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Test Bank for Abnormal Psychology 6th Canadian Edition by Flett Chapter 1

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Test Bank for Abnormal Psychology 6th Canadian Edition by Flett Chapter 1 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 R...

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Test Bank for Abnormal Psychology 6th Canadian Edition by Flett Chapter 1

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 behavior
Bloom’s: Comprehension

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

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

,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

,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

, 14) Most people with psychological disorders can never be cured of their illness.

Answer: False

Section Reference: The Public Perception
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: 1.5 Describe the issues and challenges in the delivery of psychotherapy
Bloom’s: Analysis

15) The media shapes our perception of the dangerousness of people with mental illness.

Answer: True

Section Reference: Anti-Stigma Campaigns
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.3 Describe current attitudes toward people with psychological disorders,
including how stigma and self-stigma are potential barriers to help-seeking
Bloom’s: Comprehension

16) Most Canadians see mental health issues as separate from medical problems.

Answer: False

Section Reference: Mental Health Literacy
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their treatment in Canada
Bloom’s: Comprehension

17) Anxiety Disorders carry the heaviest burden.

Answer: False

Section Reference: Cost of Mental Health Problems
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.4 Describe mental health problems and their treatment in Canada
Bloom’s: Comprehension

18) Psychological treatment is fully covered by Medicare.

Answer: False

Section Reference: Transformations in Canada’s Mental Health System – Romanow Report

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