PSYCH 3331 FINAL PREP QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT ANSWERS)
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b. there is no one behavior that serves to make someone abnormal
Ans✓✓✓What makes defining abnormality difficult?
a. There are so many types of abnormal behavior that they can't be
accurately described.
b. There is no one behavior that serves to make someone abnormal.
c. Most of us are abnormal much of the time so that we cannot tell what
is normal.
d. Criteria for abnormality have yet to be developed.
d. the study of the distribution of a disorder in a population
Ans✓✓✓What is epidemiology?
a. The exploration of what forms of treatment are most effective
b. A form of psychotherapy
c. The study of the role of genes in mental illness
d. The study of the distribution of a disorder in a population
c. people with low self-esteem have a predisposition for developing
depression Ans✓✓✓Suppose that low self-esteem is a diathesis for
developing depression later in life. This means that ___
, a. people who currently are depressed will have low self-esteem.
b. low self-esteem is a proximal trigger for depression.
c. people with low self-esteem have a predisposition for developing
depression.
d. the psychological processes associated with low self-esteem will
always trigger depression.
d. the steeling or inoculation effect of some stressful experiences
Ans✓✓✓Ryan, age 10, was cut from the school football team. After
the initial disappointment, he became a boy scout, which he really
enjoyed. Now as an adult, when he did not get into graduate school,
rather than become depressed, Ryan found a job in his field that he
enjoys, and plans to try again later. This is an example of ___
a. a necessary and sufficient cause.
b. the diathesis-stress theory.
c. the interactive model of the diathesis-stress theory.
d. the steeling or inoculation effect of some stressful experiences.
d. labels should be applied to disorders, not people Ans✓✓✓What is
wrong with describing someone as being "schizophrenic"?
a. It implies someone is depressed.
b. Such a definitive diagnosis is rare.
c. The behavior of the schizophrenic changes so rapidly that this is only
true a small percentage of the time.
VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT ANSWERS)
/ALREADY GRADED
b. there is no one behavior that serves to make someone abnormal
Ans✓✓✓What makes defining abnormality difficult?
a. There are so many types of abnormal behavior that they can't be
accurately described.
b. There is no one behavior that serves to make someone abnormal.
c. Most of us are abnormal much of the time so that we cannot tell what
is normal.
d. Criteria for abnormality have yet to be developed.
d. the study of the distribution of a disorder in a population
Ans✓✓✓What is epidemiology?
a. The exploration of what forms of treatment are most effective
b. A form of psychotherapy
c. The study of the role of genes in mental illness
d. The study of the distribution of a disorder in a population
c. people with low self-esteem have a predisposition for developing
depression Ans✓✓✓Suppose that low self-esteem is a diathesis for
developing depression later in life. This means that ___
, a. people who currently are depressed will have low self-esteem.
b. low self-esteem is a proximal trigger for depression.
c. people with low self-esteem have a predisposition for developing
depression.
d. the psychological processes associated with low self-esteem will
always trigger depression.
d. the steeling or inoculation effect of some stressful experiences
Ans✓✓✓Ryan, age 10, was cut from the school football team. After
the initial disappointment, he became a boy scout, which he really
enjoyed. Now as an adult, when he did not get into graduate school,
rather than become depressed, Ryan found a job in his field that he
enjoys, and plans to try again later. This is an example of ___
a. a necessary and sufficient cause.
b. the diathesis-stress theory.
c. the interactive model of the diathesis-stress theory.
d. the steeling or inoculation effect of some stressful experiences.
d. labels should be applied to disorders, not people Ans✓✓✓What is
wrong with describing someone as being "schizophrenic"?
a. It implies someone is depressed.
b. Such a definitive diagnosis is rare.
c. The behavior of the schizophrenic changes so rapidly that this is only
true a small percentage of the time.
