Abnormal Psychology Final Exam Questions
Course Introduction
Abnormal Psychology explores the origins, development, and manifestations of psychological disorders. This course examines the criteria for defining abnormal behavior, historical perspectives, and the major theoretical approaches including biological, psychological, and sociocultural models to understanding mental illness. Students will study a range of disorders, such as anxiety, mood, personality, psychotic, and developmental disorders, with emphasis on their causes, symptoms, classification, and treatment. Ethical considerations, current research, and the impact of stigma on individuals with mental health conditions are also discussed, providing a comprehensive overview of abnormal psychology in both clinical and societal contexts.
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Criminal Behavior A Psychological Approach 10th Edition by Curtis R. Bartol
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Criminal Behavior
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Q1) The great majority of crime in the United States and other countries is neither serious nor violent.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Which one of the following would psychological criminology be most concerned with?
A) Demographic features of offenders who participate in burglary.
B) How violent individuals learn their aggressive behavior.
C) The gender of murder victims.
D) The time of day when burglary most often occurs.
E) The unequal power distribution between various members of society.
Answer: B
Q3) Most antisocial behaviors go undetected by law enforcement.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Origins of Criminal Behavior: Developmental Risk Factors
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Q1) Strategies employed by parents to achieve specific academic, social, or athletic goals are called parental_____; whereas parental attitude toward the child and the emotional climate of the parent-child relationship refers to parental _____.
A) styles; practices
B) intervention; customs
C) hopes; care
D) tactics; disciplinary beliefs
E) practices; styles
Answer: E
Q2) ADHD frequently co-occurs with which diagnostic category?
A) Mental disorder
B) Conduct disorder
C) Status offenses
D) Psychopathy
E) Substance abuse
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Origins of Criminal Behavior: Biological Factors
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Q1) The research on environmental risk factors during infancy indicates that:
A) lead exposure may be linked to antisocial behavior.
B) trans fats are closely associated with delinquent behavior.
C) junk foods often lead to persistent and violent criminal behavior.
D) an organic diet can greatly reduce likelihood of antisocial behavior.
E) high sugar intake before age two is linked to criminal behavior.
Answer: A
Q2) Describe TEDS. Summarize what this research tells us about human behavior.
Answer: TEDS stands for the Twins Early Development Study, which is a longitudinal study that follows a large sample of twins from birth to adulthood in order to examine the genetic and environmental influences on behavior. This research tells us that human behavior is influenced by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. By studying twins, researchers can tease apart the contributions of genes and environment to various traits and behaviors. The findings from TEDS suggest that both genetic and environmental factors play a role in shaping human behavior, and the interaction between these factors is complex and multifaceted. Overall, TEDS provides valuable insight into the nature vs. nurture debate and helps us understand the interplay between genetics and environment in shaping human behavior.
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Chapter 4: Origins of Criminal Behavior: Learning and
Situational Factors
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Q1) Increasing desired behavior by distributing rewards is:
A) discipline.
B) negative reinforcement.
C) punishment.
D) extinction.
E) positive reinforcement.
Q2) Explain the concept of deindividuation and illustrate by describing any one experiment in social psychology.
Q3) Milgram, in his studies, found that _____ of people are willing to shock a victim with high levels of electric shock primarily on the basis of request from an experimenter.
A) a majority (or about two-thirds)
B) a small portion (less than 10%)
C) about 25 percent
D) about half
E) none of the above
Q4) For most people, becoming part of a group encourages feelings of anonymity.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe Zimbardo's prison experimen
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Chapter 5: Human Aggression and Violence
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Q1) If you were a TV producer and wanted an argument to support your position of the value of violence on television, you would probably rely on which of the following theoretical positions?
A) Psychoanalytic or psychodynamic.
B) Social learning.
C) Frustration-aggression.
D) Behaviorism.
E) Modeling.
Q2) Bullying is an example of reactive aggression.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The type of aggression that includes anger expressions, temper tantrums, and vengeful hostility, and more generally "hot-blooded" aggressive acts is called:
A) proactive aggression.
B) mediated aggression.
