Abnormal Psychology Exam Review
Course Introduction
Abnormal Psychology examines the nature, causes, and treatment of psychological disorders. The course explores historical and contemporary perspectives on abnormal behavior, introduces key diagnostic criteria as outlined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), and analyzes a wide range of mental health conditions including anxiety, mood, personality, and psychotic disorders. Students engage with case studies, biological and sociocultural theories, and diverse therapeutic approaches, fostering an informed and compassionate understanding of mental health in both clinical and everyday contexts.
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Abnormal Psychology An Integrated Approach 6th Edition by David H. Barlow
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Chapter 1: Abnormal Behavior In Historical Context
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Q1) Since the time of ancient Greece,the concept of a psyche or soul was similar to that of the _______.
A) brain
B) mind
C) body
D) blood
Answer: B
Q2) When scientific principles of psychology are applied to clinical problems or psychopathology,the procedures implemented are called
A) clinical psychology.
B) behavior therapy.
C) scientific psychology.
D) the law of effect.
Answer: B
Q3) A disorder that comes on slowly is said to have a(n)_______ onset.
A) acute
B) chronic
C) insidious
D) overt
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: N Integrative Approach To Psychopathology
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Q1) The fact that depression can be caused by mental illness or drug use is an example of how
A) once a process has begun, it will always lead to a final outcome.
B) many causes of psychopathology are equal in influence.
C) a number of paths can lead to the same outcome.
D) all forms of psychopathology have similar causes.
Answer: C
Q2) Which part of the brain gives humans the capacity to think,plan,and reason?
A) Cerebellum
B) Thalamus
C) Limbic system
D) Cerebral cortex
Answer: D
Q3) In the Stroop color naming paradigm,a patient with a blood phobia would be expected to name the color of the printed word "wound"
A) more quickly than a neutral word.
B) in about the same time it takes to name the color of a neutral word.
C) more slowly than a neutral word.
D) with a great deal of difficulty or not at all.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Clinical Assessment And Diagnosis
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Q1) Hysteria,a "female" condition characterized by physical complaints without medical basis,was thought to result from a(n)_______________.
A) displaced ovary
B) wandering uterus
C) enlarged womb
D) missing cervix
Answer: B
Q2) All of the following statements are TRUE about the MMPI EXCEPT that
A) there is little room for interpretation.
B) the test is tedious and time-consuming.
C) there is a version for adolescents.
D) individual responses are examined to determine a diagnostic pattern.
Answer: D
Q3) The extent to which a disorder would be found among the patient's relatives is known as _________.
A) familial sharing
B) familial reliability
C) familial validity
D) familial aggregation
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Research Methods
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Q1) Institutional review boards are typically made up of
A) animal rights group members and lawyers.
B) research participants and their families.
C) faculty and community members.
D) administrators and students.
Q2) Your research finds a correlation between schizophrenia and income level in the population,with more people in poverty displaying the disorder.Which of the following represents the third variable issue?
A) Schizophrenic individuals may be less able to report their incomes accurately.
B) Both schizophrenia and low income may be caused by the same gene.
C) Schizophrenia may cause poverty, or poverty may cause schizophrenia.
D) The correlation may not be a direct one.
Q3) Positive development strategies involve efforts to blanket
A) an entire family, including all blood relatives to prevent later problems.
B) a large group of unrelated participants who are at risk for a disorder to prevent later problems.
C) a large group of people to fix existing problems.
D) entire populations of people to prevent later problems.
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Chapter 5: Anxiety Disorders
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Q1) An observation has been made between children presenting with OCD and tics after a bout of strep throat.The resulting syndrome was called
A) Strep Throat Acquired Compulsive Disorder (STACD).
B) Streptococcal Caused Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (SCOCD).
C) Pediatric Autoimmune Disorder associated with Streptococcal Infection (PANDAS).
D) Tic Activated by Strep Throat Exemplar (TASTE).
Q2) People with GAD tend to worry about
A) large, extremely stressful events only.
B) mostly minor things.
C) physical threats only.
D) germs and diseases only.
Q3) According to your textbook,new techniques have made it possible to treat some phobias effectively in one _____.
A) day
B) week
C) month
D) year
Q4) Discuss the different types of specific phobias and how they are acquired.
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Chapter 6: Somatoform And Dissociative Disorders
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Q1) With regard to Freud's explanation of "la belle indifference" (the observation that conversion disorder patients are not concerned about their symptoms),research conducted by Lader and Sartorius (1968)suggests that
A) conversion disorder patients do display "la belle indifference," but Freud's explanation of primary gain is not supported.
