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Abnormal Psychology An Integrative Approach, 6th Canadian Edition, David Barlow, Durand, Hofmann, Lalumière (Test Bank All Chapter)

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Chapter 1

• When using the psychological disorder criteria, when would an individual be assessed as

having psychological dysfunction?

*a. when his or her thought processes are totally out of touch with reality

• when he or she is extremely distressed
• when his or her behaviour violates social norms
• when he or she avoids interactions with other people

• George, a male college student, began feeling sad and lonely. Although he is still able to go

to classes and work at his job, George finds himself feeling down much of the time and he worries about what is happening to him. Which part of the definition of abnormality applies to his situation?

*a. personal distress

• lack of social support
• impaired functioning
• violation of societal norms

• Frank drinks three bottles of wine each day and believes he would be fine if people would

just “mind their own business.” Which criterion for abnormality is absent from this scenario?

• objective harm to others

*b. personal distress

• maladaptiveness
• qualitative uniqueness

• Popular musician Lady Gaga has performed with blood spurting out of her clothes. Why

might having blood spurt from her clothes be considered abnormal?

• because her behaviour demonstrates a sense of subjective discomfort
• because she has an inability to distinguish right from wrong

*c. because it is a deviation from what is typical in her society

• because she shows an inability to function effectively

• In most Western societies, what happens when a person enters a trance state and believes he

or she is possessed?

• The person is believed to be suffering from a psychotic disorder.
• The person is diagnosed with a dissociative disorder.

*c. The person may be viewed as having a psychological disorder.

• The person can be cured with antipsychotic medication.

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• Ron has just been diagnosed with schizophrenia and hospitalized. What would Thomas

Szasz most likely argue?

• Ron should not be hospitalized because doing so will only make his symptoms

worse.*b. Ron’s behaviour does not represent an illness like diabetes, and “schizophrenia” is merely a label applied on the basis of highly subjective judgments.

• Ron’s schizophrenia is a serious illness that is best treated with a combination of

drugs and family therapy.

• Ron should be assessed further because mistakes in diagnosis are made frequently.

• What is the formal definition of psychopathology?

• the medications used to treat some psychological disorders
• the criteria used to define psychological disorders
• the psychological therapies used to treat psychological disorders

*d. the scientific study of psychological disorders

• What does the term psychotherapist describe?

• clinical psychologists and psychiatrists only
• people who provide therapy but who do not hold medical degrees
• people who followed in the traditions of Sigmund Freud

*d. anyone who can provide therapy to members of the public

• After graduation, two of your friends express an interest in psychology careers. Carl wants to

work with relatively healthy individuals who are experiencing adjustment or vocational difficulties. Anna wishes to focus on the more severe psychological disorders and conduct research into their causes. Because you are studying abnormal psychology, they ask you for career advice. What do you tell them?

• Carl should study psychology at the graduate level, and Anna should apply to

medical school.

• Carl should study clinical psychology at the graduate level, and Anna should study

counselling psychology at the graduate level.

• Both of them should apply to medical school.

*d. Anna should study clinical psychology at the graduate level, and Carl should study counselling psychology at the graduate level.

• What is one of the three ways a mental health practitioner can function as a scientist-

practitioner?

• by writing textbooks

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• by prescribing medications
• by teaching students

• Louie was barking like a dog and walking on his hands and knees. A professional thought

the cause of Louie’s problem was an excess of a specific neurotransmitter and prescribed a drug to treat him. What kind of professional was this most likely to be?

• a clinical psychologist
• a social worker
• a psychiatric social worker

*d. a psychiatrist

• What is the relationship between a presenting problem and a clinical description?

• Obtaining the patient’s clinical description is the first step in determining what the

patient’s presenting problem is.*b. Describing the patient’s presenting problem is the first step in determining the patient’s clinical description.

• The presenting problem refers to the current status of a distressed individual; the

clinical description refers to the treatment plan.

• The presenting problem refers to symptoms that last only a short time, whereas the

clinical description refers to symptoms that are chronic.

• Statistical data are relevant to researchers. For example, one major epidemiological study

found that about 7.8 percent of people in North America have had a mood disorder at some point in their lives and 3.7 percent have experienced a mood disorder over the past year. What do the 7.8 percent and 3.7 percent statistics refer to, respectively?

• incidence; prevalence
• incidence; recurrence
• proportion; prevalence

*d. prevalence; incidence

• Psychological disorders can be described as following a typical course or individual

pattern. Disorders that tend to last a long time follow one type of course, whereas disorders that show a discontinuous, recurrent pattern follow another type of course. What are these courses, respectively?

*a. chronic; episodic

• chronic; time-limited
• pervasive; time-limited
• insidious; recurrent

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