analyze It Evaluate It
Type the Concepts You Know
Multiple 1,2,3,4,5
Choice
Overview True/False 51
Essay
Multiple 10,11,12 6,8,9,13 7
Recognizing the Choice
Presence of a True/False 52,53
Disorder
Essay 81
Multiple 15,16,21 14,17,18,20, 19,23
Defining Mental Choice 22,24
Disorder True/False 54,55,56,57, 60
58,59
Essay 82, 83,84
Multiple 27,28,29,30, 25,26,31 33
Who Choice 32,34,35
Experiences True/False 61,62,63,64, 66,68
Mental 65,67,69
Disorders? Essay 85,86
Multiple 36,38 37,39 40
The Mental Choice
Health True/False 70,71,72,73,
Professions 74
Essay 87
Multiple 41,42,43 44 45
Psychopathology Choice
In Historical True/False 75,76 77
Context
Essay 89,90 88
Multiple 46,48,49,50 47
Methods for the Choice
Scientific Study True/False 78,79 80
of Mental
Disorders Essay 91 93 92
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,Chapter 1: Examples and Definitions of Abnormal Behavior
Multiple Choice
1.1.1. Psychopathology refers to
a. a collection of symptoms that have been ruled out as the cause of a mental illness
b. the symptoms and signs of mental disorders
c. a psychological illness that causes real physical pain
d. a subtype of psychosis
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
Question ID: 1.1.1
Topic: Overview
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 1.1: Explain the process of identifying a mental disorder
1.1.2. A term used to refer to several types of mental disorders when the person is out of contact with
reality is commonly known as
a. the brain-mind disparity
b. psychosis
c. neurological disparity
d. the ancient philosophy of the interaction of mind and body
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
Question ID: 1.1.2
Topic: Overview
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 1.1: Explain the process of identifying a mental disorder
1.1.3. The primary goal of this textbook is to
a. help students acquire all the skills necessary to become licensed clinicians
b. assist students in distinguishing between social psychology and clinical psychology
c. help students understand various behaviors and cognitions associated with different disorders
d. encourage students to fear mental disorders due to their potential dangers
Answer: c.
Difficulty: Easy
Question ID: 1.1.3
Topic: Overview
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 1.1: Explain the process of identifying a mental disorder
1.1.4. Which is the best description of abnormal behavior?
a. the terminology clinicians and the public should use when referring to mental illness
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,b. a description of behaviors that are statistically rare
c. descriptions of behavior that do not contribute to stigma
d. an outdated term used to describe behaviors once considered abnormal, aberrant, or deviant by
the public
Answer: d.
Difficulty: Easy
Question ID: 1.1.4
Topic: Overview
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 1.1: Explain the process of identifying a mental disorder
1.1.5. What is the literal meaning of the word “psychopathology”?
a. demons within
b. the pathos of soul and body
c. brain dysfunction
d. pathology of the mind
Answer: d
Difficulty: Easy
Question ID: 1.1.5
Topic: Overview
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 1.1: Explain the process of identifying a mental disorder
1.1.6. The case of Kevin Warner was presented in the text as an example of the diagnosis of
schizophrenia. Which of Kevin’s symptoms strongly suggested that they had lost touch with reality?
a. social withdrawal
b. difficulty in communicating
c. inability to succeed at work
d. belief that people were poisoning them
Answer: d
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 1.1.6
Topic: Recognizing the Presence of a Disorder
Skill: Apply What You Know
LO 1.1: Explain the process of identifying a mental disorder
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,1.1.7. Why did the staff at the psychiatric hospital give Kevin Warner injections of antipsychotic
medication?
a. people with Kevin’s blood type do not respond to medication in pill form
b. a high level of gastric juices in their digestive system destroyed the medication
c. they only pretended to take the pills because they believed people were trying to poison them
d. antipsychotic drugs given by injection do not have the same serious side effects as those in pill
form
Answer: c
Difficulty: Difficult
Question ID: 1.1.7
Topic: Recognizing the Presence of a Disorder
Skill: Analyze It
LO 1.1: Explain the process of identifying a mental disorder
1.1.8. Determining the presence of a disorder is based on several criteria, including
a. the duration of a person’s symptoms
b. the presence of a specific symptom in isolation
c. the outcome of laboratory tests
d. the geographic location of where a person is from
Answer: a
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 1.1.8
Topic: Recognizing the Presence of a Disorder
Skill: Apply What You Know
LO 1.1: Explain the process of identifying a mental disorder
1.1.9. Yan displays symptoms of schizophrenia; they feel ill after eating their lunch two days in a row.
One of their symptoms is a paranoid belief that the government is using robotic bees to spy on their daily
routine. This type of belief is associated with
a. conflicts with society
b. a nervous breakdown
c. a psychosis
d. adaptive behavior
Answer: c
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 1.1.9
Topic: Recognizing the Presence of a Disorder
Skill: Apply What You Know
LO 1.1: Explain the process of identifying a mental disorder
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,1.1.10. In what terms are mental disorders defined today?
a. conditions that result in normal functioning in a person’s daily life
b. persistent, maladaptive behaviors associated with personal distress
c. abnormal behaviors that occur in Western countries only
d. “insane” and “crazy” behaviors
Answer: b.