B) Freud's explanation is essentially correct since there is great variability in the amount of concern that conversion disorder patients display regarding their symptoms.
C) conversion disorder patients actually are quite concerned with their symptoms, so Freud's explanation of primary gain is not supported.
D) "la belle indifference" is a myth, thus validating Freud's explanation of primary gain.
Q2) According to psychological theory,neuroses stem from
A) underlying unconscious conflicts.
B) the clash of conscious and unconscious therapy.
C) dream process.
D) identity concepts.
Q3) Discuss the controversy surrounding false memories.
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Chapter 7: Mood Disorders And Suicide
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Q1) According to recent research on the development of depression,dysfunctional attitudes (a negative outlook)and hopelessness attributes (explaining things negatively)constitute a _____________ vulnerability to depression.
A) biological
B) cognitive
C) behavioral
D) sociological
Q2) During Evelyn's final interview on the "Abnormal Psychology Live" CD for Chapter 7,she describes the experience of starting to feel better as
A) beginning to see some light.
B) being lifted above the depths of despair.
C) having fewer suicidal thoughts.
D) wanting to go home.
Q3) Which of the following people are experiencing symptoms of a manic episode?
A) Lorraine has inflated self-esteem and grandiosity
B) Tevon is irritable and is experiencing flight of ideas
C) Valerie suddenly goes on an excessive spending spree that she clearly cannot afford
D) All of the above
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Chapter 8: Eating And Sleep Disorders
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Q1) Two years after finishing CBT treatment for bulimia,
A) Phoebe relapsed for the third time.
B) Phoebe gained more weight and binge eating was not successfully controlled.
C) Phoebe's problem had become a bad but vague memory.
D) the treatment had little effect on her bulimia.
Q2) The families of anorexia patients are typically characterized by all of the following EXCEPT
A) open communication.
B) high achievement.
C) perfectionism.
D) concern with external appearances.
Q3) ________________ type anorexics rely on diets to lose weight; _______________ type anorexics use vomiting or laxatives for this purpose.
A) Non-purging; purging
B) Non-purging; binge-eating/purging
C) Restricting; purging
D) Restricting; binge-eating/purging
Q4) Describe primary insomnia and contrast it to hypersomnia and narcolepsy.
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Chapter 9: Physical Disorders And Health Psychology
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Q1) Research on the placebo effect is valuable because it
A) shows that it is difficult to easily separate the effects of biochemical and psychological factors on brain function.
B) may make it possible to more efficiently integrate placebo and drug treatments. C) can help us understand the mechanisms by which drugs are effective in pain treatment
D) all of these
Q2) Health psychology,a subfield of behavioral medicine,focuses on all of the following EXCEPT
A) psychological factors affecting health.
B) health policy.
C) healthcare systems.
D) psychosomatic effects on health.
Q3) Which of the following is NOT considered a part of health psychology?
A) Promoting and maintaining good health
B) Performance enhancement during athletic competition
C) Improving healthcare systems and delivery
D) Forming health policies
Q4) Discuss the relationship between stress,immune function,and illness.
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Chapter 10: Sexual And Gender Identity Disorders
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Q1) Treatment effectiveness studies of Masters and Johnson's sensate focus therapy have indicated that
A) certain aspects of the treatment such as two therapists and daily therapy are not necessary.
B) many therapists using Masters and Johnson's techniques are able to demonstrate even greater treatment effectiveness than Masters and Johnson did.
C) daily treatment is a critical component of the method.
D) sensate focus is generally only effective when administered by Masters and Johnson.
Q2) The experience of vaginismus appears to be highest in
A) sexually liberal cultures.
B) sexually conservative cultures.
C) poor countries.
D) developed countries.
Q3) Sexual dysfunction is often related to _________________.
A) dislike for partner
B) perception of self as less attractive than before
C) guilt about sex
D) all of the above
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Chapter 11: Substance-related And Impulse-control Disorders
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Q1) In some individuals,chronic alcohol use causes physical damage to the body.Whether this occurs depends on all of the following factors EXCEPT
A) blood alcohol levels during drinking periods.
B) type of alcohol consumed (e.g., beer, wine, liquor).
C) genetic vulnerability.
D) how frequently drinking binges occur, how long they last, and how much time elapses between binges.
Q2) Yesterday you asked your friend Ray for a couple of aspirin tablets.Ray has been taking a psychology course and informs you that,in behavioral terms,aspirin is a _____________ reinforcer.(After listening to this,your headache begins to gets worse.)
