ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY SIXTH
CANADIAN EDITION GORDON FLETT
FINAL PAPER 2026 TEST BANK QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ biopsychosocial model.
Answer: a view of mental disorders as caused by a combination of
interacting biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors
⩥ neurobiological model.
Answer: a modern name for the medical model, in which psychological
disorders are seen as reflecting disturbances in the anatomy and
chemistry of the brain and in other biological processes
⩥ psychological model.
Answer: a view in which mental disorder is seen as arising from
psychological processes
⩥ sociocultural model.
Answer: a way of looking at mental disorders in relation to gender, age,
ethnicity, and other social and cultural factors
⩥ anxiety disorder.
, Answer: a condition in which intense feelings of apprehension are long-
standing and disruptive
⩥ phobia.
Answer: an anxiety disorder involving strong, irrational fear of an object
or situation that does not objectively justify such a reaction
⩥ post-traumatic stress disorder.
Answer: a pattern of adverse reactions following a traumatic and
threatening event
⩥ social phobia.
Answer: an anxiety disorder involving strong, irrational fears relating to
social situations
⩥ agoraphobia.
Answer: an anxiety disorder involving strong fear of being alone or
away from the security of home
⩥ generalized anxiety disorder.
Answer: a condition that involves relatively mild but long-lasting
anxiety that is focused on any particular object or situation; also called
free-floating anxiety
CANADIAN EDITION GORDON FLETT
FINAL PAPER 2026 TEST BANK QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ biopsychosocial model.
Answer: a view of mental disorders as caused by a combination of
interacting biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors
⩥ neurobiological model.
Answer: a modern name for the medical model, in which psychological
disorders are seen as reflecting disturbances in the anatomy and
chemistry of the brain and in other biological processes
⩥ psychological model.
Answer: a view in which mental disorder is seen as arising from
psychological processes
⩥ sociocultural model.
Answer: a way of looking at mental disorders in relation to gender, age,
ethnicity, and other social and cultural factors
⩥ anxiety disorder.
, Answer: a condition in which intense feelings of apprehension are long-
standing and disruptive
⩥ phobia.
Answer: an anxiety disorder involving strong, irrational fear of an object
or situation that does not objectively justify such a reaction
⩥ post-traumatic stress disorder.
Answer: a pattern of adverse reactions following a traumatic and
threatening event
⩥ social phobia.
Answer: an anxiety disorder involving strong, irrational fears relating to
social situations
⩥ agoraphobia.
Answer: an anxiety disorder involving strong fear of being alone or
away from the security of home
⩥ generalized anxiety disorder.
Answer: a condition that involves relatively mild but long-lasting
anxiety that is focused on any particular object or situation; also called
free-floating anxiety
