Abnormal Psychology
Textbook Exam Questions
Course Introduction
Abnormal Psychology explores the nature, causes, and treatment of psychological disorders. The course examines various mental health conditions, including mood, anxiety, personality, psychotic, and neurodevelopmental disorders. Students learn about diagnostic criteria, assessment methods, and theoretical perspectives including biological, psychological, and sociocultural approaches to understanding abnormal behavior. Emphasis is also placed on the historical development of mental health care, the stigma associated with psychological disorders, and ethical considerations in assessment and treatment. Throughout the course, real-world case studies and current research are used to illustrate the complexities of diagnosis and intervention in abnormal psychology.
Recommended Textbook
Theories of Personality 10th Edition by
Richard M. Ryckman
Available Study Resources on Quizplus 15 Chapters
1256 Verified Questions
1256 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/study-set/1855 Page 2
Chapter 1: Studying Personality: Assessment, research, and Theory
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
69 Verified Questions
69 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/37079
Sample Questions
Q1) Learned habits and response systems are attributed to A) Jung.
B) Watson.
C) Skinner.
D) Freud.
Answer: C
Q2) The Thematic Apperception Test is a(n)____________ test.
A) valid and reliable
B) objective
C) projective
D) multiple-choice
Answer: C
Q3) John Watson formed the movement called existentialism.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) Freud is known as the founder of psychoanalysis.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 3
Chapter 2: Sigmund Freud: Psychoanalysis
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
83 Verified Questions
83 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/37080
Sample Questions
Q1) For Freud,penis envy
A) suggests that a girl or woman has a defective brain.
B) suggests that a girl or woman can never be fully developed until she has a female child.
C) suggests that a girl has a defective or poorly developed superego.
D) suggests that boys have an inferiority complex, more so than girls.
Answer: C
Q2) According to Melanie Klein,in object relations theory
A) a baby views their world through spatial relationships.
B) a baby views their world from a confused state of mind.
C) a baby sees their world as either satisfying or hostile (when satisfaction is denied).
D) a baby views their world based on physical development and maturation.
Answer: C
Q3) __________ instincts are necessary for survival,according to Freud.
A) Sexual
B) Life
C) Libido
D) Habitual
Answer: B
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Page 4
Chapter 3: Carl Jung: Analytical Psychology
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
90 Verified Questions
90 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/37081
Sample Questions
Q1) For Jung,the ultimate goal in life is the realization of the self.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) For Jung,the conscious level is the part of the psyche called the A) ego.
B) id.
C) superego.
D) All the answers.
Answer: A
Q3) Freud viewed human beings as victims of the past,while Jung believed that we are shaped by both past and future events in our lives.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) To Jung,the libido represented psychic energy,whereas for Freud,the libido was sexual energy.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Page 5
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 4: Alfred Adler: Individual Psychology
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
85 Verified Questions
85 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/37082
Sample Questions
Q1) Research has shown that children who are neglected by their parents score high on the ____ scale of the MMPI.
A) paranoia
B) social introversion
C) depression
D) hysteria
Q2) Adler's thinking and theory have been criticized as
A) inconsistent and unsystematic, with many gaps and unanswered questions.
B) rigid and exclusive, requiring total allegiance or complete rejection.
C) too complicated for any but specialists to understand.
D) so close to Freud that no significant differences are apparent.
Q3) Research has been conducted on Adler's ideas about A) dreams.
B) social interest.
C) birth order.
D) all of the answers
Q4) Demonstrate your understanding of the concept of compensation by defining this term and giving a real-life example for a young child.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 6
Chapter 5: Karen Horney: Neurotic Needs and Trends
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
82 Verified Questions
82 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/37083
Sample Questions
Q1) All of the following are neurotic needs except A) basic anxiety.
B) power.
C) admiration.
D) exploitation.
Q2) In Horney's view,the Oedipus complex for women
A) results in conflict between dependence on one's parents and hostility toward them.
B) does not exist.
C) is biologically based.
D) results from non-acceptance of their womanhood.
