Human Behavior and Mental Disorders
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Course Introduction
This course explores the complexities of human behavior and the various mental disorders that can affect individuals across the lifespan. Students will examine the biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors that contribute to mental health and illness, as well as the diagnostic criteria, symptoms, and treatments for a range of psychological disorders. The course integrates current research findings with real-world case studies to illustrate how mental disorders impact everyday functioning and society at large. Ethical considerations, stigma, and emerging trends in mental health care are also discussed, providing students with a comprehensive understanding of the field.
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Abnormal Psychology An Integrative Approach 5th Edition by David H. Barlow
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Chapter 1: Abnormal Behaviour in Historical Context
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Q1) Why are hysterical disorders no longer considered to be caused by a "wandering" uterus?
A) because men also suffer from hysterical disorders
B) because of greater knowledge of physiology
C) because the theory is considered insulting to women
D) because when the uterus is removed, symptoms tend to remain
Answer: B
Q2) If a psychological disorder is said to have an acute onset,how did the symptoms develop?
A) atypically
B) suddenly
C) gradually
D) sporadically
Answer: B
Q3) According to psychoanalytic theory,what is the role of the ego?
A) to counteract the aggressive and sexual drives of the id
B) to maximize pleasure and reduce tension
C) to mediate conflict between the id and the superego
D) to increase self-esteem and a strong sense of identity
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: An Integrative Approach to Psychopathology
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Q1) When people with and without support groups are studied,what have researchers found?
A) Support groups are the most important factor predicting social and physical health.
B) Having a supportive group of people around us is important to our psychological well- being but not our physical health.
C) Social support is important but mostly for those individuals who are at high risk for various physical or psychological disorders.
D) Having a supportive group of people around us is important to our physical health but not our psychological well-being.
Answer: A
Q2) Dana has experienced an injury and can no longer perceive some sensory information.Which of Dana's nervous systems is damaged?
A) her peripheral nervous system
B) her central nervous system
C) her sympathetic nervous system
D) her parasympathetic nervous system
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis
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Q1) What important change was made in the DSM versions that followed DSM-III?
A) a change from a dimensional to a categorical system
B) the inclusion of the humanistic view of pathology
C) greater emphasis on validity and less concern for reliability
D) the lack of a presumed theoretical cause for each disorder
Answer: D
Q2) One of the problems in using neuropsychological tests to detect organic damage and cognitive disorders involves the possibility of false negatives.Which of the following is most likely to result from a false negative?
A) A patients undergoes completely unnecessary and expensive procedures.
B) A clinician misses an important medical problem that needs to be treated.
C) A patient is diagnosed with a condition that does not exist.
D) Cell damage occurs due to repeated radiation exposure.
Answer: B
Q3) What is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders?
A) a guide for training psychology students in assessment techniques
B) a textbook about the etiology of psychological disorders
C) a classification system for abnormal behaviour
D) an encyclopedia of treatment approaches for psychological disorders
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Research Methods
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Q1) The internal validity of a study can be increased by using which of the following to create different research groups?
A) valid measures
B) generalizable methods
C) randomization
D) the personal characteristics of potential participants
Q2) What is the key element in a double-blind control study?
A) Neither the treatment provider nor the research participants know whether the treatment will be effective.
B) Neither the treatment provider nor the research participants can ever be made aware of the research findings.
C) Neither the treatment provider nor the research participants are aware of who is in the treatment group and who is in the control group.
D) The research participants are not aware that they are participating in a research study.
Q3) Explain how family studies are used to help determine the role of genetic factors in psychopathology.Describe the limitations of family studies in determining the genetic factors influencing psychopathology.
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Chapter 5: Anxiety,Trauma-Related,and
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
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Q1) According to one model of the etiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD),what is necessary for an individual to develop OCD?
A) both psychological vulnerability and social vulnerability
B) both biological vulnerability and social vulnerability
C) the presence of OCD in other family members
D) both biological vulnerability and psychological vulnerability
Q2) Why is anxiety termed "a future-oriented mood state," and fear an "alarm reaction to actual present danger"? Discuss biological and psychological similarities and differences between these emotional events.
Q3) In a major double-blind NIMH research study looking at the separate and combined effects of both psychological and drug treatments (Barlow et al.,2000),patients were randomized into five different treatment conditions.Which of the following was one of these treatment conditions?
A) psychoanalysis
B) hypnosis
C) flooding
D) placebo
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Chapter 6: Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders
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Q1) Which of the following is classified as a somatoform disorder?
A) derealization
B) conversion disorder
C) dissociative disorder
D) hysterical disorder
Q2) What is one factor that helps explain who is likely to develop dissociative identity disorder following childhood trauma?
