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Abnormal Psychology explores the scientific study of psychological disorders, their symptoms, causes, and treatments. The course examines a range of mental health conditions, such as anxiety disorders, mood disorders, schizophrenia, personality disorders, and neurodevelopmental disorders, drawing on contemporary diagnostic criteria and theoretical perspectives. Students will gain insight into the historical evolution of abnormality concepts, the impact of cultural and societal factors, and the latest research in etiology and evidence-based interventions. Through case studies and real-world examples, the course emphasizes critical thinking and challenges stereotypes and misconceptions about mental illness.
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Abnormal Psychology An Integrative Approach 8th Edition by David H. Barlow
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Chapter 1: Abnormal Behavior in Historical Context
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Q1) According to psychoanalytic theory, the role of the ego involves
A) counteracting the aggressive and sexual drives of the id.
B) maximizing pleasure and reducing tension.
C) mediating conflict between the id and the superego.
D) utilizing fantasy and primary process thinking.
Answer: C
Q2) In contrast to the asylums of the early 18th century, the psychosocial approach called "moral therapy" advocated all of the following EXCEPT
A) restraint and seclusion.
B) normal social interaction.
C) individual attention from the hospital staff.
D) lectures on interesting subjects for hospitalized patients.
Answer: A
Q3) Gender differences observed in the prevalence of many personality disorders may be due to
A) tolerance of behavior in a culture.
B) differences in help-seeking behavior.
C) gender bias on the part of the diagnosing clinician.
D) all of the above.
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: An Integrative Approach to Psychopathology
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Q1) Consider the causes of depression. Provide one possible explanation/example from each of the following influences: social, biological, behavioral, and emotional/cognitive.
Answer: Answers can vary significantly. An answer is correct if it differentiates the causes correctly by the four aspects of the multidimensional model. Social influences could include a stressful life event, death in the family, etc. Biological influences could include genetic vulnerability, traumatic brain injury, etc. Behavioral influences could include a tendency not seek social support or an unwillingness to go to a therapist for treatment. Finally, emotional/cognitive influences can include things such as rumination or thinking only about sad events, etc.
Q2) Explain the principle of equifinality and its use in developmental psychopathology. Answer: Equifinality indicates that a number of paths to a given outcome must be considered, for example, a hallucinatory syndrome may be the result of schizophrenia or the result of taking LSD. The different paths can also be the result of the interaction of psychological and biological factors during various stages of development.
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Chapter 3: Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis
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Q1) Which of the following is an accurate statement about the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)?
A) Most psychologists interpret responses to the TAT cards in the same way.
B) High inter-rater reliability exists among those administering the test.
C) The TAT is used as a diagnostic test because validity is high.
D) Many clinicians use the TAT to encourage people to talk more openly about their lives.
Answer: D
Q2) Why would a doctor order a PET scan? How does a PET scan work?
Answer: PET scans are images of brain functioning and are often used when diagnosing brain trauma or early Alzheimer's. PET scans work when a tracer substance is attached to radioactive isotopes. The substance interacts with blood, oxygen, and glucose rushes to active areas of the brain. The location of the isotopes are then imaged, measured and compared with uninjured brains.
Q3) Observing appearance and behavior during a mental status exam
A) is simply done to give the appearance that the clinician is paying attention.
B) rarely yields useful information.
C) can yield clues regarding the presence of certain disorders.
D) may just confuse the diagnostic process.
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Research Methods
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Q1) Provide definitions for the terms hypothesis, independent variable, dependent variable, and confound. Discuss how you could use a control group and randomization to ensure that the results of an experiment are accurate.
Q2) Write a testable and untestable hypothesis. Explain each.
Q3) Jessie is the first person to contract a new virus by drinking unsafe water. How are psychologists most likely to study Jessie's health in the next year?
A) Randomized control trial
B) Clinical trial
C) Correlational study
D) Case study
Q4) The two most frequently used methods in prevention research for examining psychopathology across time are
A) longitudinal and case study.
B) case study and experimental.
C) longitudinal and cross-sectional.
D) experimental and cross-sectional.
Q5) Describe the procedures of the cross-sectional and longitudinal research methods. What are the uses and limitations of each of these methods?
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Chapter 5: Anxiety, Trauma and Stressor-Related, and
Obsessive-Compulsive
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Q1) D-cycloserine is a drug that seems to act to work in the
A) amygdala to diminish anxiety.
B) hippocampus to reduce the memory of anxiety.
C) hypothalamus to produce homeostasis.
D) thalamus to decrease sensory signals of anxiety.
Q2) Although the "alarm reactions" experienced in both PTSD and panic disorder are very similar and result in conditioned responses, in panic disorder the alarm is .
A) false
B) real
C) stronger
D) weaker
Q3) The overall prevalence for body dysmorphic disorder in the general population is about .
A) 2.2%
B) 4.7%
C) 7.9%
D) 10.3%
Q4) Why do anxiety conditions differ from person to person?
Q5) Discuss the different types of specific phobias and how they are acquired.