C) aggressive mimicry.
D) reactive aggression.
E) expressive aggression.
Q4) Explain the difference between road rage and aggressive driving.
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Chapter 6: Juvenile Delinquency
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Q1) Which status offense has substantially increased in recent years?
A) Running away.
B) Incorrigibility.
C) Underage drinking.
D) Truancy.
E) Cocaine use.
Q2) Under federal law, juveniles may be prosecuted under the criminal law at age 15.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A boy who hits at age three, shoplifts at age ten, commits burglary at age 19 and rapes at 26 would be considered a(n):
A) life-course persistent offender.
B) ADHD offender.
C) adolescent-limited offender.
D) antisocial offender.
E) incorrigible delinquent.
Q4) Describe the characteristics of Multisystemic therapy. Summarize the research findings about the program's success.
Q5) Compare and contrast Moffitt's Developmental Theory with Patterson's Coercion Theory.
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Chapter 7: Criminal Psychopathy
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Q1) After summarizing the research on "juvenile psychopathy," explain why this construct is so controversial.
Q2) The childhood of the psychopath is often characterized by:
A) hyperactivity.
B) cruelty to animals.
C) enuresis.
D) fire setting.
E) poor school performance.
Q3) Robert Hare's research focuses on the _____ of the psychopath.
A) family background
B) neurological features
C) socioeconomic status
D) intelligence
E) antisocial tendencies
Q4) A true psychopath consistently displays neurotic and anxious behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Compare and contrast the terms sociopath and psychopath.
Q6) How is the psychopath different from the non-psychopath on psychophysiology?
Thoroughly discuss all relevant features.
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Chapter 8: Crime and Mental Disorders
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Q1) Which of the following statements is most accurate?
A) Most criminals are mentally ill.
B) Most criminals have a mental disorder.
C) Most mentally disordered individuals are not violent.
D) Most murderers cannot help themselves because of mental illness.
E) Most murderers are paranoid schizophrenics.
Q2) The core of the insanity defense involves which one of the following issues?
A) Competency to stand trial
B) Whether the person can be rehabilitated
C) Criminal responsibility
D) Past psychiatric history
E) Current mental status
Q3) Discuss the role of law enforcement and mental health courts in deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill.
Q4) According to the text, the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Ken Bianchi, the Hillside Strangler, was diagnosed as a psychopath.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Homicide, Assault, and Family Violence
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Q1) Explain what research tells about the perpetrators and victims of elder abuse.
Q2) Incidence refers to the total number of cases per year.
A)True
B)False
Q3) When a caregiver fabricates or intentionally causes symptoms in those they are caring for in order to seek and obtain medical treatment, it is usually a case of:
A) the woozle effect.
B) phanerothyme.
C) Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
D) Landau-Kleffner syndrome.
E) Guillain-Barre syndrome.
Q4) A sibling killing a sister is called:
A) matricide.
B) particide.
C) parricide.
D) sororicide.
E) filicide.
Q5) Discuss the relationship between guns and crime. Describe how the weapons effect may impact gang violence and neighborhood crime.
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Chapter 10: Multiple Murder, School, and Workplace Violence
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Q1) What kind of offender would be most likely to engage in undoing at a murder scene?
A) sadistic
B) shy
C) psychopathic
D) emotionally distraught
E) troller
Q2) Serial murder by children or adolescents is an exceedingly are event.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The weapon of choice in product tampering is:
A) razor blades.
B) metal.
C) glass.
D) cyanide.
E) syringes.
Q4) Research shows that criminal profiling should be restricted to serial murder and serial sexual assaults.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Psychology of Terrorism
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Q1) A process that reduces human beings to the level of nonhuman animals without individuality, dignity or autonomy is known as:
A) animal morphism.
B) deferred prosecution.
C) dehumanization.
D) degradation.
E) deindividuation.
Q2) The primary similarity between terrorists and other violent offenders is their history of antisocial behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Cognitive restructuring involves:
A) moral justifications.
B) euphemistic language.
C) advantageous comparisons.
D) a and b.
E) all the above.
Q4) Describe Bandura's six disengagement practices.
