Developmental Psychopathology Test Preparation
Course Introduction
Developmental Psychopathology explores the origins and progression of psychological disorders from infancy through adolescence, examining how biological, psychological, and environmental factors interact to influence developmental pathways. The course emphasizes the identification, assessment, and treatment of childhood and adolescent disorders, integrating research on risk, resilience, and protective factors. Students will analyze case studies and current empirical findings to understand the complexity and diversity of abnormal development, while considering implications for prevention and intervention strategies.
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Abnormal Psychology 5th Canadian Edition by Gerald C. Davison
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Chapter 1: Introduction Definitional And Historical
Considerations, And Canadas Mental Health System
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Q1) The Psy.D. approach is based on the scientist-practitioner model.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Benjamin Rush offered several treatment methods for the "insane", one of which included
A) exorcism.
B) trepanning.
C) frightening.
D) removing chains from the mentally ill.
Answer: C
Q3) When first introduced as a more humane form of treatment, moral treatment was A) given to everyone who needed it.
B) given to only white people.
C) given to people only from the upper classes.
D) too abstract a concept to influence treatment given to anyone.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Current Paradigms and Integrative Approaches
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Q1) Sally is trying to decide whether to drink alcohol, knowing that her parents are strongly opposed to drinking. According to Freudian theory, Sally's struggle is between her ______________, which makes her want to drink, and her ____________, which discourages drinking.
A) id; superego
B) ego; superego
C) id; ego
D) superego; ego
Answer: A
Q2) Because we know so much about mental illness, doctors can easily prescribe the correct medication to treat disorders.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Behaviourists advocate that:
A) Abnormal behaviour arises from discussions of abnormal behaviour
B) Abnormal behaviour is learned.
C) Insight is important in changing behaviour
D) Defences are associated with resolving anxiety
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Clinical Assessment
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Q1) Shaylah is preparing to conduct a family assessment on the Morgan family. She is particularly interested in knowing how the family is doing now, but also how they were when they were at their best, as well as at their worst. This illustrates the importance of:
A) Getting a good history
B) Levels of family functioning
C) Assessing enmeshment
D) Establishing her role as the authority figure
Answer: B
Q2) Two behavioural clinicians interview the same client. Which of the following is likely to be true?
A) The information collected will be very similar.
B) The information collected will vary greatly.
C) There will be high reliability between the information collected.
D) There will be strong agreement as to what is wrong with the client.
Answer: A
Q3) A test can be reliable without being valid.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Classification and Diagnosis
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Q1) How are learning disorders classified in DSM-5?
A) Anxiety disorders
B) Neurocognitive disorders
C) Neurodevelopmental disorders
D) Learning disorders are no longer included in the DSM-5.
Q2) How is disruptive mood dysregulation disorder characterized and why is it a controversial diagnosis in DSM-5?
Q3) Adding a threshold or cutting point to a dimensional system
A) results in a more accurate classification of diseases and disorders.
B) results in a more user-friendly approach to diagnosing illnesses.
C) results in a categorical system.
D) results in increased prevalence rates for psychological disorders.
Q4) What is the value of classification?
A) To help understand causes and treatments of mental disorders.
B) To give researchers choices of what to investigate.
C) To determine that mental disorders are real entities.
D) To determine a non-negotiable number of symptoms for each diagnosis.
Q5) Name and describe two disorders that are new to DSM-5, two disorders that have undergone revisions, and two categories of disorders that are either new or have undergone revision.
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Chapter 5: Research Methods In The Study of Abnormal Behaviour
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Q1) A strong correlation tells us that one variable causes a second variable.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Causal relationships are best identified by which design?
A) Case study
B) Epidemiological research
C) Correlational study
D) Experiment
Q3) "Approximately 1500 new cases of AIDS were diagnosed in 1988 in San Francisco." This is an estimate of the ________________ of AIDS.
A) prevalence
B) incidence
C) risk factor
D) statistical significance
Q4) Chris Sizemore, who was the subject of the book and movie, the Three Faces of Eve:
A) Was actually a fictional character
B) Was found to have only two personalities
C) Decided to publicly reveal her story in order to cope with her ordeals
D) Turned out to be a fake
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Chapter 6: Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders
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Q1) Canadian comedian Howie Mandel has admitted that he suffers from:
A) Generalized anxiety disorder
B) Post-traumatic stress disorder
C) Ergasiophobia
D) Mysophobia
Q2) In studying the hypothesis that individuals with OCD have memory deficits, Cuttler and Graf (2009) identified retrospective memory as:
A) The ability to remember recent events and experiences
B) The ability to look forward and to remember at the right time or place to perform an intended action
C) The ability to remember recent events and to remember to perform an intended action
D) The ability to remember having performed compulsive activities
Q3) Generalized anxiety disorder is likely caused by a serotonin imbalance.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The most effective treatment for PTSD is EMDR.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Somatic Symptom Disorders and Dissociative Disorders
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Q1) A study by Lim and Kim (2005) suggests that individuals diagnosed with somatization disorder have a memory bias for information related to:
A) Past illnesses
B) Childhood behaviours
C) Physical threats
D) Emotional threats
Q2) In two Canadian cases of Munchausen's syndrome, nurses:
A) Made themselves ill by ingesting poison
B) Made their own children ill by getting them to ingest poison
C) Made themselves ill by injecting blood into their own bladders
D) Made their children ill by injecting blood into their bladders
Q3) Research on somatoform disorders indicates:
A) That no treatment is effective for very long, as most patients relapse.