A) number of siblings
B) number of abusers
C) suggestibility
D) socioeconomic status
Q3) According to the autohypnotic model,who may be able to use dissociation as a defence against extreme trauma?
A) people who have frequent "out-of-body" experiences
B) people who have had head injury and resulting brain damage
C) people who are highly suggestible
D) people who have certain neurological disorders, such as seizure disorders
Q4) Describe the similarities and differences between illness anxiety disorder and somatic symptom disorder.
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Chapter 7: Mood Disorders and Suicide
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Q1) How are MAO inhibitors and tricyclic antidepressants similar?
A) They both result in the pooling of neurotransmitters at the synapse.
B) They both have an effectiveness rate of about 60%.
C) They are both more effective in men than women.
D) They both result in similar side effects including increased sex drive and loss of appetite.
Q2) How do depressive disorder,recurrent and major depressive disorder,and a single episode of depression differ?
A) They differ in terms of gender prevalence; more males have the recurrent episode type.
B) They differ in terms of gender prevalence; more females have the single episode type.
C) They differ in the severity of symptoms.
D) They differ in terms of family history of depression.
Q3) Compare and contrast the clinical symptoms of major depression and mania.Explain what is meant by dysphoric (or mixed)mania.
Q4) Discuss the pattern of gender differences in the various mood disorders.Explain some of the proposed psychosocial theories of gender differences in depression.
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Chapter 8: Eating and Sleep-Wake Disorders
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Q1) Which males are most likely to develop an eating disorder such as bulimia?
A) those who are depressed
B) those who are overweight
C) those who are homosexual or bisexual
D) those who are single and heterosexual
Q2) Mandy has activity anorexia.What does Mandy do on a daily basis?
A) She restricts food except for meals with family members to keep up an illusion that she does not have a problem.
B) She uses excessive physical activity to take away the desire to eat food.
C) She uses excessive physical activity to decrease the metabolic rate, resulting in abnormal weight loss.
D) She uses excessive physical activity to relieve feelings of hunger.
Q3) Which of the following is NOT a medical complication related to bulimia?
A) sudden death
B) food refusal
C) renal failure
D) calluses on the fingers
Q4) Describe the problems associated with using medications such as benzodiazepines as a treatment for primary insomnia.
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Chapter 9: Physical Disorders and Health Psychology
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Q1) What is the focus of psychoneuroimmunology?
A) the study of methods in which damaged or severed neurons can be stimulated to regrow
B) the study of the relationships among stressors, the endocrine system, the nervous system, and the immune system
C) the study of various biochemical approaches to protecting the central nervous system from the ravages of deterioration disorders
D) the study of the psychological side effects of physical illnesses
Q2) According to the principles of health psychology,what is the best protection against acquiring AIDS?
A) choosing sexual abstinence even after years of being sexually active
B) being treated for HIV before it develops into AIDS
C) changing risky behaviours that can lead to disease acquisition
D) getting an injection of the AIDS vaccine
Q3) What did some experiments with rats reveal about postsurgical pain in rats?
A) It actually kills certain cancer cells.
B) It causes stress but is unrelated to the subsequent progress of the disease.
C) It doubles the rate at which a certain cancer spreads to the lungs.
D) It speeds recovery.
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Chapter 10: Sexual Dysfunctions,Paraphilic Disorders,and Gender Dysphoria
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Q1) Maggie and Jim have started sex therapy to deal with Jim's recent erectile dysfunction.The therapist instructed them to refrain from intercourse or genital touching,but to spend the next several days enjoying each other through hugging,kissing,and mutual massage.What is this an example of?
A) an erotic body awareness technique
B) disinhibition exercises
C) foreplay exercises
D) stage one of sensate focus treatment
Q2) What is the main feature of sexual arousal disorders?
A) an excessively high expectation of sex, followed by continual disappointment
B) an obsession with sex, to the exclusion of any other distraction
C) a lack of physical sexual response despite desire for sex
D) a normal desire for sex, but a physical sexual response that is only possible with strangers
Q3) What is a paraphilia?
A) a sexual attraction to a wide variety of abnormal stimuli
B) an abnormal sexual fantasy
C) an abnormally high level of sexual activity
D) a sexual attraction to inappropriate individuals or objects
Q4) Describe a process in which paraphilias may develop.
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Chapter 11: Substance-Related,Addictive,and
Impulse-Control Disorders
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Q1) Mark has been using crack for two years.His whole life is now oriented around trying to get more crack to feed his habit.He even sells drugs to get crack money.Although he has tried repeatedly to give it up,the crash is so intense and his cravings for the rush are so strong he just can't quit.What is Mark's level of involvement with the drug? A) use
B) dependence
C) abuse
D) misuse
Q2) Which of the following analgesic substances is NOT classified as an opiate? A) morphine
B) cocaine
C) heroin
D) codeine
Q3) Compare and contrast the stimulant drugs.Discuss the history of cocaine as well as its atypical type of addictive process.
