Perspectives on Abnormal Behavior Practice Exam
Course Introduction
This course offers a comprehensive exploration of abnormal behavior from historical, psychological, and sociocultural perspectives. Students will examine major theoretical models used to understand mental disorders, including biological, psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and humanistic approaches. Emphasis is placed on the classification, diagnosis, and treatment of psychological disorders, as well as the cultural and ethical considerations in defining abnormality. Through case studies and current research, students will develop a nuanced understanding of how abnormal behavior is identified, interpreted, and managed in various contexts.
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Abnormal Psychology in a Changing World 9th Edition by Jeffrey S. Nevid
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Chapter 1: Introduction and Methods of Research
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Q1) Compared to the United States, the rates of schizophrenia in countries such as Colombia India, Denmark, Nigeria, and the former Soviet Union are_______.
A) lower
B) about the same
C) higher
D) lower for women and higher for men
Answer: B
Q2) In the epidemiological model, the overall number of cases of a given disorder existing in a given population at a given time are known as ______.
A) frequency
B) prevalence
C) incidence
D) populations
Answer: B
Q3) Psychological disorders affect relatively few of us.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Contemporary Perspectives on Abnormal Behavior
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Q1) Rogers believed that parents help children become more secure in their sense of self when they show them conditional positive regard.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) The idea of a "collective unconscious" is most closely linked to the thinking of ______.
A) Carl Jung
B) Erik Erikson
C) Alfred Adler
D) Karen Horney
Answer: A
Q3) Freud likened the mind to an immense iceberg, with only the tip rising into conscious awareness.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Classification and Assessment of Abnormal Behavior
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Q1) Although it is not an exact science, the measurement of the bumps on a person's head can be used to determine the person's personality traits.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) In a(n) ______ interview, the clinician adopts his or her own style of questioning rather than follow any standard format.
A) unstructured
B) standardized
C) semi-structured
D) structured
Answer: A
Q3) The DSM was introduced in ______.
A) 1892
B) 1922
C) 1952
D) 1982
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Stress-Related Disorders
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Q1) Julia is walking through the forest when she encounters a bear. Her body enters the alarm reaction stage of Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS). Which of the following is most likely occurring in her body?
A) blood circulation is slowing
B) muscles are tensing
C) heart rate is decreasing
D) digestion is increasing
Q2) In the GAS, the body tries to renew spent energy and repair damage during the ______ stage.
A) alarm reaction
B) arousal
C) resistance
D) exhaustion
Q3) As many as 300,000 American soldiers returning from the war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan show symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder or depression.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Summarize the factors that could contribute to an individual having an increased vulnerability to PTSD.
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Chapter 5: Anxiety Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders
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Q1) ______ is the treatment for a specific phobia.
A) Aversive conditioning
B) Response prevention
C) Paradoxical intent
D) Gradual exposure
Q2) The idea that some people are genetically predisposed to acquire phobic responses to certain classes of stimuli is called ______.
A) prepared stimulation
B) prenatal conditioning
C) prepared conditioning
D) observational learning
Q3) People with social anxiety often try to "medicate" themselves with________ when preparing for social interactions.
A) marijuana
B) tranquilizers or alcohol
C) benzodiazepines and coffee
D) opioids or central nervous system depressants
Q4) Describe the clinical features of and treatment for hoarding disorder.
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Q5) Define generalized anxiety disorder and describe its symptoms and prevalence.
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Chapter 6: Dissociative Disorders, Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders, and
Psychological Factors Affecting
Physical Health
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Q1) Describe dissociative amnesia, identifying and briefly explaining its five specific types and discuss how it differs from other types of amnesia.
Q2) The text cites a case example of Burt, a man who unknowingly moved 2,000 miles away from his wife and family and established a new life in a new city. Although Burt knew which
Town he was in and the current date, he could not recognize his past nor was he concerned
About this lack of recognition. Burt was suffering from ______.
A) dissociative identity disorder
B) depersonalization disorder
C) dissociative amnesia
D) dissociative fugue
Q3) In dissociative identity disorder, the main personality is known as the ______.
A) nucleus
B) host
C) captain
D) center
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Q4) Discuss the factors that can make a person more prone to cardiovascular disease and the steps that can be used to moderate these factors.
Chapter 7: Mood Disorders and Suicide
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Q1) Depressed people tend to experience rejection in long-term relationships.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is true of lithium?
A) It can lead to dramatic weight loss.
B) It can lead to sleep problems.
C) It can cause diabetes.
D) It diminishes motor speed.
Q3) Many people have contemplated suicide at some moment of great stress.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Who among the following is MOST likely to commit suicide?
A) an African American teenage male
B) a white middle-aged female
C) an African American female in her mid-twenties
D) an elderly white male
Q5) Discuss cognitive perspectives on depression, focusing on Beck's cognitive theory and the reformulated helplessness (attributional) theory.
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Q6) Discuss the incidence of suicide in terms of who is most at risk and why.
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Chapter 8: Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
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Q1) Debbie is a college sophomore who binge drinks. According to the profiles developed by Ham and Hope, Debbie is probably drinking because ______.
A) she will enjoy the social results
B) it is a regular part of her sorority life
C) her friends drink
D) it will soothe her feelings of anxiety and depression
Q2) Which type of drug may be used as a form of self-medication for depression?
A) alcohol
B) LSD
C) nicotine
D) heroin
Q3) Twin studies have found ______.
