Behavioral Disorders
Final Exam
Course Introduction
This course provides an in-depth exploration of behavioral disorders, focusing on their identification, classification, and treatment strategies. Students will examine the characteristics, causes, and diagnostic criteria of various disorders, such as ADHD, oppositional defiant disorder, and conduct disorder, among others. The course emphasizes understanding the impact of these disorders on learning, social functioning, and overall development. Through case studies and current research, learners will analyze effective intervention and management techniques, while discussing the ethical and cultural considerations involved in supporting individuals with behavioral disorders in educational and clinical settings.
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Abnormal Psychology 16th Edition by
James N. Butcher
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Chapter 1: Abnormal Psychology: an Overview
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Q1) 1-14.What is a reason for classifying mental disorders?
A)A classification system allows information to be organized.
B)Then professionals won't need to look at as much information about a person.
C)Then professionals can make assumptions about people based on their diagnosis.
D)The diagnosis then often has an effect on peoples' behaviors.
Answer: A
Q2) 1-93.Which of the following is an example of an ABAB design?
A)Half of the subjects receive one treatment and the other half are not treated.
B)All subjects received one of two treatments.
C)A subject is observed and treated.
D)A subject is observed both before and after two exposures to the treatment.
Answer: D
Q3) 1-26.Members of which culture are likely to make the distinction between mental illness (a term used to denote less severe conditions)and madness (a term used to describe more severe problems)?
A)Iranians
B)Jamaicans
C)Americans
D)Japanese
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Historical and Contemporary Views of Abnormal Behavior
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Q1) 1-91.The Nancy School
A)advanced the recognition that psychological factors were involved in the development of mental disorders.
B)furthered our understanding of the role of biological factors in the development of mental illness.
C)fell out of favor when the evidence supporting the views of Charcot accumulated. D)failed to recognize that most forms of psychopathology are incurable.
Answer: A
Q2) 1-26.In 1983,a large group of West Bank Palestinian girls showed signs of illness.Some thought they were poisoned,but later it was discovered that psychological factors played a key role in most cases.This incident best illustrates
A)St.Vitus's dance.
B)exorcism.
C)lycanthropy.
D)mass madness.
Answer: D
Q3) Who was Wilhelm Wundt?
Answer: The man who established the first experimental psychology laboratory.
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Chapter 3: Causal Factors and Viewpoints
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Q1) 1-22.Which of the following is an example of the phenomena that the term resilience has been used to describe?
A)Julie dreams of becoming a successful lawyer but never finished college.
B)After failing French the first time,Carl did not earn a passing grade when he took the course for a second time.
C)After his father died,Julio had a hard time maintaining responsibilities at work.
D)Following the events of September 11th,the children of PS100 in New York City were able to resume their studies and finish the school year without incident.
Answer: D
Q2) 1-36.Which of the following statements is true?
A)Most behavioral disorders are determined exclusively by genes.
B)Genes play a role in most mental disorders.
C)Genes do not affect biochemical processes.
D)The genes that will be expressed in an individual are not affected by experience. Answer: B
Q3) _____________ are the conditions that guarantee the occurrence of a disorder. Answer: Sufficient causes
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Chapter 4: Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis
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Q1) Today,there are two major psychiatric classification systems in use: the ICD-10,and the ______.
Q2) What are the pros and cons of projective and objective personality tests?
Q3) 1-70.Which of the following is an assumption of a categorical approach to abnormal behavior?
A)Both normal and abnormal behavior lie on a continuum.
B)Each disorder has unique symptoms.
C)Disorders that share common symptoms have a common etiology.
D)All behavior is the product of numerous interacting influences.
Q4) Discuss some of the ethical issues that must be kept in mind when evaluating assessment findings.
Q5) 3-11.What is the difference between an unstructured and a structured diagnostic interview? Which is preferable?
Q6) Discuss the difference between symptoms and signs,and explain why both concepts are important in DSM-5 diagnosis.
Q7) The projective test called the __________ is the inkblot test used in personality assessments.