Q5) Describe the process of becoming a terrorist.
Q6) Describe the reasons why a terrorist might volunteer for a suicide mission.
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Chapter 12: Sexual Assault
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Q1) There is a direct causal relationship between pornography and sexual aggression.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In the MTC:R3, the primary motivations are sometimes subdivided according to:
A) social competence.
B) secondary motivations.
C) history of offending.
D) responsivity to treatment.
E) emotional state at time of assault.
Q3) What are the common factors in the etiology of sex offending, and what factors are unlikely to account significantly for this offending?
Q4) Research by Scully and Marolla found that most "admitters":
A) saw themselves as nice guys.
B) blamed an unhappy childhood for their behavior.
C) saw themselves as bad guys.
D) saw nothing wrong in their rape behavior.
E) blamed the woman for the attack.
Q5) Discuss what we know about the relationship between pornography and sexual assault
Q6) How did Groth classify child molesters? Describe all of his classifications.
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Chapter 13: Sexual Assault of Children and Youth and Other
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Q1) Childhood sexual abuse is common in female adolescents with persistent antisocial behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Current research suggests that_____ of child molestation offenses (known and unknown) may be committed by adolescents.
A) 30 to 50%
B) 60 to 75%
C) 30 to 40%
D) 10 to 25%
E) 7 to 13%
Q3) The MTC:CM3 has four categories and twelve subcategories.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Outline the demographic and psychological characteristics of child molesters.
Q5) Describe the psychological effects of child sexual victimization.
Q6) Compare and contrast effective treatment for juvenile sex offenders and adult sex offenders.
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Q7) Discuss the difficulties in obtaining data on pedophilia.
Q8) Briefly describe the Groth classification model of child molesters.
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Chapter 14: Property and Public Order Crime
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Q1) In addition to the other negative effects of victimization, victims of fraud and identity theft are most likely to experience:
A) post-traumatic stress.
B) feelings of self-blame.
C) uncontrollable anger.
D) clinical depression.
E) homicidal thoughts.
Q2) Discuss the conceptual difficulty in defining white collar crime.
Q3) Green's concept of occupational crime would include all of the following except:
A) a bank officer embezzling funds.
B) a corporation illegally dumping hazardous waste.
C) a police officer using excessive force against a suspect.
D) a restaurant employee stealing food from the restaurant.
E) No answer is correct.
Q4) Describe the psychological effects of burglary on victims. How do some burglars deliberately increase these negative effects?
Q5) Burglaries are more likely to occur in January and February, after the holidays.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Violent Economic Crime and Crimes of
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Q1) Choose any three crimes covered in this Chapter and discuss them from the perspective of the psychological effects on the victims.
Q2) _____ stalkers do not seek a personal relationship with their targets.
A) Love obsession
B) Possessive
C) Vengeance
D) Erotomania
E) Simple obsession
Q3) Compare and contrast cyberstalking and cyberbullying. How do both of these crimes differ from bullying and stalking?
Q4) Both criminal and prisoner hostage-taking situations are instrumental in nature.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Which type of robbery occurs in urban areas and is less likely to be planned?
A) Commercial robbery
B) Bank robbery
C) Street robbery
D) Amateur robbery
E) Strong-arm robbery
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Chapter 16: Substance Abuse, Alcohol, and Crime
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Q1) Which of the following is a type of crime identified by Goldstein (1985) in his tripartite conceptual model?
A) Romantically induced crime
B) Economically compulsive crime
C) Conditional crime
D) Drug induced crime
E) None of the above
Q2) Pseudo-narcotic is a major classifications of narcotic drugs.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Briefly list the common psychological effects of any three of the following: cocaine, MDMA, heroin, alcohol, metamphetamine.
Q4) Describe and explain briefly Goldstein's tripartite conceptual model for understanding the drug/crime relationship.
Q5) Other than alcohol, which drug in your opinion has the strongest association with crime? Support your answer by describing the drug and its effects as well as the available research.
Q6) Discuss the relationship between alcohol and crime.
Q7) Define and explain drug tolerance and dependence.
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