ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY SIXTH
CANADIAN EDITION GORDON FLETT
PRACTICE TEST 2026 COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Dissociative Disorders.
Answer: disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated
(dissociated) from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings
⩥ Anxiety.
Answer: a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation
of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune
⩥ Abnormal Psychology.
Answer: The field of psychology concerned with the assessment,
treatment, and prevention of maladaptive behavior.
⩥ interns syndrome.
Answer: a tendency to diagnose one's self while studying any particular
disorder
⩥ DSM-IV-TR.
, Answer: Abbrevation for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision; the book published by
the American Psychiatric Association that describes the specific
symptoms and diagnostic guidelines for different psychological
disorders
⩥ Neurotic disorders.
Answer: mental disorders in which a person does not have signs of brain
abnormalities and does not display grossly irrational thinking or violate
basic norms but does eperience subjective distress; a category dropped
from DSM-III
⩥ neologisms.
Answer: Made-up words that typically have only meaning to the
individual who uses them. Typical of disorganized schizophrenic person
⩥ Psychotic Disorders.
Answer: psychological disorders of thought and perception,
characterized by inability to distinguish between real and imagined
perceptions.
⩥ eclectic.
Answer: selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
⩥ David Rosenhan.
CANADIAN EDITION GORDON FLETT
PRACTICE TEST 2026 COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Dissociative Disorders.
Answer: disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated
(dissociated) from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings
⩥ Anxiety.
Answer: a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation
of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune
⩥ Abnormal Psychology.
Answer: The field of psychology concerned with the assessment,
treatment, and prevention of maladaptive behavior.
⩥ interns syndrome.
Answer: a tendency to diagnose one's self while studying any particular
disorder
⩥ DSM-IV-TR.
, Answer: Abbrevation for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision; the book published by
the American Psychiatric Association that describes the specific
symptoms and diagnostic guidelines for different psychological
disorders
⩥ Neurotic disorders.
Answer: mental disorders in which a person does not have signs of brain
abnormalities and does not display grossly irrational thinking or violate
basic norms but does eperience subjective distress; a category dropped
from DSM-III
⩥ neologisms.
Answer: Made-up words that typically have only meaning to the
individual who uses them. Typical of disorganized schizophrenic person
⩥ Psychotic Disorders.
Answer: psychological disorders of thought and perception,
characterized by inability to distinguish between real and imagined
perceptions.
⩥ eclectic.
Answer: selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
⩥ David Rosenhan.
