Advanced Abnormal Psychology Study Guide Questions
Course Introduction
Advanced Abnormal Psychology offers an in-depth examination of psychological disorders, focusing on current theories, diagnostic criteria, and evidence-based treatment approaches. The course explores the complexities of mental illness through case studies, contemporary research, and critical analysis of the DSM-5 classification system. Students will engage with topics such as mood and anxiety disorders, schizophrenia spectrum disorders, personality disorders, and emerging mental health issues. Emphasis is placed on cultural, ethical, and legal considerations within assessment and intervention, as well as recent advances in neuroscience and psychopharmacology relevant to abnormal behavior.
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Abnormal Psychology 16th Edition by James N. Butcher
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Chapter 1: Abnormal Psychology: an Overview
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Q1) The number of people who have suffered from a particular disorder at any time in their lives is __________ .
Answer: lifetime prevalence
Q2) Which of the following is a sufficient element to determine abnormality?
A)Suffering
B)Maladaptiveness
C)Deviancy
D)There is no single sufficient element.
Answer: D
Q3) 1-32.What type of prevalence estimate tends to be lowest?
A)Point prevalence
B)One-year prevalence
C)Lifetime prevalence
D)Virtual prevalence
Answer: A
Q4) Why is it difficult to agree on a definition of abnormal behavior?
Answer: There are no sufficient or necessary conditions.Also,what is abnormal at one point in time may no longer be considered abnormal at another time.
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Chapter 2: Historical and Contemporary Views of Abnormal Behavior
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Q1) 1-36.What was the purpose of the early asylums?
A)To remove those who could not care for themselves from society
B)To provide exorcisms
C)To offer humanitarian treatment to those afflicted with mental illnesses
D)To offer biological approaches to the treatment of mental disorders
Answer: A
Q2) 1-99.Behaviorism was
A)a reaction to what the behaviorists perceived as a lack of scientific rigor in psychoanalysis.
B)a reaction to the lack of moral and spiritual factors in most theories at the time.
C)an attempt to focus on the thinking styles of people with mental illness.
D)a spin-off theory that elaborated on the psychoanalytic viewpoint.
Answer: A
Q3) What was the attitude about hospitalization of the mentally ill during the later decades of the twentieth century?
Answer: It is preferable to treat people in the community,and treatment should be deinstitutionalized,although it is not the perfect solution it was once thought to be.
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Chapter 3: Causal Factors and Viewpoints
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Q1) 1-84.After being bitten by a dog,Jose finds that he feels afraid whenever he sees a dog.He goes for treatment,where he is gradually exposed to dogs,until he can be in the same room with a dog without feeling any fear.Three weeks later,while walking in his neighborhood,Jose hears a dog barking viciously.For a few weeks after this,his fear returns.This shows
A)the treatment had no effect.
B)extinction.
C)stimulus-stimulus expectancy.
D)spontaneous recovery.
Answer: D
Q2) 3-11.What is the relationship between socioeconomic status and the prevalence of abnormal behavior?
Answer: There is a negative correlation between socioeconomic status (SES)and abnormal behavior.This means that the lower one's SES,the more likely the presence of a mental disorder.It may be that being of low SES makes mental illness more likely or that mental illness leads to a lower SES.At the same time,this could be a consequence of differential treatment of abnormality according to SES.The homeless individual who is odd may be seen as mentally ill,while a comparable wealthy individual is seen as eccentric.
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Chapter 4: Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis
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Q1) 1-70.Which of the following is an assumption of a categorical approach to abnormal behavior?
A)Both normal and abnormal behavior lie on a continuum.
B)Each disorder has unique symptoms.
C)Disorders that share common symptoms have a common etiology.
D)All behavior is the product of numerous interacting influences.
Q2) 1-11.Which of the following statements about reliability and validity is true?
A)Reliable tests are usually valid.
B)Valid tests are usually reliable.
C)There is no relationship between reliability and validity.
D)In order for a test to be reliable,it must be valid.
Q3) 1-42.There are two general categories of psychological tests used in clinical practice.They are
A)intelligence tests and personality tests.
B)projective tests and sentence completion tests.
