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Abnormal Psychology, 6th Canadian Edition, Gordon Flett, Nancy Kocovski, Gerald Davison, John Neale (Test Bank All Chapter)

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Davison, Blankstein, Flett, Neale, Abnormal Psychology, 6th Canadian Edition Testbank

Chapter 1 Introduction: Definitional and Historical Considerations and Canada's Mental Health System

Question type: True/False

1) It is easy to remain objective when studying abnormal psychology.

Answer: False

Section Reference: Introduction

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour

Bloom’s: Comprehension

2) There is no single defining characteristic of abnormal behaviour.

Answer: True

Section Reference: What Is Abnormal Behaviour?

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour

Bloom’s: Comprehension

3) The Psy.D. approach is based on the scientist-practitioner model.

Answer: False

Section Reference: Focus on Discovery 1.1

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their treatment in Canada

Bloom’s: Comprehension

4) All psychologists would like to be able to prescribe medication.

Answer: False

Section Reference: What Is Abnormal Behaviour?

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their treatment in Canada

Bloom’s: Comprehension

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Davison, Blankstein, Flett, Neale, Abnormal Psychology, 6th Canadian Edition Testbank

5) Demons thought to cause abnormal behaviour could be released by trepanning.

Answer: True

Section Reference: Early Demonology

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuries

Bloom’s: Knowledge

6) Hippocrates believed that abnormal behaviour was the result of brain pathology.

Answer: True

Section Reference: Somatogenesis

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuries

Bloom’s: Knowledge

7) In the Middle Ages, mental illness was often mistaken for witchcraft.

Answer: True

Section Reference: Witchcraft and Mental Illness

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuries

Bloom’s: Knowledge

8) Pinel was the first to remove chains from the mentally ill in asylums.

Answer: False

Section Reference: Moral Treatment

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuries

Bloom’s: Comprehension

9) Today more care is provided in psychiatric units of general hospitals than in psychiatric hospitals.

Answer: True

Section Reference: Canadian Perspectives 1.2 3 / 4

Davison, Blankstein, Flett, Neale, Abnormal Psychology, 6th Canadian Edition Testbank

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their treatment in Canada

Bloom’s: Knowledge

10) The most recent research data shows that stays in psychiatric hospitals in Canada are typically longer than in psychiatric units of general hospitals.

Answer: False

Section Reference: Canadian Perspectives 1.2

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their treatment in Canada

Bloom’s: Knowledge

11) Mesmer believed that one person could change another’s behaviour.

Answer: True

Section Reference: Psychogenesis

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuries

Bloom’s: Comprehension

12) Lobotomies were never performed in Canada.

Answer: False

Section Reference: Canadian Perspectives 1.3

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: 1.2 Compare the history of psychopathology across centuries

Bloom’s: Knowledge

13) Mental illness can affect anyone.

Answer: True

Section Reference: Current Attitudes Toward People with Psychological Disorders

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: 1.1 Understand what constitutes abnormal behaviour

Bloom’s: Knowledge

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