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Test Bank for Abnormal Psychology 6th Canadian Edition by Flett Chapter 2

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Test Bank for Abnormal Psychology 6th Canadian Edition by Flett Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Current Paradigms and Integrative Approaches Question type: True/False 1) When you adopt a paradigm to understand the world, you are being completely objective. Answer: False Section Reference: 2.1 The Role of...

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Test Bank for Abnormal Psychology 6th Canadian Edition by Flett Chapter 2
Chapter 2
Current Paradigms and Integrative Approaches

Question type: True/False

1) When you adopt a paradigm to understand the world, you are being completely objective.

Answer: False

Section Reference: 2.1 The Role of Paradigms
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 2.1 Explain what a paradigm is and the role of paradigms.
Bloom’s: Comprehension

2) The biological paradigm adopts the stance that mental illness is the result of physical illness.

Answer: False

Section Reference: 2.2 The Biological Paradigm
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 2.2 Describe the biological paradigm and how it is studied.
Bloom’s: Knowledge

3) The biological paradigm adopts the stance that mental illness is the result of a disturbance of
a biological process.

Answer: True

Section Reference: 2.2 The Biological Paradigm
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 2.2 Describe the biological paradigm and how it is studied.
Bloom’s: Knowledge

4) The phenotype changes over time; the genotype does not.

Answer: True

Section Reference: 2.2 The Biological Paradigm
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 2.2 Describe the biological paradigm and how it is studied.

,Bloom’s: Comprehension

5) Dizygotic twins share more genetic material than any other sibling pair, but less than
monozygotic twins.

Answer: False

Section Reference: 2.2 The Biological Paradigm
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 2.2 Describe the biological paradigm and how it is studied.
Bloom’s: Knowledge

6) Researchers in the area of molecular genetics often think that disorders are due to gene-
environment interactions.

Answer: True

Section Reference: 2.2 The Biological Paradigm
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 2.2 Describe the biological paradigm and how it is studied.
Bloom’s: Knowledge

7) Resilient children often struggle the most with mental illness.

Answer: False

Section Reference: 2.2 The Biological Paradigm
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 2.2 Describe the biological paradigm and how it is studied.
Bloom’s: Comprehension

8) Problems with reuptake explain most neurotransmitter imbalances.

Answer: False

Section Reference: 2.2 The Biological Paradigm
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 2.2 Describe the biological paradigm and how it is studied.
Bloom’s: Comprehension

,9) Norepinephrine is implicated in both mania and anxiety.

Answer: True

Section Reference: 2.2 The Biological Paradigm
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 2.2 Describe the biological paradigm and how it is studied.
Bloom’s: Knowledge

10) Because we know so much about mental illness, doctors can easily prescribe the correct
medication to treat disorders.

Answer: False

Section Reference: 2.2 The Biological Paradigm
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 2.2 Describe the biological paradigm and how it is studied.
Bloom’s: Knowledge

11) According to the behavioural perspective, mental illness is learned much like any other
behaviour.

Answer: True

Section Reference: 2.3 The Cognitive-Behavioural Paradigm
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 2.3 List the key assumptions of the cognitive-behavioural paradigm.
Bloom’s: Comprehension

12) Classical conditioning offers a good explanation for how fears develop.

Answer: True

Section Reference: 2.3 The Cognitive-Behavioural Paradigm
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 2.3 List the key assumptions of the cognitive-behavioural paradigm.
Bloom’s: Comprehension

13) Positive reinforcement increases behaviour; negative reinforcement reduces or eliminates

, behaviour.

Answer: False

Section Reference: 2.3 The Cognitive-Behavioural Paradigm
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 2.3 List the key assumptions of the cognitive-behavioural paradigm.
Bloom’s: Analysis

14) Behaviour therapy and behaviour modification are the same thing.

Answer: True

Section Reference: 2.3 The Cognitive-Behavioural Paradigm
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: 2.3 List the key assumptions of the cognitive-behavioural paradigm.
Bloom’s: Knowledge

15) Bandura’s most famous research is his work on self-efficacy.

Answer: False

Section Reference: Canadian Contributions 2.1
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 2.3 List the key assumptions of the cognitive-behavioural paradigm.
Bloom’s: Knowledge

16) Operant conditioning works well as a treatment for children with depression.

Answer: False

Section Reference: 2.3 The Cognitive-Behavioural Paradigm
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 2.3 List the key assumptions of the cognitive-behavioural paradigm.
Bloom’s: Comprehension

17) When we are faced with new information, we try to fit into existing schema.

Answer: True

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