C)neuropsychological tests and standardized tests.
D)intelligence tests and rating scales.
Q4) What are the pros and cons of projective and objective personality tests?
Q5) Today,there are two major psychiatric classification systems in use: the ICD-10,and the ______.
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Chapter 5: Stress and Physical and Mental Health
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Q1) 1-70.During WWII,the descriptors of the traumatic reactions seen to combat conditions
A)emphasized that these were a product of organic processes.
B)placed too much emphasis on physical exhaustion.
C)did not differentiate these reactions from other psychological problems,such as drug abuse.
D)were comparable to what is now called acute stress disorder.
Q2) 1-11.Stress tolerance is
A)a biological attribute
B)a pressure
C)a person's ability to withstand stress without becoming seriously impaired
D)a crisis for most people
Q3) 1-57.Sudden cardiac death is ______ times higher in men with high levels of anxiety.
A)two
B)four
C)six
D)eight
Q4) What are two factors that can lessen the impact of a stressful situation?
Q5) 3-10.What is stress-inoculation training?
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Chapter 6: Panic,anxiety,obsessions,and Their Disorders
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Q1) 1-46.Panic disorders are often misdiagnosed because
A)the symptoms overlap so much with major depression.
B)the symptoms are so chronic and mild,they do not seem like serious forms of psychopathology.
C)patients are so embarrassed by their problems,they do not make them known to professionals.
D)symptoms are so somatic they are treated by physicians for medical problems.
Q2) 1-33.Virtual reality environments
A)permit the use of a combination of exposure therapy,participant modeling,and stress inoculation.
B)have been shown to be effective in treating agoraphobia.
C)appear to be more effective in treating phobias than live exposure to the feared stimulus.
D)allow exposure therapy to be conducted in a simulated setting.
Q3) The role of worry is now central to our understanding of __________ .
Q4) 3-10.What benefit do those with GAD derive from worrying?
Q5) What is necessary for a diagnosis of generalized anxiety disorder?
Q6) Discuss the difference between fear and anxiety.
Q7) Describe how a phobia could be learned through vicarious conditioning.
Q8) Describe the purpose of exposure therapy for specific phobia.
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Chapter 7: Mood Disorders and Suicide
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Q1) 1-12.Which of the following is a symptom of major depressive disorder?
A)Checking and rechecking things
B)appetite and weight loss
C)Running thoughts
D)Impulsive spending
Q2) 1-44.Which of the following reactions to poor test performance suggests a cognitive diathesis for depression?
A)I'll do better next time.
B)I'll never understand this.
C)Why didn't I study more?
D)That test was way too hard.
Q3) 1-80.Which of the following is a true statement about rapid cycling in bipolar disorders?
A)It is seen in men more than women.
B)It occurs in only those with Bipolar II disorder.
C)Lithium may trigger a cycling episode.
D)It is seen in 5-10 percent of those with bipolar disorder.
Q4) Discuss Beck's cognitive theory of depression.
Q5) What are the four phases of the grieving process?
Q6) Discuss the risk factors for adolescent suicide.
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Chapter 8: Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders
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Q1) 1-78.When it comes to the effectiveness of treatment for dissociative disorders,we know
A)very little.
B)that medications are worthless,but that psychotherapy is quite effective.
C)that depersonalization is much more effectively treated than amnesia.
D)that antidepressant medications are most effective in treating dissociative identity disorder.
Q2) How do people with hypochondriasis typically relate to physicians?
Q3) If Ronald is typical of people with hypochondriasis,he will
A)avoid accepting a psychological explanation for his problems.
B)avoid visiting a physician.
C)have bizarre delusions about his body rotting out.
D)feel relieved when his doctor tells him he is healthy.
Q4) 1-74.Which of the following summarizes the posttraumatic theory for the origin of DID?
A)Therapists unwittingly reinforce role-playing of alter identities.
B)Genetically programmed tendencies to dissociate are triggered by stress.
C)Children deal with severe abuse by creating alters who provide an "escape."
D)The rewards of avoiding punishment from the legal system induces people to fake symptoms.