Q8) Describe the dimensional and the prototypical approaches to classification.
Q9) What is an analogue situation?
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Chapter 5: Stress and Physical and Mental Health
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Q1) 1-18.What is the difference between a stressor and a crisis?
A)There is no difference,these are just two words for the same thing.
B)While all crises are stressors,not all stressors are crises.
C)There is a biological response to stress,but not to crisis.
D)A stressor is an unexpected crisis.
Q2) 1-64.A main symptom of PTSD in DSM-5 is
A)development of stress-related diseases.
B)reexperiencing of the traumatic event.
C)panic attacks when remembering the trauma.
D)depression.
Q3) 1-26.An individual with a high stress tolerance
A)can function well in the face of a high level of stress.
B)is likely to be particularly vulnerable to slight frustration.
C)may feel threatened more readily than those with low stress tolerance.
D)is particularly vulnerable to acute stress disorder.
Q4) 1-44.The pituitary gland
A)controls the release of hormones by the hypothalamus.
B)is part of the immune system.
C)produces adrenalin.
D)is important to the release of stress hormones.
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Chapter 6: Panic,anxiety,obsessions,and Their Disorders
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Q1) 1-65.The cognitive model does not account for A)nocturnal panic attacks.
B)the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapies.
C)findings from panic provocation studies.
D)evidence of a role for genes in anxiety disorders.
Q2) What is necessary for a diagnosis of generalized anxiety disorder?
Q3) 1-84.Persistent and recurrent thoughts are A)compulsions.
B)delusions.
C)hallucinations.
D)obsessions.
Q4) 1-10.Gradual exposure to feared cues is
A)an old treatment for anxiety disorders that is no longer used.
B)a common component of treatment for all anxiety disorders.
C)likely to make someone with an anxiety disorder worse in the long term.
D)a useful treatment for phobias but not other anxiety disorders.
Q5) _____________ are persistent and strong fears triggered by specific objects or situations that are unreasonable.
Q6) That humans have evolved to fear certain objects or situations because they pose real threats is called __________ learning.
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Chapter 7: Mood Disorders and Suicide
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Q1) 1-14.Brittany came to a therapist complaining that she just doesn't enjoy life lately.She says that for the past couple of months,she finds she just doesn't feel like doing the things that she used to love to do.She has also lost a lot of weight and sleeps much more than usual but still feels tired all the time.She says she just can't concentrate on anything.However,she denies feeling sad.Brittany's most likely diagnosis is
A)dysthymic disorder.
B)bipolar II disorder.
C)major depressive disorder.
D)no disorder.
Q2) 1-27.A rapid return of symptoms immediately after drug treatment is terminated is a common example of ________; a return to depressive symptoms after a period of spontaneous remission of symptoms is called a ________.
A)melancholia; recurrence
B)recurrence; relapse
C)relapse; recurrence
D)mood-congruent depression; mood-incongruent depression
Q3) A major depressive episode is considered to be __________ when the symptoms do not remit for over 2 years.
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Chapter 8: Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders
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Q1) 1-25.Which of the following was once viewed as form of "hysteria"?
A)conversion disorder
B)dissociative identity disorder
C)dissociative fugue
D)hypochondriasis
Q2) 1-80.Your textbook authors report that rigorously designed and controlled studies on the treatment of dissociative identity disorder
A)have only examined psychodynamic forms of treatment.
B)are widespread.
C)demonstrate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavior therapy. D)are nonexistent.
Q3) 1-55.There has been little systematic research conducted on dissociative amnesia and fugue,yet some studies have revealed new information.Which of the following would be a source of this information?
A)experiments using medication
B)checking reports from doctors' offices
C)testing personality traits of individuals who have experienced these issues
D)use of different brain imaging methods to determine where loss of function occurs
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Chapter 9: Eating Disorders and Obesity
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Q1) ____________is the most common form of eating disorder.
Q2) 1-40.Set-point theory about weight suggests that
A)dieting can establish a new set-point that stabilizes the near-starvation seen in people with anorexia.
