Test jBank jfor jAbnormal jPsychology j8th jEdition jby jBarlow
1. According jto jthe jauthors jof jyour jtextbook, jthe jdefinition jof ja jpsychological jdisorder jis jassociated jwith
a. stress.
b. Impaired jfunctioning.
c. Culturally jexpected jresponses.
d. Psychotic
jsymptoms.jANSWER:
b jDIFFICULTY:
j Easy
REFERENCES: jUnderstanding jPsychopathology
LEARNING jOBJECTIVES: jABNO.DURA.16. jAPA1.1a j- jIdentify jbasic jbiological, jpsychological, jand jsocial
jcomponents jof jbehavioral jexplanations j(e.g., jinferences, jobservations, joperational jdefinitions,
jinterpretation)
OTHER: TYPE: jFactual
2. A jpsychological jdysfunction jrefers jto
a. A jbreakdown jin jcognitive jfunctioning.
b. A jbreakdown jin jemotional jfunctioning.
c. A jbreakdown jin jbehavioral jfunctioning.
d. Any jof jthese.
ANSWER: d
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: Understanding jPsychopathology
LEARNING jOBJECTIVES: jABNO.DURA.16. jAPA1.1a-Identifybasicbiological, jpsychological, jand jsocial jcomponents
jofjbehavioral jexplanations j(e.g., jinferences, jobservations, joperational jdefinitions,
jinterpretation)
OTHER: TYPE: jFactual
NOTES: NEW
3. Regarding jthe jdefinition jof jabnormality, jit jis jcorrect jto jstate jthat
a. It jis jdifficult jto jdefine j“normal” jand j“abnormal.”
b. abnormalitydependssolelyon jsubjectivedistress.
c. thedefinition jisuniversalacrosscultures.
d. thecriteriadifferdependingon jwhether jtheindividualhasapsychologicaldisorderorapsychological
jdysfunction.
ANSWER: a
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: UnderstandingPsychopathology
LEARNING jOBJECTIVES:ABNO.DURA.16.APA1.1a-Identifybasicbiological,psychological,andsocialcomponents
jofbehavioralexplanations(e.g., jinferences,observations,operational jdefinitions, jinterpretation)
OTHER: TYPE:Conceptual
,a. behavior jthatoccurs jinfrequentlyisconsidered jabnormalin jeveryculture.
b. theatypicalbehaviormustalsocauseharmor jimpairment jto jbeconsideredabnormal.
, c. behaviorsvary
jverylittlefromone
jindividualto
janotherwithineac
hjculture.
d. manypeoplebehavej
in jways
jthatdeviatefromth
ejaverage,
jbutthisdoesn’tmea
jn
jthattheyhaveadiso
rjder.
ANSWER: d
DIFFICULTY: Difficult
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