Q4) Compare and contrast the levels of involvement in substance-related disorders: use,intoxication,abuse,and dependence.Define the meaning of the word "addiction."
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Chapter 12: Personality Disorders
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Q1) Rija overreacts to everything,is overly dramatic and vain,and seeks reassurance and approval constantly.Which personality disorder is Rija MOST likely to be diagnosed with?
A) narcissistic personality disorder
B) histrionic personality disorder
C) antisocial personality disorder
D) borderline personality disorder
Q2) Martin believes he can read people's minds and foretell the future.He often feels as if deceased relatives are in the room with him.He talks to himself frequently and often speaks to others in a meandering,vague,although not incoherent manner.He is often unkempt,he believes people are talking about him,and he tends to be socially aloof.Which personality disorder does Martin most likely have?
A) schizoid personality disorder
B) schizotypal personality disorder
C) paranoid personality disorder
D) multiple personality disorder
Q3) Compare and contrast the behaviours,thoughts,and motivations of an individual with avoidant personality disorder versus someone with schizoid personality disorder.Make sure to note similarities and differences.
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Chapter 13: Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
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Q1) After Martha's last final examination,she began experiencing auditory hallucinations and told her friends about her plans to reunite all missing children from around the world with their parents.Martha's friends were relieved two weeks later when Martha reported that she was not hearing any voices and did not have any plans for reuniting missing children.What had Martha most likely experienced?
A) an undiagnosable event
B) a schizophreniform disorder
C) a brief psychotic disorder
D) a delusional disorder
Q2) There is some evidence to suggest that fingerprint ridges may be a marker for schizophrenia that result from prenatal exposure to which of the following?
A) alcohol
B) rubella
C) influenza
D) caffeine
Q3) Describe the various goals,methods,and effectiveness associated with psychosocial interventions for schizophrenia,including token economy,behavioural family therapy,and independent skills training.
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Chapter 14: Neurodevelopmental Disorders
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Q1) According to Statistics Canada (1996),of the population of children who were recorded has having some form of disability,approximately what percentage had a "learning disability"?
A) 15 percent
B) 25 percent
C) 50 percent
D) 75 percent
Q2) According to research by Lovaas (1987),when do children with autism spectrum disorder show the greatest intellectual and educational improvement?
A) when they are treated in group behavioural therapy
B) when they are placed in special education classrooms
C) when they are placed in regular classrooms
D) when they are treated with medication
Q3) Adil has been diagnosed with ADHD and a second disorder.What is that second disorder MOST likely to be?
A) autism spectrum disorder
B) conduct disorder
C) learning disorders
D) anorexia
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Chapter 15: Neurocognitive Disorders
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Q1) What is one of the distinguishing characteristics between disability due to cognitive functions and disability due to psychological conditions?
A) There is a much greater genetic contribution to disability due to cognitive functions than there is for disability due to psychological conditions.
B) Disability due to cognitive functions is more frequent after age 65; disability due to psychological conditions is less frequent after age 65.
C) Disability due to psychological conditions is more frequent after age 65; disability due to cognitive functions is less frequent after age 65.
D) Disability due to cognitive functions is mostly organic in origin; disability due to psychological conditions is mostly psychosocial in origin.
Q2) When do most instances of delirium,neurocognitive disorder,and amnestic disorders develop?
A) following brainstem injuries that occur with equal frequency at all ages
B) in late adulthood when cognition is not functioning normally
C) in late adulthood as part of the normal aging process
D) following complications at birth
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Chapter 16: Mental Health Services: Legal and Ethical Issues
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Q1) According to Stuart and Arboldea-Florez (2000),what groups are increasing among the homeless?
A) younger people, women, and families
B) senior citizens who are unable to survive on fixed incomes
C) young children who have been abandoned by their families and women
D) couples and single women
Q2) Each Canadian jurisdiction has its own definition of mental illness.Saskatchewan uses what Robertson (1994)calls a functional definition.What does that mean?
A) It is practical and easy to understand and apply.
B) It emphasizes behaviour over emotions and thoughts.
C) It specifies the effect of the illness on the patient's thoughts and behaviour.
D) It serves the function of allowing for civil commitment.
Q3) Which of the following rights of people with mental illness in Canada is NOT protected by advocacy efforts and constitutional provisions?
A) the right to refuse treatment
B) the right to choose their own medial practitioner
C) the right to legal counsel
D) the right to treatment in the least restrictive environment
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