B)people with anorexia are biologically programmed to be underweight.
C)the hunger that occurs by being well below one's set-point can trigger binges.
D)sociocultural factors play very little role in the development of unrealistic body image goals.
Q3) Cindy is 5 ' 6" tall and weighs 92 pounds.She is very concerned about her weight.However,at times she finds herself eating large amounts of food - several boxes of cookies,gallons of ice cream,entire cakes - all in an evening.Afterwards,she makes herself throw up.Cindy's most likely diagnosis is
A)bulimia nervosa,purging type.
B)anorexia nervosa,binge-eating/purging type.
C)anorexia nervosa,restricting type.
D)no disorder.
Q4) What are the differences between binge-eating disorder and bulimia nervosa?
Q5) The hormone __________ reduces our intake of food.
Q6) What factors put males at risk for developing eating disorders?
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Chapter 10: Personality Disorders
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Q1) 1-20.Helen is suspicious and doubts the loyalty of even her friends.She is unwilling to forgive perceived insults and never forgets a grudge.She is most likely to be diagnosed with ________ personality disorder.
A)paranoid
B)histrionic
C)schizoid
D)schizotypal
Q2) 1-52.Early criminal behavior is most characteristic of A)antisocial personality disorder.
B)borderline personality disorder.
C)schizoid personality disorder.
D)schizotypal personality disorder.
Q3) 1-74.The individual with avoidant personality disorder is unlikely to develop lasting relationships as a result of his or her A)callousness.
B)fear of rejection.
C)desire to control others.
D)lack of interest.
Q4) Describe and differentiate between the Cluster A personality disorders.
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Chapter 11: Substance-Related Disorders
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Q1) 1-25.Alcohol amnestic disorder may occur due to A)low thiamine levels.
B)decreased GABA levels.
C)high opioid levels.
D)impaired serotonergic functioning.
Q2) 1-102.Brendan has been using marijuana daily for more than six years.If he stops using the drug,we may expect
A)withdrawal-like symptoms such as nervousness and changes in sleeping and eating.
B)a period of extreme depression and lethargy,but no physiological symptoms.
C)a potentially lethal withdrawal phase.
D)slowed reaction times,increased heart rate,and memory dysfunction.
Q3) 1-87.Tina has been using cocaine for many months.She decides to stop.She can expect
A)to have no withdrawal symptoms.
B)to have a strong psychological need for the drug but no withdrawal symptoms.
C)to have increased heart rate,memory problems,and possibly death.
D)to have depression,fatigue,disturbed sleep,and increased dreaming.
Q4) Nutritional deficiencies are common in alcoholics.Provide two different reasons for this.
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Chapter 12: Sexual Variants,abuse,and Dysfunctions
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Q1) 1-28.What is the most common sexual offense reported to the police?
A)exhibitionism
B)voyeurism
C)frotteurism
D)pedophilia
Q2) 1-54.One of the most controversial issues in psychology today concerns
A)whether there are any serious consequences of childhood sexual abuse.
B)whether there are any serious long-term consequences of rape and molestation in adult women.
C)the validity of recovered (formerly repressed)memories of abuse.
D)the validity of women's reports of rape.
Q3) 1-62.Which of the following people best illustrates the most common type of pedophile?
A)Werner,who is sadistic and enjoys causing pain.
B)Frank,who is interpersonally unskilled and feels in control when dominating a child.
C)Norman,who is bisexual and but who cannot respond sexually to adult men or women.
D)Ben,who has low self-esteem and fantasizes about being dominated by others in sexual relationships.
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Chapter 13: Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
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Q1) ______________are false beliefs that are firmly held despite clear evidence to the contrary.
Q2) 1-87.Social-skills training for people with schizophrenia
A)has been very successful in reducing symptoms.
B)tries to help people learn a trade so they can earn a living.
C)tries to help people gain the skills they need for daily living outside the hospital.
D)tries to help cure people of schizophrenia.