A) no significant correlation for rates of alcoholism in monozygotic or dizygotic twins
B) a greater concordance rate of alcoholism for monozygotic twins than for dizygotic twins
C) a greater concordance rate of alcoholism for dizygotic twins than for monozygotic twins
D) an equal concordance rate of alcoholism for monozygotic and dizygotic twins
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Chapter 9: Eating Disorders and Sleep-Wake Disorders
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Q1) People with narcolepsy go immediately into ______ sleep during a narcoleptic attack.
A) stage 1
B) stage 2
C) stage 4
D) REM sleep
Q2) Which of the following people is most likely to have sleep terror disorder?
A) a male child
B) a female child
C) a male adult
D) a female adult
Q3) Which of the following is true of narcolepsy?
A) Narcoleptic attacks are preceded by an aura.
B) Narcoleptics typically have a history of asthma or panic disorder.
C) Household accidents resulting from falls are common in people who have narcolepsy.
D) Narcolepsy is related to a lack of adequate sleep during the night.
Q4) Anorexia nervosa is much more common than bulimia nervosa.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Disorders Involving Gender and Sexuality
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Q1) Investigators find a greater incidence of erectile dysfunction in cultures with which of the following types of cultural attitudes?
A) unrestricted attitudes toward premarital sex among females
B) restrictive attitudes toward homosexuality
C) restrictive attitudes toward sex in marriage
D) unrestricted e attitudes toward extramarital sex
Q2) Before her gender reassignment surgery, Jayne Thomas had done all of the following
A) fathering children
B) obtaining a Ph.D.
C) being a champion athlete
D) being a television star
Q3) In ___________there is a marked delay in reaching orgasm in women or an infrequency or absence of orgasm following a normal level of sexual interest and arousal and without the person desiring a delay.
A) female orgasmic disorder
B) transgender disorder
C) delayed ejaculation
D) erectile disorder
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Chapter 11: Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
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Q1) What may be the cause of auditory hallucinations for individuals with schizophrenia? Discuss the role of internal speech.
Q2) As Ira watches the evening news, he becomes convinced that the news reporters are broadcasting coded information about him to his friends, neighbors, and enemies. Ira's beliefs represent delusions of ______.
A) grandeur
B) persecution
C) reference
D) being controlled
Q3) A full return to normal behavior following an acute episode of schizophrenia is relatively common.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Evidence also points to abnormalities in brain circuitry connecting the prefrontal cortex to parts of the limbic system involved in regulating emotions and memory.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Personality Disorders and Impulse Control Disorders
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Q1) In which of the following personality disorders does research suggest genetic factors appear to play a role?
A) narcissistic
B) antisocial
C) histrionic
D) avoidant
Q2) Histrionic personality disorder is diagnosed more frequently in men than in women.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Although schizoid and avoidant personality disorders both display social withdrawal, those with avoidant personality disorder, unlike those with schizoid personality disorder, ______.
A) are angry all of the time, thus keeping people at a distance
B) feel warmth to other people
C) enjoy performing in public
D) do not mind working in groups or teams
Q4) Explain the problem of confusing diagnostic labels with explanation. How might this blurring fall into the trap of circular reasoning?
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Chapter 13: Abnormal Behavior in Childhood and Adolescence
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Q1) Enuresis and encopresis are disorders involving problems with elimination that are not due to ______ causes.
A) organic
B) psychosocial
C) psychosexual
D) genetic
Q2) The urine alarm method of treating bedwetting relies on principles of ______.
A) cognitive restructuring
B) response prevention
C) operant conditioning
D) classical conditioning
Q3) Oppositional defiant disorder is ______ common among boys than girls before the age of 12. It is ______ common among boys than girls after age 12.
A) less, less
B) more, less
C) less, more
D) more, more
Q4) Identify and briefly describe each of the major causes of intellectual developmental disorder.
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Chapter 14: Neurocognitive Disorders and Disorders
Related
to Aging
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Q1) Sudden loss of oxygen to the brain is called ______.
A) infarction
B) hypoxia
C) hemiplegia
D) anaerobia
Q2) Late-stage syphilis once accounted for upward of ______ percent of admissions to psychiatric hospitals.
A) 10
B) 30
C) 50
D) 70
Q3) What lifestyle practices can contribute to lessening or slowing the progression of Alzheimer's disease?
Q4) Among people over the age of 85, the prevalence rate of delirium rises to about ____percent.
A) 6
B) 14
C) 20
D) 50
Q5) Describe the changes in intellectual functioning as a function of aging.
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Chapter 15: Abnormal Psychology and the Law
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Q1) Which of the following is a reason why the Tarasoff decision may actually increase the risk of violence?
A) Clients may be less willing to confide in their therapists and therefore have built up feelings of anger and resentment that may be discharged more readily into the community.
B) Clients may be more likely to act out their violent impulses on therapists rather than on the original intended victims.
C) Potentially violent people may be less likely to enter therapy.
D) Therapists are more likely to decline the referral of any client dealing with a romantic break-up or conflicted relationships.
Q2) Someone who is in a mental hospital as a result of ______ can leave the hospital whenever she or he desires.
A) civil commitment
B) voluntary hospitalization
C) criminal commitment
D) any type of commitment or hospitalization
Q3) Discuss problems in determining the term of commitment for perpetrators who are found insane.
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