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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