Q3) 1-30.Moira is schizophrenic.She giggles a lot,acts silly,and talks "baby talk." She experiences frequent auditory hallucinations and bizarre delusions.Moira most likely belongs to the ________ subtype of schizophrenia.
A)disorganized
B)undifferentiated
C)residual
D)catatonic
Q4) 1-57.Linkage analysis
A)is being used to help locate genes associated with schizophrenia.
B)is being used to identify family risk factors.
C)is being used to find the connections between stress and schizophrenia.
D)is being used to show problems in connections between neurons.
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Chapter 14: Neurocognitive Disorders
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Q1) 1-69.Of the choices listed below,the most common cause of traumatic brain injury is A)stroke.
B)motor vehicle accidents.
C)drug abuse.
D)Alzheimer's disease.
Q2) 1-55.The most promising development in the treatment of Alzheimer's involves
A)finding drugs that counteract the processes associated with inheriting high-risk ApoE allele patterns.
B)preventing the degeneration of dopamine-producing cells.
C)increasing the intake of vitamins and minerals known to enhance memory function. D)vaccines that might clear away any accumulated plaques.
Q3) It is important that mental health professionals have an understanding of the effects of brain damage because
A)most of their patients will have brain damage.
B)brain damage can result in symptoms that look like psychological conditions.
C)many of the medications used to treat psychopathology cause brain damage.
D)the effects of most forms of brain damage are reversible.
Q4) What factors determine the amount of impairment from brain damage?
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Chapter 15: Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence
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Q1) What is the advantage of using Pemoline to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder instead of Ritalin?
A)Pemoline increases the child's intelligence.
B)Pemoline works faster.
C)Pemoline has fewer side effects.
D)Pemoline reduces anxiety attacks.
Q2) Discuss the relationship between oppositional defiant disorder,conduct disorder,juvenile delinquency,and antisocial personality disorder.
Q3) Childhood and adult depression differ in what way?
A)Irritability is often seen as a major symptom in childhood depression.
B)Altered eating habits are not seen in childhood depression.
C)Adult depression does not remit without pharmacological intervention.
D)Altered hormone levels are not seen in children.
Q4) Currently,the cause of ADHD is believed to be
A)a combination of family pathology and poor peer modeling.
B)excessive sugar in the diet.
C)an allergic reaction to certain foods and food additives.
D)both biological and psychological factors.
Q5) How do early views of child psychopathology differ from those of today?
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Chapter 16: Therapy
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Q1) In structural family therapy,
A)the therapist is very directive in order to break up the existing power structure in the family.
B)the focus is on past interactions as they have given rise to present problems.
C)the therapist initially acts like one of the family and participates in family interactions.
D)the therapist adopts a Rogerian approach,focusing on good listening skills and clarification.
Q2) Therapy outcome studies depend on ratings of the changes seen in clients.One reason that therapists' ratings may be unreliable is because
A)they cannot see the client's behavior in a range of settings.
B)they have a limited range of clients on whom to compare an individual client's improvement.
C)they usually base their judgments on superficial personality tests.
D)they are not in a good position to compare behavior before and after treatment.
Q3) Neuroleptics are also called __________ .
Q4) What is a randomized clinical trial?
Q5) What are the key elements of the therapeutic alliance?
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Chapter 17: Contemporary and Legal Issues in Abnormal Psychology
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Q1) Which of the following is a sociocultural effort toward universal prevention of mental disorders?
A)Daycare.
B)Penal systems.
C)Private schools.
D)Social security.
Q2) Efforts at reducing racism as a means of preventing mental illness would be a(n)________ intervention.
A)universal
B)selective
C)indicated
D)tertiary
Q3) Combined prevention programs that educate about drugs and teach skills needed to refuse alcohol and drug use demands
A)are more successful than one single approach.
B)are rarely as successful as family-based programs.
C)are most effective when targeted at college students.
D)are not as successful as classroom education.
Q4) What principles guide the approach called milieu therapy?
Q5) What factors increase the risk of violence in someone with mental illness?
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