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, TABLE OF CONTENTSPreface................................................................................................................................iv
Chapter 1: Abnormal Behaviour in Historical Context....................................................1-1
Chapter 2: An Integrative Approach to Psychopathology................................................2-1
Chapter 3: Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis................................................................3-1
Chapter 4: Research Methods...........................................................................................4-1
Chapter 5: Anxiety, Trauma-Related, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders.................5-1
Chapter 6: Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders...............................................6-1
Chapter 7: Mood Disorders and Suicide...........................................................................7-1
Chapter 8: Eating and Sleep-Wake Disorders..................................................................8-1
Chapter 9: Physical Disorders and Health Psychology ...................................................9-1
Chapter 10: Sexual Dysfunctions, Paraphilic Disorders, and Gender Dysphoria..........10-1
Chapter 11: Substance-Related, Addictive, and Impulse-Control Disorders.................11-1
Chapter 12: Personality Disorders..................................................................................12-1
Chapter 13: Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders...........................13-1
Chapter 14: Neurodevelopmental Disorders..................................................................14-1
Chapter 15: Neurocognitive Disorders...........................................................................15-1
Chapter 16: Mental Health Services: Legal and Ethical Issues......................................16-1
,Chapter 1: Abnormal Behaviour in Historical Context
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. When using the psychological disorder criteria, when would an individual be assessed as having a
cognitive dysfunction?
a. when his or her thought processes are totally out of touch with reality
b. when he or she is extremely distressed
c. when his or her behaviour violates social norms
d. when he or she avoids interactions with other people
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: 3 BLM: Higher Order
2. George, a male college student, began feeling sad and lonely. Although he is still able to go to classes
and work at his job, George finds himself feeling down much of the time and he worries about what is
happening to him. Which part of the definition of abnormality applies to his situation?
a. personal distress
b. lack of social support
c. impaired functioning
d. violation of societal norms
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: 3 BLM: Higher Order
3. Frank drinks three bottles of wine each day and believes he would be fine if people would just “mind
their own business.” Which criterion for abnormality is absent from this scenario?
a. objective harm to others
b. personal distress
c. maladaptiveness
d. qualitative uniqueness
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: 4 BLM: Higher Order
4. Popular musician Lady Gaga has performed with blood spurting out of her clothes. Why might having
blood spurt from her clothes be considered abnormal?
a. because her behaviour demonstrates a sense of subjective discomfort
b. because she has an inability to distinguish right from wrong
c. because it is a deviation from the what is typical in her society
d. because she shows an inability to function effectively
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: 5 BLM: Higher Order
5. In most Western societies, what happens when a person enters a trance state and believes he or she is
possessed?
a. The person is believed to be suffering from a psychotic disorder.
b. The person is diagnosed with a dissociative disorder
, c. The person may be viewed as having a psychological disorder, depending on their cultural
background.
d. The person can be cured with antipsychotic medication.
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: 5 BLM: Higher Order
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