Q3) According to Horney,one self- protective device used to cope with basic anxiety is A) to create feelings of loss and regret.
B) to manifest physical symptoms of pain.
C) to withdraw from people, psychologically.
D) to act out sexually.
Q4) Karen Horney was never married and had no children.
A)True
B)False
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 7
Chapter 6: Erik Erikson: Identity Theory
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
83 Verified Questions
83 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/37084
Sample Questions
Q1) Compare and contrast Erikson's trust versus mistrust stage of psychosocial development with Freud's oral stage of psychosexual development,which both theorists believe occurs during the first year of life.What are two areas in which these theories are similar and what are two areas in which they appear to be dissimilar?
Q2) One of Erikson's most important contributions to personality theory is his concept of A) organ inferiority.
B) traits as the building blocks of personality.
C) archetypes of the unconscious.
D) personality development across the lifespan.
Q3) Erikson argued that we are not entirely governed by innate biological factors at work in the stages of development,although they are relatively important. A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain the differences between the first four stages of psychosocial development and the last four stages.Give a real-life example for each of these stages.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 7: Gordon Allport: Motivation and Personality
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
87 Verified Questions
87 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/37085
Sample Questions
Q1) Propriate motives are
A) too simple to be considered part of the human personality.
B) genetically determined.
C) general for all individuals.
D) necessary to the ego.
Q2) One unusual assessment technique used by Allport was
A) self-appraisal.
B) conduct sampling.
C) the personal-document approach.
D) dream analysis.
Q3) Allport believed the best way to obtain reliable information on adult personality is through
A) correlational approaches.
B) laboratory experiments.
C) asking people to describe themselves.
D) projective techniques.
Q4) Allport believed psychoanalysis probed too deeply into the unconscious and more attention needs to be focused to conscious or visible motivations.
A)True
B)False
Page 9
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 8: Raymond Cattell, hans Eysenck, and Other Trait
Theorists
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
90 Verified Questions
90 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/37086
Sample Questions
Q1) The result of Cattell's lifetime of work is a system that is
A) steadily continuing to gain acceptance.
B) respected but not widely accepted.
C) popular in the United States but not known abroad.
D) considered useful only by psychotherapists.
Q2) Eysenck believes that personality traits can be derived from A) case histories.
B) dream analysis.
C) factor analysis.
D) performance projective tests.
Q3) Source traits are
A) derived from surface traits.
B) the basic elements of personality.
C) unstable and impermanent.
D) syndromes in an abnormal personality.
Q4) For Cattell,traits are
A) relatively permanent reaction tendencies.
B) basic structural units of personality.
C) derived by the method of factor analysis.
D) all of the answers
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 10
Chapter 9: Abraham Maslow: Needs- Hierarchy Theory
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
90 Verified Questions
90 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/37087
Sample Questions
Q1) Metamotivation refers to
A) the motivation of self-actualizers.
B) constantly changing motivation.
C) deficiency motivation.
D) all of the answers.
Q2) If children are overprotected and not permitted to try new behaviors,they may never become self-actualized.
A)True
B)False
Q3) People whose safety needs are unsatisfied prefer
A) stability and structure.
B) close relationships with others.
C) self-actualization.
D) freedom from structure and order.
Q4) The Personal Orientation Inventory (POI)
A) is a projective technique.
B) measures time competence and inner directedness.
C) was developed by Maslow to identify self-actualizers.
D) has low validity.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 11
Chapter 10: Carl Rogers: Self-Actualization Theory
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
83 Verified Questions
83 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/37088
Sample Questions
Q1) Which of the following is part of the actualization tendency?
A) physiological needs.
B) psychological growth.
C) process of maturation.
D) all of the answers
Q2) Rogers believed that the essence of human nature is
A) an innate tendency toward evil.
B) in constant conflict with society's rules.
C) shaped by childhood experiences.
D) an innate drive for actualization.
Q3) In which situation might the Q-sort involve correlation?