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Chapter 6: Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders and Dissociative
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Q1) In dissociative identity disorder, the "host" personality is usually the one that A) is the most aggressive of the personalities. B) asks for treatment and becomes the patient. C) earns income for the individual. D) is sexually provocative.
Q2) Women are more likely than men to be diagnosed with Somatic Symptom Disorder. Why do you think that this is the case?
Q3) The disorder in which more than one distinct personality exists within one individual was changed from multiple personality disorder to ___________ in the DSM-IV.
A) dissociative identity disorder
B) dissociative trance disorder
C) schizophrenia
D) multiple personality disorder
Q4) Compare and contrast depersonalization-derealization disorder and dissociative amnesia.
Q5) How might medical doctors help alleviate dissociative disorders in their patients in their normal course of duty?
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Q6) Discuss the controversy surrounding false memories.
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Chapter 7: Mood Disorders and Suicide
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Q1) Although electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been a controversial issue for decades, it is an effective treatment for depression especially when
A) patients cannot afford antidepressant medication.
B) patient response to antidepressant medication is poor.
C) symptoms of depression are mild.
D) a manic-depressive patient is currently experiencing a manic episode.
Q2) A person who experiences a persistent depressed mood for at least 2 years but is not experiencing major depression may have
A) persistent depressive disorder.
B) cyclothymic disorder.
C) bipolar disorder.
D) double depression.
Q3) When used in connection with mood disorders, "flight of ideas" means A) anxiety about airplane travel.
B) rapid speech expressing many exciting ideas at once.
C) limited imagination reflected in a slow way of speaking.
D) repression of all creative ideas.
Q4) Discuss the symptoms, causes and treatments for seasonal affective disorder.
Q5) Describe how Cognitive Behavior Therapy works for depression.
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Chapter 8: Eating and Sleep-Wake Disorders
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Q1) A recent study (Stokes & Preston, 2015), suggests that obesity:
A) is less problematic than previously thought.
B) is less common than previously thought.
C) is more dangerous to other health outcomes than previously thought.
D) is related to hormones.
Q2) Sleep research suggests that
A) REM sleep is related to depression.
B) sleep abnormalities follow clinical depression.
C) sleep problems don't predict who is at risk for later mood disorders.
D) sleep deprivation has permanent antidepressant effects on some people.
Q3) Weight reduction efforts by girls tend to result in .
A) overall weight loss
B) overall weight gain
C) no change in weight
D) stunted growth
Q4) Seriously obese adolescents are most likely to lose weight with A) the use of medications.
B) the use of behavioral treatments.
C) the combination of medications and behavioral treatments.
D) the use of surgery.
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Chapter 9: Physical Disorders and Health Psychology
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Q1) The "natural" opioids called endorphins or enkephalins act like neurotransmitters to A) increase awareness of pain.
B) shut down the sensation of pain.
C) cause a "natural" addiction.
D) relieve the pain caused by a heroin overdose.
Q2) Injury prevention programs have proven effective in teaching children about all of the following EXCEPT A) escaping fires.
B) crossing streets.
C) riding bikes safely.
D) properly extinguishing cigarettes.
Q3) In 1936 Canadian researcher Hans Selye discovered that giving injections to laboratory rats caused them to develop ulcers. His finding led to a new area of study called
A) stress physiology.
B) stress psychology.
C) animal psychology.
D) psychosomatic pathology.
Q4) Discuss the relationship between stress, immune function, and illness.
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Chapter 10: Sexual Dysfunctions, Paraphilic Disorders and Gender Dysphoria
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Q1) Data from research studies on gender differences in human sexuality reflect all of the following themes EXCEPT
A) men masturbate more than women.
B) men are more permissive about casual premarital sex than women.
C) men are less accepting about homosexuality than women.
D) men and women value sexual satisfaction equally.
Q2) Children or young adults who experience sexual victimization are
A) no more likely to experience sexual dysfunction as adults than anyone else.
B) more likely to experience sexual dysfunction as adults if they are females.
C) more likely to experience sexual dysfunction as adults if they are males.
D) more likely to experience sexual dysfunction as adults.
Q3) Happily married couples typically report
A) occasional sexual dysfunction that does not result in sexual dissatisfaction.
B) occasional sexual dysfunction that is associated with sexual dissatisfaction.
C) very little sexual dysfunction.
D) sexual dysfunction on the part of women but not men.
Q4) Describe the evidence for the genetic and/or biological basis for homosexuality as well as the evidence for the environmental influences on sexual preference.
Q5) What does the research suggest about frequency of sex in older adults?
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Chapter 11: Substance-Related, Addictive, and Impulse-Control Disorders
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Q1) Which of the following is an accurate statement concerning marijuana use and abuse?
A) Paranoia and hallucinations can occur.
B) Tolerance develops rapidly.
C) Substance Use Disorders can occur with even occasional use.
D) Marijuana is free of carcinogens.
Q2) Minerva was extremely anxious and worried about everything. She thought that something terrible would happen and worried what people thought about her. Her doctor most likely prescribed to help her.