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Chapter 9: Eating Disorders and Obesity
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Q1) 1-22.Delilah is overweight.She likes to eat cookies and other sugary snacks,and often eats an entire package at one sitting.She is upset by this because she knows how important weight is to health,but she does not engage in any compensatory behaviors.Which of the following would be a likely diagnosis?
A)anorexia nervosa
B)bulimia nervosa
C)binge eating disorder
D)purging disorder
Q2) ____________is the most common form of eating disorder.
Q3) 1-26.Which statement about the diagnosis of eating disorders is accurate?
A)A person meeting the criteria for bulimia rarely,if ever,has been diagnosed with anorexia.
B)There is quite a lot of diagnostic crossover in eating disorders.
C)Although the symptoms of anorexia and bulimia do not overlap,women with eating disorders often have other diagnosable psychiatric conditions.
D)Although anorexia and bulimia are quite similar,women with eating disorders rarely have a comorbid psychological condition.
Q4) The hormone __________ reduces our intake of food.
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Chapter 10: Personality Disorders
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Q1) 1-53.________ personality disorder is much more common in men than women and involves the exploitation of others without remorse.
A)Antisocial
B)Histrionic
C)Borderline
D)Paranoid
Q2) 1-54.Which of the following is most typical of the interpersonal attitudes and behaviors of someone with antisocial personality disorder?
A)Vacillation between overidealization and bitter disappointment
B)Excessive trust and dependence on others' opinions
C)Irritable and aggressive pattern of irresponsible behavior
D)Repeated manipulation of others to gain attention
Q3) 1-68.According to Paris (2007),a key causal factor in borderline personality disorder seems to be
A)inconsistent or highly punitive discipline in childhood.
B)impulsivity and affective instability interacting with such factors as trauma or loss.
C)a negative attributional style.
D)an inability to empathize with other people.
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Chapter 11: Substance-Related Disorders
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Q1) What factors might be inherited that put one at greater risk for developing alcoholism?
Q2) 1-42.Which of the following is a common personality characteristic of those who later abuse alcohol?
A)overly sensitive to the feelings of others
B)high tolerance for frustration
C)strong need for praise and admiration
D)over-certainty of ability to fulfill expected gender roles
Q3) 1-30.Betty was admitted to the hospital in a state of withdrawal from alcohol.She was diagnosed with alcohol withdrawal delirium (formerly known as delirium tremens).She most likely showed which of the following behaviors?
A)Delusions of grandeur and an inability to get to sleep
B)Disorientation for time and place and vivid hallucinations
C)Severe memory deficit and the tendency to falsify reporting events (confabulation)
D)Prolonged sleep followed by convulsions and heart failure
Q4) How do substances such as alcohol and cocaine have an overpowering hold on people,sometimes after only a few uses?
Q5) A processed derivative of cocaine is __________ .
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Chapter 12: Sexual Variants,abuse,and Dysfunctions
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Q1) 1-91.The first phase of the human sexual response is: A)arousal.
B)desire.
C)orgasm.
D)resolution.
Q2) 1-36.Which of the following is the most common adult outcome of boys with gender dysphoria?
A)homosexuality
B)transsexualism
C)masochism
D)transvestism
Q3) 1-83.Social-skills training is most likely to be used in the treatment of A)pedophiles.
B)rapists.
C)sadists.
D)exhibitionists.
Q4) Why is it difficult to estimate the prevalence of incest?
Q5) Is rape motivated by sex or aggression? Explain and provide support for your answer.
Q6) How do incest offenders differ from extrafamilial offenders?
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Chapter 13: Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
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Q1) 1-63.The fact that a significant number of monozygotic twins share the same placenta,while no dizygotic twins do,suggests that
A)we may have overestimated the influence of genetics in schizophrenia.
B)being a monozygotic twin is a risk factor for schizophrenia.
C)genetic influences are even more important than previously thought.
D)monozygotic twins have a form of genetic schizophrenia while dizygotic twins have an environmentally caused form.
Q2) When Bleuler coined the term "schizophrenia," the kind of split he believed was central to the disorder was
A)a division of personality within the person.
B)a divergence between the person's chronological age and his or her intellectual performance.