B) That psychoanalytic treatments are superior.
C) That behavioural treatments are most effective.
D) None of the above; little research has been done on treatment of somatoform disorders.
Q4) How does dissociative fugue develop? How does this condition differ from dissociative amnesia?
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Chapter 8: Mood Disorders and Suicide
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Q1) Lack of awareness of illness in bipolar disorder has been found to be correlated with A) improved prognosis.
B) treatment compliance.
C) marital support.
D) substance abuse.
Q2) A businessman commits suicide when he must file for bankruptcy. According to Durkheim, this is which type of suicide?
A) Altruistic
B) Egoistic
C) Intrinsic
D) Anomic
Q3) Compare Beck's cognitive theory of depression with the current Learned Helplessness/Hopelessness theories.
Q4) Jack Kevorkian is best known for:
A) Arguing again physician-assisted suicide
B) Designing a machine to enable physician-assisted suicide
C) Being the first person to die from physician-assisted suicide in the U.S.
D) Being the first person to die from physician-assisted suicide in Canada
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Chapter 9: Psychophysiological Disorders and Health Psychology
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Q1) A Canadian Expert study of the Inuit in Northern Quebec has found the following regarding levels and causes of hypertension:
A) They have doubled in recent years
B) They have almost tripled in recent years
C) The Inuits have moved away from a salt-free diet
D) A and C only
Q2) George was told by his physician that his blood pressure measured 120 over 80) This indicates that
A) he has normal blood pressure.
B) he has essential hypertension.
C) he has hypertension, but the type cannot be determined by the blood pressure alone.
D) he should get a new doctor, since such a blood pressure is not possible.
Q3) According to the work on stress by Anisman and Merali (1999), the anticipation of an adverse effect would be considered:
A) A psychogenic stressor
B) A neurogenic stressor
C) A hypogenic stressor
D) A cognogenic stressor
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Chapter 10: Eating Disorders
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Q1) The way men's bodies are portrayed in the media suggests that men should have a lean and muscular body. This is creating:
A) Increased emphasis on health and wellness for men
B) Similar rates of eating disorders for men and women
C) Similar types of pressure and body dissatisfaction for men as for women
D) Metrosexual men
Q2) Pia is a 16 year old girl with anorexia. She has been engaging in anorexic behaviours for two years. Her therapist is recommending family therapy (as opposed to individual therapy) as the primary form of treatment. What is Pia's long-term prognosis?
A) Poor - anorexia has a very high relapse rate
B) Poor - CBT provides more protection against relapse than family therapy
C) Good - family therapy is always the best treatment for adolescents with anorexia
D) Good - family therapy is superior at preventing relapse when a person has had anorexia less than three years.
Q3) Viewing images of idealized female bodies can make chronic dieters feel thinner.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Schizophrenia
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Q1) Medication is the least important component of a schizophrenia treatment program.
A)True
B)False
Q2) There is strong genetic evidence for schizophrenia, however even monozygotic twins do not have 100% concordance rates. Why not?
Q3) A case registry analysis of data from Kingston, Ontario indicates that the prevalence rate of schizophrenia between 1986 and 1996 has:
A) Remained the same
B) Marginally decreased
C) Substantially decreased
D) Marginally increased
Q4) Most hallucinations experienced by people with schizophrenia are A) visual.
B) tactile.
C) auditory.
D) olfactory.
Q5) Describe two types of psychological treatment for schizophrenia. Which is more likely to be effective? Why?
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Chapter 12: Substance-Related Disorders
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Q1) Explain why Canada has lower rates of cigarette smoking than many other countries.
Q2) Mescaline is obtained:
A) By a chemical procedure that can only be done in a lab.
B) From a cactus plant.
C) By combining two hallucinogenic drugs.
D) None of the above choices are correct.
Q3) An alcohol treatment strategy that has created considerable controversy has been
A) inpatient detoxification.
B) controlled drinking.
C) covert sensitization.
D) contingency management.
Q4) One major caution in taking marijuana for therapeutic reasons is
A) the highly addictive features of the drug.
B) the rate at which one develops tolerance for the drug.
C) decreased immune functioning.
D) difficulties associated with withdrawal.