A) an opiate
B) an anticonvulsant
C) a sedative
D) an antidepressant
Q3) Research on changes in Korean drug use patterns suggests that
A) cultural norms can override biological factors that inhibit alcohol use.
B) cultural norms cannot override biological factors that inhibit alcohol use.
C) personality factors contribute to substance use.
D) all of these.
Q4) Discuss some of the racial differences in binge drinking. What do you think accounts for these differences?
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Chapter 12: Personality Disorders
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Q1) One reason why individuals with narcissistic personality disorder tend to become depressed at times is that they
A) become upset when their intimate relationships fail.
B) seldom live up to their unrealistic expectations of themselves.
C) are overly sensitive to the pain of others.
D) have faulty serotonin circuits.
Q2) Which of the following characteristics is NOT associated with Dependent Personality Disorder?
A) Timidity
B) Extroversion
C) Passiveness
D) Subversiveness
Q3) In the U.S., the prevalence of a diagnosable personality disorder is estimated to be around adults.
A) 1 out of every 10
B) 1 out of every 100
C) 50 out of every 1000
D) 75 out of every 1000
Q4) Discuss how cultural factors impact the development of Paranoid Personality Disorder.
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Chapter 13: Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
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Q1) Which of the following statements reflects "circumstantial evidence" for the dopamine theory of schizophrenia?
A) Antipsychotic drugs (neuroleptics) act as dopamine agonists, increasing the amount of dopamine in the brain.
B) Antipsychotic drugs (neuroleptics) can produce symptoms similar to those of Parkinson's disease (a disorder <sup>du</sup><sup>e</sup><sup> </sup><sup>t</sup><sup>o</sup><sup> insufficien</sup><sup>t</sup><sup> </sup><sup>dopamine).</sup>
C) The drug L-dopa, a dopamine agonist, is used to treat schizophrenic symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease.
D) Amphetamines, which activate dopamine, can lessen psychotic symptoms in people with schizophrenia.
Q2) Which of the following defines the persecutory type of delusional disorder?
A) Believing that one is loved by an important person or celebrity
B) Falsely believing that one's sexual partner is unfaithful
C) Believing in one's inflated worth, identity, or special relationship
D) Believing one is being malevolently treated in some way
Q3) Discuss the psychotic disorders that can be diagnosed other than schizophrenia.
Q4) Identify and define the three subtypes of Schizophrenia.
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Chapter 14: Neurodevelopmental Disorders
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Q1) The reason that "onset prior to age 18" is part of the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for intellectual disability is that
A) the diagnosis indicates that the individual was affected during the developmental period.
B) the diagnosis is not intended to include individuals who have suffered any form of brain damage.
C) the diagnosis has legal implications for children.
D) this diagnosis is reserved for children; other diagnostic terms are applied once the mentally retarded individual reaches the age of 18.
Q2) The diagnostic criteria for intellectual disability include an assessment of adaptive functioning because an IQ score is
A) not a measure of intelligence.
B) an insufficient measure of impairment.
C) is not adjusted statistically for people of different ages.
D) score is always highly inaccurate.
Q3) Your text discusses the racial differences in the diagnoses of Specific Learning Disorder. Based on what you learned about diagnosis, describe likely causes for these differences:
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Chapter 15: Neurocognitive Disorders
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Q1) Which of the following individuals is MOST likely to develop delirium?
A) Joe (age 76) takes multiple medications for various medical conditions. Two new medications have just been prescribed for him, and he has already made a mistake taking the first dose.
B) Jean (age 89) is in good physical and mental health. This morning, she has a little bit of a head cold, but has not yet taken any medication for it.
C) Mark (age 12) woke up with a low-grade fever from the viral infection that has been going around his class this past week.
D) Sarah (age 40) was in a minor car accident but claims to feel fine.
Q2) Neurocognitive disorder due to Alzheimer's disease is characterized by
A) multiple cognitive deficits that progress over time.
B) a few severe cognitive deficits that develop gradually and steadily.
C) multiple cognitive deficits that develop quickly.
D) a few severe cognitive deficits that develop quickly.
Q3) Which of the following groups is likely to show delirium?
A) Older adults
B) AIDS patients
C) Cancer patients
D) All of these
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Chapter 16: Mental Health Services
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Q1) Which of the following is a FALSE statement in regard to prediction of dangerousness?
A) Mental health professionals can predict with certainty if a particular person will become violent.
B) Generally speaking, people with a previous history of violence are more likely to be dangerous than individuals without a past history of violence.
C) Generally speaking, substance abusers are more likely to be violent than those individuals without a history of drug or alcohol dependence.
D) Research suggests that mental health professionals are better at determining relative risk than determining dangerousness on a case-by-case basis.
Q2) The "sexual psychopath laws" that were passed in the mid-1900s provided for A) an indefinite period of hospitalization for sex offenders.
B) an indefinite prison term for sex offenders.
C) both of these.
D) neither of these.
Q3) Discuss the concept of competence to stand trial and its implications for dealing with a person who is mentally ill and has committed a crime.
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