C)an inability to make an intimate connection with other people.
D)a break with reality.
Q3) What is catatonia? Is catatonia a positive or negative symptom? Explain your answer.
Q4) How is dopamine theorized to impact schizophrenia?
Q5) 3-10.What factors help predict prognosis for schizophrenia?
Q6) What are schizoaffective disorder and schizophreniform disorder?
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Chapter 14: Neurocognitive Disorders
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Q1) 1-40.Which of the following is most likely to be characteristic of a physically aggressive Alzheimer's disease patient?
A)History of violent behavior
B)Multiple psychotic breaks
C)Delusions of reference
D)Delusions of persecution
Q2) 1-39.What types of delusions are most commonly seen in Alzheimer's disease?
A)Delusions of grandeur
B)Delusions of persecution
C)Delusions of reference
D)Delusions of bodily changes
Q3) 1-51.What type of drugs is most likely to be used to inhibit the progression of Alzheimer's disease?
A)Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories
B)Antidepressants
C)Antipsychotics
D)Cholinesterase inhibitors
Q4) What is delirium?
Q5) What is anterograde amnesia?
Q6) What evidence is there that genes are involved in Alzheimer's disease (AD)?
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Chapter 15: Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence
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Q1) Childhood and adult depression differ in what way?
A)Irritability is often seen as a major symptom in childhood depression.
B)Altered eating habits are not seen in childhood depression.
C)Adult depression does not remit without pharmacological intervention.
D)Altered hormone levels are not seen in children.
Q2) 1-102.Children born with phenylketonuria,
A)are destined to develop severe or profound retardation.
B)appear normal at first.
C)exhibit abnormal movements and vocalizations.
D)have characteristic facial features.
Q3) 1-64.Which of the following is TRUE concerning sleepwalking disorder?
A)If a child has one episode of sleepwalking,he or she is likely to have repeated episodes.
B)Takes place during non-REM sleep.
C)Awakening an individual who is sleepwalking will result in severe physiological stress for the person.
D)While moving about,sleepwalkers' eyes are closed so they are in constant danger of injuring themselves.
Q4) How do early views of child psychopathology differ from those of today?
Q5) __________________ is the most common of the childhood anxiety disorders.
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Chapter 16: Therapy
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Q1) Psychological and physiological dependence is a well-documented danger of using A)anxiolytics.
B)neuroleptics.
C)antipsychotics.
D)lithium.
Q2) Dr.Hart says,"For me,the goal of treatment is not to uncover inner conflicts,but to help the client achieve adaptive responses that he or she can control and maintain through self-monitoring." Dr.Hart probably considers herself a ________ therapist.
A)behavior
B)psychodynamically oriented
C)humanistic
D)family systems
Q3) Which of the following would be the most likely candidate for ECT?
A)A 22-year-old schizophrenic
B)A middle-aged depressed woman who has just begun taking antidepressants
C)A pregnant and depressed 25 year-old
D)A 30-year-old man who has generalized anxiety disorder
Q4) The feelings a therapist may have for a client based upon his or her unconscious motives is known as __________ in psychodynamic terms.
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Chapter 17: Contemporary and Legal Issues in Abnormal Psychology
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Q1) In most states that have a Tarasoff-type rule,when a client threatens someone,a therapist must
A)make a reasonable effort to warn potential victims.
B)continue trying to warn potential victims until he or she reaches them.
C)not break confidentiality.
D)warn as many people who know the client as possible.
Q2) Knowing right from wrong is to ________ as "unlawful act was the product of mental disease" is to ________.
A)irresistible impulse; Durham Rule
B)M'Naghten Rule; Durham Rule
C)Durham Rule; M'Naghten Rule
D)M'Naghten Rule; irresistible impulse
Q3) Which of the following is a criticism of the use of token economies?
A)They are ineffective.
B)They are inconsistent with how the real world works.
C)The patient is not an active part of the treatment process.
D)It is inhumane to expect a mental patient to behave in accordance with an established schedule of reinforcements.
Q4) What factors increase the risk of violence in someone with mental illness?
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Q5) Name and briefly describe the three subcategories of preventive interventions.