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1. The continuum model of abnormality demonstrates that:

• there is a clear distinction between dysfunctional and deviant behavior.
• psychologists must make objective decisions about what warrants a diagnosis.
• individuals are labeled as either having a disorder or not having one.

D.no sharp line exists between what is normal and abnormal.

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APA Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.

Bloom's: Remember

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Describe the facets of modern mental health care.

Topic: Abnormal Behavior

• The study of abnormal psychology is the study of people who suffer mental, emotional, and often physical pain. This is also referred to as _____.

A.psychopathology

• psychometry
• parapsychology
• behavioral psychology

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Bloom's: Remember

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Describe the facets of modern mental health care.

Topic: Assessment of Abnormal Behavior

• Margaret is a 27-year-old soccer mom who never misses her daughter's games. Her friends argue that her behavior is embarrassing, and she is

making a fool of herself when she repeatedly yells and jumps to her feet. Margaret insists that no one is paying attention to her behavior and states, "It's a soccer game—people are expected to get excited!" Which of the following determines whether Margaret's behavior is normal?

• Her social status
• Gender differences

C.The context in which it is performed D.Individual differences

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Bloom's: Apply

Difficulty: Moderate

Learning Objective: Distinguish between normal but unusual behavior and between unusual but abnormal behavior.

Topic: Diagnosis

• When an observer takes into account the context or circumstances surrounding someone's behavior to determine whether they are normal or

abnormal, it means that:

• the observer assesses the behavior based on her/his own biases and prejudices.

B.the observer considers the behavior normal if it seems appropriate for that particular situation.

• the observer judges the individual's personality based on the observer’s cognitive abilities.

D.the observer's evaluation of the behavior lacks any theoretical grounding.

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Bloom's: Understand

Difficulty: Moderate

Learning Objective: Distinguish between normal but unusual behavior and between unusual but abnormal behavior.

Topic: Sociocultural Factors

5. An advantage of cultural relativism is that:

A.it does not impose the standards of one culture on judgments of abnormality.

• there is a tendency to view all behaviors that are unusual, or deviant, as abnormal.
• it allows those in power to label and silence minorities by labeling them as abnormal.

D.it does not adopt a continuum perspective of abnormal behavior; rather, it is an either/or proposition.

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Bloom's: Remember

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Distinguish between normal but unusual behavior and between unusual but abnormal behavior.

Topic: Approaches to Abnormal Psychology

• Which criterion for abnormality implies that the presence of a disease is causing given behavior?
• Deviance
• Unusualness
• Distress
• Mental Illness

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Bloom's: Remember

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Distinguish between normal but unusual behavior and between unusual but abnormal behavior.

Topic: Assessment of Abnormal Behavior

• Rachel teaches the second grade and suspects that two students in her class have behavioral problems. Although she works fervently to keep the

class running smoothly, the students' behaviors continually disrupt the learning environment. When the two students blurt out the answers before being called upon, push others in line, or constantly get out of their seats, other students become distracted and irritated. According to which criterion will these students' behaviors most likely be considered abnormal?

• Cultural relativism
• Mental illness
• Distress
• Gender relativism

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Bloom's: Apply

Difficulty: Moderate

Learning Objective: Distinguish between normal but unusual behavior and between unusual but abnormal behavior.

Topic: Assessment of Abnormal Behavior

• What are "the four Ds" of abnormality?
• Distress, delusion, deviance, and derision
• Deviance, dysfunction, disorder, and danger
• Danger, disorder, delusion, and dysfunction
• Dysfunction, distress, deviance, and dangerousness

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Bloom's: Remember

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Distinguish between normal but unusual behavior and between unusual but abnormal behavior.

Topic: Abnormal Behavior

• Theorists who argue that behaviors can only be abnormal relative to cultural norms, are proponents of:
• cultural hegemony.
• cultural regeneration.
• cultural imperialism.
• cultural relativism.

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Bloom's: Remember

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Distinguish between normal but unusual behavior and between unusual but abnormal behavior.

Topic: Approaches to Abnormal Psychology

10. Cultural relativists argue that:

• behaviors must be universally accepted to be considered normal.
• context, and not culture, influences the evaluation of behaviors as abnormal.
• the use of gender roles as a basis for assessing abnormal behaviors can be misleading.
• no universal standards or rules exist for labeling behaviors as abnormal.

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Bloom's: Remember

Difficulty: Moderate

Learning Objective: Distinguish between normal but unusual behavior and between unusual but abnormal behavior.

Topic: Approaches to Abnormal Psychology

• _____ noted that, throughout history, societies have labeled individuals and groups abnormal in order to justify controlling or silencing them.
• Thomas Szasz
• Samuel Cartwright
• Clifford Beers
• Johann Weyer

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Bloom's: Remember

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Understand how explanations of abnormal behavior have changed through time.

Topic: History of Abnormal Psychology

• In some parts of the world, corporal punishment is a traditional child rearing practice, whereas the practice is frowned upon in other places. In the

context of abnormality, this is reflective of _____.

• mental illness
• dysfunction
• distress
• cultural relativism

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Bloom's: Apply

Difficulty: Moderate

Learning Objective: Distinguish between normal but unusual behavior and between unusual but abnormal behavior.

Topic: Sociocultural Factors

• In the context of cultural relativism, when the slave trade was active in the United States, slaves who tried to escape bondage could be diagnosed

with a mental disease that was said to have caused them to:

• misunderstand their roles.
• desire freedom from their masters.
• refuse to work in the fields.
• experience delusions of grandeur.

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Bloom's: Remember

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Understand how explanations of abnormal behavior have changed through time.

Topic: History of Abnormal Psychology

• Which of the following is true of the distress criterion for abnormality?
• The individual has no desire to be rid of the disruptive behavior.
• The behavior must violate societal norms.
• The individual must suffer as a result of the behavior.
• The behavior must also meet the unusualness criteria.

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Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Distinguish between normal but unusual behavior and between unusual but abnormal behavior.

Topic: Abnormal Behavior

• Historically, which three types of theories have been used to define abnormal behavior?
• Sociological, religious, and psychological
• Biological, psychological, and sociological
• Biological, sociological, and supernatural
• Biological, supernatural, and psychological

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Topic: History of Abnormal Psychology

• Which of the following incorrectly pairs the historical perspective on abnormal behavior with an abnormality?
• Psychological theories/trauma
• Supernatural theories/chronic stress
• Biological theories/physical disease
• Supernatural theories/divine intervention

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Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Understand how explanations of abnormal behavior have changed through time.

Topic: History of Abnormal Psychology

• The supernatural perspective on abnormality most supported _____ as an approach to treatment.
• relaxation
• herbal medication
• exorcism
• restoration of bodily health

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Bloom's: Remember

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Understand how explanations of abnormal behavior have changed through time.

Topic: History of Abnormal Psychology

• The practice of drilling circular holes in the skulls of people displaying abnormal behaviors in order to free evil spirits was known as _____.
• trephination
• exorcism
• atonement
• blood letting

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Learning Objective: Understand how explanations of abnormal behavior have changed through time.

Topic: History of Abnormal Psychology

• Yin and yang (positive and negative forces) are concepts from ancient _____.
• China
• Greece
• Egypt
• Rome

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Learning Objective: Understand how explanations of abnormal behavior have changed through time.

Topic: History of Abnormal Psychology

• According to ancient Chinese medicine, excited insanity was due to the presence of a(n):
• minimal negative force.
• excessive negative force.
• minimal positive force.
• excessive positive force.

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