A) observations of behavior
B) thought-sampling assessment
C) comparing before-therapy sorts to after-therapy sorts
D) dream analysis
Q4) In the technique of guided imagery,Rogers explored the client's feelings and attitudes toward the self and toward other people.
A)True
B)False
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 12
Chapter 11: George Kelly: Personal Construct Theory
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
80 Verified Questions
80 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/37089
Sample Questions
Q1) The self-characterization sketch is used to determine A) specific neuroses.
B) the accuracy of the repertory grid.
C) the corollaries dominating the client's life.
D) how people perceive themselves in relation to others.
Q2) According to the individuality corollary,
A) different people perceive the same event in different ways.
B) constructs reflect an event's objective reality.
C) people differ in their physiological drives.
D) people differ in what they find reinforcing.
Q3) (A)Give the definition for Dichotomy Corollary,in your own words.(B)Using a real-life example of a person you know,explain how all constructs are bipolar or dichotomous.
Q4) Kelly's personality theory derived from A) his experience as a clinician.
B) the laboratory.
C) observations of infants and children.
D) interpretations of social and historical factors.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
13
Chapter 12: Bfskinner: Reinforcement Theory
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
85 Verified Questions
85 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/37090
Sample Questions
Q1) A good example of a variable-ratio schedule of reinforcement is A) weekly pay.
B) piece-rate pay.
C) fishing.
D) casino gambling.
Q2) Skinner believed that respondent behavior
A) produces a change in the organism's environment.
B) must occur before reinforcement can occur.
C) is emitted in the absence of a stimulus.
D) does not account for most human behavior.
Q3) Skinner's treatment of personality is unusual because he
A) made no references to internal, subjective accounts for behavior.
B) approached personality from a physiological viewpoint.
C) stressed conscious but not unconscious processes.
D) emphasized the past and the future.
Q4) Skinner rejected ____ as a valid personality characteristic. A) traits
B) unconscious influences
C) defense mechanisms
D) all of the answers
Page 14
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 13: Albert Bandura: Modeling Theory
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
88 Verified Questions
88 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/37091
Sample Questions
Q1) Bandura believes that reinforcement
A) is less important than physiological drives.
B) can occur vicariously and still affect behavior.
C) is more important than perception of the reinforcement.
D) causes abnormal behavior but not normal behavior.
Q2) In modeling experiments,as the similarity between model and subject decreases,the degree of modeling
A) decreases.
B) increases.
C) remains the same.
D) changes, depending on the reinforcement.
Q3) Bandura criticizes Skinner for his
A) focus on operant rather than respondent behavior.
B) lack of attention to physiological processes.
C) study of individual animal subjects rather than on human subjects interacting with one another.
D) beliefs that abnormal behavior is learned.
Q4) Describe a person who has acted as an influential model in your life.What important values did you learn from this person?
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 15
Chapter 14: Mini- Theories: Locus of Control, sensation
Seeking, learned Helplessness, optimismpessimism,
positive Psychology, and Happiness and Success
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
78 Verified Questions
78 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/37092
Sample Questions
Q1) On the Sensation Seeking Scale,college students scored __________ compared to those who did not attend college.
A) much lower
B) significantly lower
C) significantly higher
D) the same
Q2) Evidence suggests that locus of control is learned in childhood and is directly related to
A) positive reinforcement.
B) peer pressure.
C) parental behavior.
D) culture.
Q3) Physical well-being is an important component of subjective well-being in ______ people.
A) younger
B) healthier
C) athletic
D) older
Page 16
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 15: Personality in Perspective
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
83 Verified Questions
83 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/37093
Sample Questions
Q1) The first theorist to emphasize parental influences on the formation of personality was
A) Adler.
B) Jung.
C) Freud.
D) Horney.
Q2) Whether our genetic predispositions are ever realized depends on social and environmental conditions,particularly those of childhood.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The theorist who credits people with the ability to learn through example and vicarious reinforcement is
A) Rotter.
B) Maslow.
C) Bandura.
D) Kelly.
Q4) Define the conscious factor and the unconscious factor.Now give a real-life example of each one.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Page 17