A) positive
B) negative
C) neutral
D) variable
Q3) Discuss current research on the genetic/biological,cognitive,social,and cultural factors related to alcoholism.Which factors appear most strongly related to the development and progression of the disorder?
Q4) Discuss the various component treatments for substance abuse.
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Chapter 12: Personality Disorders
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Q1) A key to treating people with avoidant personality disorder is
A) teaching emotional skills.
B) building strong therapeutic relationships.
C) the use of medication.
D) increasing social contact.
Q2) It has been suggested that there may be a relationship between ___________ personality disorder and ____________ personality disorder,with some evidence that each may be gender-typed alternative ways of expressing the same underlying condition.
A) histrionic; narcissistic
B) dependent; histrionic
C) antisocial; histrionic
D) antisocial; dependent
Q3) Which of the following are the two major theories that have been proposed to explain antisocial personality disorder?
A) Underarousal and fearlessness
B) Underarousal and shamelessness
C) Yerkes-Dodson and underarousal
D) Yerkes-Dodson and shamelessness
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Chapter 13: Schizophrenia And Other Psychotic Disorders
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Q1) When pregnant mothers suffer diseases or are exposed to harmful toxins,their children sometimes develop problems later in life.One of these risks,whose reduction may help prevent schizophrenia,is
A) a virus.
B) cigarette smoke.
C) alcohol.
D) Measels.
Q2) Which of the following defines the erotomanic type of delusional disorder?
A) Believing that one is loved by an important person or celebrity
B) Falsely believing that one's sexual partner is unfaithful
C) Believing in one's inflated worth, identity, or special relationship
D) Believing one is being malevolently treated in some way
Q3) The effectiveness of antipsychotic medications in those with schizophrenia
A) suggests an overactive dopamine system in people with schizophrenia.
B) suggests an underactive dopamine system in people with schizophrenia.
C) does not completely explain the role of dopamine in schizophrenia.
D) both a and c
Q4) Describe some of the "positive" and "negative" symptoms of schizophrenia.Explain what is meant by these terms and how they relate to prognosis and outcome.
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Chapter 14: Developmental Disorders
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Q1) Which best describes the way attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)develops as children grow into adulthood?
A) Children tend to outgrow ADHD.
B) ADHD tends to evolve into more severe forms of pathology.
C) Symptoms remain relatively stable throughout the lifespan for most individuals.
D) Manifestations of ADHD tend to change over time but many problems often persist.
Q2) All of the following side effects EXCEPT ____________ are associated with the medications Ritalin and Concerta,which are used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
A) insomnia
B) drowsiness
C) irritability
D) weight gain
Q3) Which of the following is NOT a communication disorder?
A) Expressive language disorder
B) Selective mutism
C) Asperger's disorder
D) Stuttering
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Chapter 15: Cognitive Disorders
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Q1) The research finding of a negative correlation between smoking and the Alzheimer's type of dementia,i.e.,smokers were less likely to develop Alzheimer's type dementia,is generally interpreted to mean that
A) research findings are sometimes in error.
B) nicotine protects against dementia for most people.
C) smoking may be helpful in protecting people at high risk for Alzheimer's.
D) smoking may shorten the lives of smokers so they do not live long enough to develop dementia.
Q2) __________ is characterized by the development of memory impairment,without a loss of high-level cognitive skills.
A) Dementia
B) Delirium
C) Amnestic disorder
D) All of the above
Q3) Typical psychosocial intervention for a patient with delirium includes
A) restraining the patient to prevent self-harm.
B) placing the person in a new environment.
C) reassurance and surrounding with familiar belongings.
D) excluding the patient from any medical decision to avoid increased anxiety.
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Chapter 16: Mental Health Services: Legal And Ethical Issues
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Q1) Explain what civil commitment means,and discus how the "liberal" and "neoconservative" eras differed on this concept.
Q2) The question of whether a person can be "forced" to become competent to stand trial involves the issue of ___________________.
A) medication
B) research participants' rights
C) a patient's right to treatment
D) legal representation
Q3) The term transinstitutionalization refers to the movement of people with severe mental illness out of psychiatric hospitals and into any or all of the following EXCEPT A) jails and prisons.
B) nursing homes.
C) group residences.
D) community health centers.
Q4) Discuss the historical development of the insanity defense from the 1843 M'Naghten Rule in England to the findings of the American Law Institute in the 1960s.
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