Difficulty: Easy
Question ID: 1.1.10
Topic: Recognizing the Presence of a Disorder
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 1.1: Explain the process of identifying a mental disorder
1.1.11. A group of symptoms that appear together and are assumed to represent a specific type of disorder
is referred to as a
a. syndrome
b. sign
c. psychosis
d. disease
Answer: a.
Difficulty: Easy
Question ID: 1.1.11
Topic: Recognizing the Presence of a Disorder
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 1.1: Explain the process of identifying a mental disorder
1.1.12. Specific laboratory tests to confirm the presence of psychopathology
a. do not exist at present
b. are used by psychologists but not by psychiatrists
c. are not necessary because we already know the processes that cause mental disorders
d. are used to test for the presence of viral infections or brain lesions to confirm a diagnosis
Answer: a
Difficulty: Easy
Question ID: 1.1.12
Topic: Recognizing the Presence of a Disorder
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 1.1: Explain the process of identifying a mental disorder
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,1.1.13. Jerome is a clinical psychologist trying to determine if Jennifer has schizophrenia. How will he
make this determination?
a. blood tests
b. studying the concentration of schizophrenia in Jennifer’s geographic area
c. heredity
d. making observations of Jennifer’s behavior and her descriptions of personal experiences
Answer: d
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 1.1.13
Topic: Recognizing the Presence of a Disorder
Skill: Apply What You Know
LO 1.1: Explain the process of identifying a mental disorder
1.1.14. A problem with defining abnormal behavior in terms of deviation from statistical norms is that
this definition
a. focuses only on very rare conditions
b. focuses only on conditions that are relatively common
c. does not specify how unusual the behavior must be to be considered abnormal
d. only considers deviations that are harmful
Answer: c
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 1.1.14
Topic: Defining Abnormal Behavior
Skill: Apply What You Know
LO 1.2: Analyze the evolving definitions of mental health
1.1.15. One of the reasons that the DSM defines mental disorders based on the level of subjective and
personal distress an individual experiences is that
a. people often lie about their personal experiences
b. mental disorders need to cause problems in social, occupational, or personal domains to ensure
we are not pathologizing normal behavior
c. it takes too much time to investigate a disorder on these criteria
d. most people who experience a disorder do not report discomfort or distress
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
Question ID: 1.1.15
Topic: Defining Abnormal Behavior
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 1.2: Analyze the evolving definitions of mental health
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,1.1.16. In the term “harmful dysfunction,” the word “dysfunction” refers to
a. impairment in one’s ability to function at home
b. a set of distinguishing symptoms
c. a disruption of thought, feeling, communication, motivation, behavior, or perception
d. the inability of the person to function at work or school
Answer: c.
Difficulty: Easy
Question ID: 1.1.16
Topic: Defining Abnormal Behavior
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 1.2: Analyze the evolving definitions of mental health
1.1.17. What does Wakefield propose about culture when determining whether a condition should be
considered a disorder?
a. the condition causes some harm to the person as judged by the standards of their culture
b. mental disorders cannot be evaluated based on cultural differences
c. this only applies to Asian and Eastern European countries, but not Western nations
d. this is not a reliable way to define mental disorders
Answer: a.
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 1.1.17
Topic: Defining Abnormal Behavior
Skill: Apply What You Know
LO 1.2: Analyze the evolving definitions of mental health
1.1.18. What dysfunctions are considered disorders?
a. those resulting in significant harm to the person
b. those differing in any way from the ordinary function of a biological process
c. those eliciting abnormal behavioral characteristics explicitly
d. those that are voluntary beliefs in a social or religious group
Answer: a.
Difficulty: Easy
Question ID: 1.1.18
Topic: Defining Abnormal Behavior
Skill: Apply What You Know
LO 1.2: Analyze the evolving definitions of mental health
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, 1.1.19. What is one of the advantages of Jerome Wakefield’s harmful dysfunction approach to defining
mental disorders?
a. Cultural factors do not affect the definition.
b. The definition is based on established humanistic criteria.
c. The meaning of harmful is limited to life-threatening conditions.
d. The definition incorporates an element that is based on as much objective evaluation of
performance as possible.
Answer: d.
Difficulty: Difficult
Question ID: 1.1.19
Topic: Defining Abnormal Behavior
Skill: Analyze It
LO 1.2: Analyze the evolving definitions of mental health
1.1.20. Beliefs and actions that are shared by religious, political, or sexual minority groups are not
considered evidence of a mental disorder because such behaviors
a. are voluntary.
b. are rare and unusual.
c. can cause harm.
d. deviate from society’s standards of proper behavior
Answer: a
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 1.1.20
Topic: Defining Abnormal Behavior
Skill: Apply What You Know
LO 1.2: Analyze the evolving definitions of mental health
1.1.21. Which organization publishes the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th
Edition (DSM-5-TR)?
a. World Health Organization
b. American Psychiatric Association
c. American Psychological Association
d. National Institute of Mental Health
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
Question ID: 1.1.21
Topic: Defining Abnormal Behavior
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 1.2: Analyze the evolving definitions of mental health
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