PYC4802
Assignment 2 Unique Assignment nr 671608
Assignment 02: Closing date 10 May 2021
Assignment 02 consists of 10 multiple-choice questions which count 100 marks. Examination
admission can be earned by handing in Assignment 01, 02, and 03 irrespective of the marks
you receive. Unfortunately, no extension can be granted for Assignment 02. 10% of your
marks from Assignment 02 will contribute towards your year mark.
Assignment 02 is based on your prescribed book, chapter 1 and Chapter 4:
Burke, A. et al. (2019). Understanding psychopathology: South African perspectives (3rd
ed.). Cape Town, South Africa: Oxford University Press Southern Africa.
ISBN: 13: 9780190722562
In order to do this assignment you are required to familiarise yourself with a different view on
mental health, mental wellness and abnormal psychology. Study the entire Chapter 4:
Abnormal Psychology from a Mental Wellness Perspective and answer the following 10
questions. 28
In order to do this assignment, you are required to familiarise yourself with alternative
worldviews to western aetiology models, in addition to a different view on mental health,
mental wellness and abnormal psychology. Study pages 3-76 of Chapter 1 and pages 107 –
115 of chapter 4: Western and African Aetiological Models, and the entire Chapter 4 (pp.
98-124): Abnormal Psychology from a Mental Wellness Perspective and answer the following
10 questions.
1. According to Burke et al. (2019), ethnocentrism…
(a) refers to judging other people from within one’s own cultural perspective.
(b) encourages cultural diversity and sensitivity.
(c) is an important challenge in understanding the role of culture, ethnicity and race in the
socio-political and economic development of diverse ethnic and cultural populations.
(d) is problematic when one views one’s own culture as superior to other cultures.
Choose the correct answer:
(1) (a), (b) and (c)
(2) (a), (b) and (d)
(3) (a), (c) and (d)
(4) (b), (c) and (d)
2. According to African Personality Theory:
(a) A person exists because of other people.
(b) There is a powerful being that supersedes all of us.
(c) Ancestors play a crucial role in people’s lives by communicating with God on behalf of the
living.
(d) The ‘spirit principle’ represents a soul that dies once outside the existence of the body.