Question 1

The approach to therapy for mental illness in which a person pays a psychotherapist for services is called:

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A)   sociological therapy.
B)   the medical approach.
C)   private psychotherapy.
D)   the community mental health approach.

Question 2

When behavior prevents a person from participating in ordinary social interactions, that behavior is said to be:

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A)   deviant.
B)   dangerous.
C)   distressing.
D)   dysfunctional.

Question 3

A researcher spends 15 hours or more each day conducting experiments or doing library reading and recording observations on color-coded index cards. This person lives alone in the country but doesn't interfere with others' lives. The BEST description of the researcher's behavior is that it is:

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A)   eccentric.
B)   abnormal.
C)   dangerous.
D)   dysfunctional.

Question 4

The ancient operation in which a stone instrument was used to cut away a circular section of the skull is called:

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A)   exorcism.
B)   shaman.
C)   couvade.
D)   trephination.

Question 5

Which statement LEAST supports the somatogenic view of abnormal behavior?

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A)   Hypnotism has helped people give up smoking.
B)   Alcoholism tends to run in families.
C)   People with Lyme disease often have psychological symptoms.
D)   Most people with depression are helped with medication.

Question 6

Which statement is true about the four Ds of abnormality?

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A)   Most clinicians agree on what qualifies under each of the four Ds.
B)   Every culture has generally identical criteria of what constitutes abnormality.
C)   An individual can be diagnosed with a mental illness only if all four Ds are present.
D)   None of the four Ds is, by itself, an adequate gauge of psychological abnormality.

Question 7

The asylums of the 1500s were originally:

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A)   churches and parishes.
B)   privately owned homes.
C)   hospitals and monasteries.
D)   prisons and government offices.

Question 8

A physician who offers psychotherapy is called a:

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A)   psychiatrist.
B)   clinical psychologist.
C)   psychodiagnostician.
D)   psychoanalyst.

Question 9

Deviant behavior is behavior that:

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A)   is illegal.
B)   violates the society's norms.
C)   is dangerous to self or others.
D)   causes dysfunction in the individual's life.

Question 10

Hippocrates' model of mental illness can be described as:

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A)   psychiatric.
B)   somatogenic.
C)   psychogenic.
D)   supernatural.

Question 11

College students who drink so much that it interferes with their lives, health, and academic careers are often not diagnosed as engaging in abnormal behavior because:

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A)   the behavior is not illegal.
B)   they are just considered eccentric.
C)   they don't harm anyone but themselves.
D)   drinking is considered part of college culture.

Question 12

Discuss the contributions of three individuals to the treatment of abnormal psychology. Include the time period and location where each lived. Also include how this person's contributions helped shaped current views and treatments for abnormal behavior.

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Question 13

Which term is NOT used to describe behavior that is psychologically abnormal?

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A)   Psychopathology
B)   Emotional disturbance
C)   Mental instability
D)   Mental illness

Question 14

Freud believed that all functioning, normal and abnormal, originates from:

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A)   one's underlying biological makeup.
B)   unconscious psychological processes.
C)   the internal battle between good and evil.
D)   conscious internal drives and moral external forces.

Question 15

According to Jerome Frank, all forms of therapy have three essential features: a sufferer who seeks relief, a trained and socially accepted healer, and a(n) :

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A)   clinical diagnosis.
B)   period of remission.
C)   acceptance of a higher power.
D)   series of contacts between the sufferer and the healer.

Question 16

According to research (Weeks, 2015)  conducted on eccentric people, which statement is TRUE?

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A)   They have fewer emotional problems than the general population.
B)   They know they are different and usually wish to be more like others around them.
C)   They visit their physicians, on average, once every three months.
D)   Most are unhappy, malcontented individuals who feel that life treats them very badly.

Question 17

Suppose a friend says to you, "I feel overwhelmed today, and I don't know why. You're taking abnormal psych-what do you think?" If, after a conversation, your friend feels better about things, have you provided psychological therapy? Why or why not? Include the essential features of therapy in your answer.

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Question 18

According to ancient views of abnormality, if a standard exorcism failed to rid a person of abnormal behaviors, which step would be taken?

Accepted Answer

A)   The shaman would perform a more extreme exorcism, such as whipping or starving the person.
B)   The person would be burned alive because he or she was believed to be "beyond saving."
C)   The person would be cast out of the society with no means for survival.
D)   The person would be accepted by society as being a marked child of "God," and the abnormal behavior would be celebrated.

Question 19

Tarantism and lycanthropy are examples of:

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A)   exorcism.
B)   mass madness.
C)   physical pathology causing mental illness.
D)   disorders that were treated with trephination.

Question 20

Which term BEST completes this statement: Judgments of abnormality depend on _____ as well as on cultural norms.

Accepted Answer

A)   geography
B)   specific circumstances
C)   politics
D)   our health care system

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