Q5) Contrast biological and psychological therapies for alcohol use.
Q6) Explain why substance abuse is so resistant to treatment, and is associated with such high relapse.
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Chapter 13: Personality Disorders
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Q1) A major problem that remains in diagnosing personality disorders is:
A) Low reliability on retest.
B) Poor interrater reliability.
C) Unstructured diagnostic criteria.
D) Very low occurrence in the population for most of the disorders.
Q2) Borderline Personality Disorder would be associated most likely with which factor from the five-factor model of personality?
A) Extraversion/introversion
B) Openness to experience
C) Neuroticism/antagonism
D) Agreeableness/antagonism
Q3) The personality traits tapped by the DSM-5 personality disorders category
A) are categorical; that is, a person either has or does not have the trait in question.
B) are situational; that is, they are thought to exist only in a limited set of circumstances.
C) exist on a continuum; that is, they are present to varying degrees in almost everyone.
D) are very rare; that is, most people do not exhibit them.
Q4) How are the clusters of personality disorders distinguished?
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Chapter 14: Sexual Disorders and Gender Dysphoria
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Q1) Gender identity disorder (GId) in childhood has been linked with A) insecure attachment patterns.
B) social phobia.
C) separation anxiety disorder.
D) authoritarian parenting styles.
Q2) In a recent Quebec study, Cyr and colleagues found that __________ incest was associated with a higher frequency of sexual penetration.
A) father-daughter
B) son-mother
C) brother-sister
D) father-son
Q3) People usually receive the diagnosis of hypoactive sexual desire disorder because:
A) They are concerned about their inability to enjoy sexual fantasies.
B) They come for treatment of an orgasmic disorder which is found to have a basis in hypoactive sexual desire disorder.
C) Someone else wants them to be more active sexually.
D) They wish to have children and recognize that their sexual problem must first be treated.
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Chapter 15: Disorders of Childhood
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Q1) Who is the most likely supplier of Ritalin and Adderal to university students?
A) Drug dealers
B) University health centers?
C) Family doctors?
D) Students who have a prescription for the medication
Q2) When Holly's mom drops her off at daycare, she is happy to go off and play with the other children. When her mom comes to pick her up at the end of the day, she greets her excitedly and tells her all about her day. Holly represents the ______ attachment style.
A) Secure
B) Anxious
C) Avoidant
D) Disorganized
Q3) Learning disabilities seem to have a biological basis.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Most adolescents who commit suicide had previously received psychological treatment.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Aging and Issues in Psychological Disorders
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Q1) As people age, they become:
A) more different from one another.
B) more alike.
C) more alike until age 65, at which point they become more different from one another.
D) more different from one another but not as different as are adolescents.
Q2) A study by Rubin and colleagues (2005) on reactions to the July 2005 London transit bombings revealed what about the influence of traumatic stressors on different age groups?
A) Younger people experience the most substantial distress
B) Middle-aged people experience the most substantial distress
C) Older adults (over 65 years old) experience the most substantial distress
D) Both younger and older adults experience similar levels of substantial distress.
Q3) The loss of a loved one is the second most important risk factor for depression in the elderly.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What are the three different types of dementia and how do they differ from each other?
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Chapter 17: Outcomes And Issues In Psychological Intervention
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Q1) Compare and contrast treatment efficacy and treatment effectiveness. Which do you think is more important for treatment success? Why?
Treatment Efficacy vs. Treatment Effectiveness
Q2) Motivational interviewing and compassion focused therapy are rooted in a Rogerian approach.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Sandra is a graduate student in clinical psychology. As part of her training, she is encouraged to develop good listening skills, exhibit empathy and genuineness, and hold clients in a positive light. These are all central features of which therapeutic paradigm?
A) Psychodynamic
B) Cognitive
C) Behavioural
D) Client-centred
Q4) Describe the three different approaches to eclecticism (technical eclecticism, common factorism, theoretical integration). As part of this discussion, consider limitations to the integrative movement in psychotherapy.
Q5) Compare and contrast psychodynamic therapy and cognitive-behavioural therapy.
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Chapter 18: Legal and Ethical Issues
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Q1) Following the Nuremberg Trials, all research has been conducted ethically.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What are the two reasons someone is criminally committed? What are the different requirements for each?
Q3) Which of the following landmark cases lead to the accused being required to know what is wrong, but also being able to apply that knowledge at the time of the act?
A) Regina vs. M'Naghten
B) Regina vs. Swain
C) Regina vs. Chaulk
D) Regina vs. Oommen
Q4) In evaluating judgments of dangerousness for the purpose of civil commitment, what type of validity is most appropriate?
A) Etiological
B) Predictive
C) Concurrent
D) Treatment.
Q5) Can a person in Canada refuse treatment when civilly committed? Explain.
Q6) How has human research changed in recent years to conform to ethical guidelines?
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