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Chapter 1: An Overview of Psychopathology and Changing

Conceptualizations of Mental Illness Test Bank Multiple Choice

• The study of mental illness is called ______.
• pathophysiology
• psychopathology
• pathology
• physiology

Ans: B

Learning Objective: 1.1: Describe the components and key considerations of psychopathology.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Defining Psychopathology and Understanding Its Components

Difficulty Level: Easy

• Dr. Alfonso investigates the cause of psychological disorders. Dr. Alfonso's field of

specialization is known as ______ psychology.

• abnormal
• developmental
• medical
• pathological

Ans: B

Learning Objective: 1.1: Describe the components and key considerations of psychopathology.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Defining Psychopathology and Understanding Its Components

Difficulty Level: Medium

• Dr. Badeaux describes her specialization as abnormal psychology. Dr. Carruthers

states that her field is psychopathology. Based on information provided in the text, it is MOST likely that Drs. Badeaux and Carruthers specialize in ______ field(s).

• different
• the same
• unrelated
• opposing

Ans: B

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Answer Location: Defining Psychopathology and Understanding Its Components

Difficulty Level: Medium

• During any given year, approximately ______ of the American population

experiences a diagnosable mental illness.

• 6%
• 11%
• 18%
• 24%

Ans: C

Learning Objective: 1.1: Describe the components and key considerations of psychopathology.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Impact of Mental Disorders

Difficulty Level: Easy

• Which term is used to refer to the negative attitudes and beliefs that sometimes

cause the general public to avoid those with mental illness?

• stigma
• charisma
• crenate
• achate

Ans: A

Learning Objective: 1.1: Describe the components and key considerations of psychopathology.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Stigma and Mental Disorders

Difficulty Level: Easy

• Compared to the loss of productivity and quality of life caused by such physical

diseases as cancer, the loss of productivity and quality of life caused by mental illnesses such as major depression is ______.

• somewhat less
• about the same
• greater
• much greater

Ans: C

Learning Objective: 1.1: Describe the components and key considerations of psychopathology.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Stigma and Mental Disorders

Difficulty Level: Difficult

• According to the MacArthur Foundation, which phrase BEST describes the proportion

of those hospitalized with mental illness who go on to commit violence with a gun?

• very few (less than 10%) Stuvia.com - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material

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• some (10% to 20%)
• about half (around 50%)
• most (over 55%)

Ans: A

Learning Objective: 1.1: Describe the components and key considerations of psychopathology.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Stigma and Mental Disorders

Difficulty Level: Easy

• George believes that people are generally caring and sympathetic toward people with

mental illness. However, he also believes that people with depression should just be able to think positive and snap out of it. This is BEST seen as an example of the

______.

• focus of the biopsychosocial approach to psychopathology
• adaptive value of traits related to psychopathology

c.relationship between culture and psychopathology

• tension in American attitudes toward mental illness

Ans: D

Learning Objective: 1.1: Describe the components and key considerations of psychopathology.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Stigma and Mental Disorders

Difficulty Level: Hard

• Based on the textbook’s discussion, Americans’ attitudes toward those with mental

illness are BEST described as ______.

• contradictory
• hostile
• indifferent
• sympathetic

Ans: A

Learning Objective: 1.1: Describe the components and key considerations of psychopathology.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Stigma and Mental Disorders

Difficulty Level: Hard

10.Stigma can be manifested through all of the following EXCEPT this:

• no longer treating an individual as a person but only as part of a group that is different
• believing that as a general rule, most individuals with mental illness show more

violence than that seen in the general population

• understanding that a behavior that might be acceptable in one culture could be seen

as “crazy” in another

• believing that a person can recover from a mental illness by willpower and spending

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