Diagnosis and Assessment in Psychology Exam Practice Tests
Course Introduction
This course offers an in-depth exploration of the principles, methods, and tools used in diagnosing and assessing psychological disorders. Students will gain knowledge in the use of standardized tests, structured interviews, behavioral observations, and self-report measures to evaluate cognitive, emotional, and behavioral functioning. The course emphasizes the importance of reliability, validity, and ethical considerations in the assessment process, alongside cultural and contextual factors affecting diagnosis. Through case studies and practical exercises, students will develop skills in formulating assessments and interpreting findings in alignment with major diagnostic frameworks, such as the DSM-5 and ICD-11.
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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) When mental disorders are short in duration,they are known as acute.When they are long in duration,they are __________ .
Answer: chronic
Q2) ______________is used to study questions that would not be possible to study with human subjects.
Answer: Analogue studies
Q3) The fact that body piercings are commonplace today while they would once have been viewed as abnormal illustrates that
A)modern society is unlikely to change.
B)what is acceptable for men and women is no longer different.
C)American culture values independence.
D)the values of a society may change over time.
Answer: D
Q4) 3-11.Discuss the limitations of self-report data.
Answer: Can be misleading,sometimes deliberately lie,misinterpret questions or try to present themselves more favorably or less favorably than is true.
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Chapter 2: Historical and Contemporary Views of Abnormal Behavior
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Q1) 1-17.What is Galen credited with?
A)Providing the first biological explanation for mental disorders
B)Performing the first human autopsies
C)Demonstrating that the doctrine of the four humors was flawed
D)Recognizing that psychological disorders could have both biological and psychological causes
Answer: D
Q2) 1-21.The approaches to treatment of the mentally ill during the Middle Ages in Europe are best characterized as
A)superstitious.
B)humane.
C)medical.
D)scientific.
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) 1-86.Learning not to do something because you are punished when you do it is an example of
A)classical conditioning.
B)generalization.
C)instrumental conditioning.
D)observational learning.
Answer: C
Q2) 1-98.Making a new experience fit existing frameworks is associated with ________; changing our existing frameworks to incorporate a new experience is associated with
A)positive attributions; negative attributions
B)accommodation; assimilation
C)self-efficacy; self-identity
D)assimilation; accommodation
Answer: D
Q3) The site of chemical communication in the brain is the __________ . Answer: synapse
Q4) _____________ are the conditions that guarantee the occurrence of a disorder. Answer: Sufficient causes
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Chapter 4: Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis
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Q1) 1-61.Mike decides he is going to try to look mentally ill when he goes for his disability evaluation.He takes the MMPI-2.He most likely
A)will be able to fake mental illness convincingly.
B)will still come out normal on the test.
C)will be caught by specialized scales on the test.
D)will come out seeming very insightful.
Q2) What are the purposes of the initial clinical assessment of a person?
Q3) 1-26.Which of the following is a drawback of a structured interview?
A)Important information is asked about in the same way.
B)Information from one is hard to compare to information from another.
C)Interviews may include questions about areas that are of no concern to the patient.
D)Each person who uses interviews,uses them in different ways.
Q4) 1-32.Dr.Lo asks Julie to pretend that he is her father as part of his psychosocial assessment of Julie.Which of the following would this be an example of?
A)an unstructured interview
B)an analogue situation
C)projective assessment
D)self-monitoring
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Chapter 5: Stress and Physical and Mental Health
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Q1) 1-13.Which of the following is not considered a life change?
A)being promoted
B)being diabetic
C)getting pregnant
D)a death in the family
Q2) 1-86.Arielle was in a terrible car accident in which several people were killed.A few weeks later,she began to talk about what happened.She told the story to anyone who would listen.This seems to be
A)a way to reduce anxiety and desensitize herself to the experience.
B)a maladaptive coping response that will heighten her distress.
C)a sign that she is beginning to develop PTSD.
D)a sign that she is in the shock stage of disaster syndrome.
Q3) 3-11.What is the goal of post-disaster debriefing?
Q4) 1-59.What is the term for the procedure that aims to make a patient more aware of such things as their heart rate,level of muscle tension,or blood pressure?
A)relaxation
B)meditation
C)hypnosis
D)biofeedback
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Chapter 6: Panic,anxiety,obsessions,and Their Disorders
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Q1) 1-58.What is thought to explain the effectiveness of the SSRIs in treating panic disorder?
A)They increase serotonergic activity.
B)They increase noradrenergic activity.
C)They decrease serotonergic activity.
D)They decrease noradrenergic activity.
Q2) 1-94.Which of the following is a common type of obsession seen in OCD?
A)Fear of contamination
B)Counting over and over
C)Hand washing
D)Double checking locked doors
Q3) 1-89.Mark feels the need to tap everything within his arms reach twice.He doesn't have any particular thoughts associated with this,he just becomes anxious if he doesn't do it,because "something bad might happen." Mark
A)does not have obsessive compulsive disorder.
B)has obsessive compulsive disorder.
C)has an unusual type of specific phobia.
D)has no disorder.
Q4) How do cognitions help maintain phobias?
Q5) Describe how a phobia could be learned through vicarious conditioning.
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Chapter 7: Mood Disorders and Suicide
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Q1) What type of psychotic symptoms might be seen in someone suffering from major depression?
Q2) 1-59.Which of the following is the type of attribution that is most likely to cause depression?
A)I am never going to make it through this course because it is too early in the morning and I'm having trouble getting up.
B)I am never going to make it through this course because I'm stupid and I just can't learn the material.
C)I am never going to make it through this course because the professor is unfair.
D)I am never going to make it through this course because I just don't feel like studying lately.
Q3) 1-84.Efforts to find the gene or genes that underlie bipolar disorder suggest that A)multiple genes are involved.
B)the underlying gene is on the Y chromosome.
C)the underlying gene is on the X chromosome.
D)there is a genetic basis for bipolar disorder,but not for cyclothymia.
Q4) Two types of mood disorders are __________ and bipolar depressive disorders
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Chapter 8: Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders
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Q1) 1-56.Dissociative identity disorder was formerly known as A)psychogenic amnesia.
B)multiple personality disorder.
C)conversion hysteria.
D)neurasthenia.
Q2) 1-80.Your textbook authors report that rigorously designed and controlled studies on the treatment of dissociative identity disorder
A)have only examined psychodynamic forms of treatment.
B)are widespread.
C)demonstrate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavior therapy. D)are nonexistent.
Q3) 1-15.Somatization disorder,as defined in DSM-IV,
A)has been subsumed into somatic symptom disorder
B)involves multiple symptoms involving one body part or function.
C)involves the fear of having multiple different diseases.
D)involves having pain in at least four different areas of the body.
Q4) What are some ways to distinguish between conversion disorder and a true physical problem?
Q5) Can a person who has an actual medical condition be diagnosed with pain disorder? Why or why not?
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Chapter 9: Eating Disorders and Obesity
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Q1) ____________is the most common form of eating disorder.
Q2) 1-59.In the treatment of eating disorders,medications
A)have proven to be especially helpful in treating patients with anorexia.
B)may be useful,but are not a primary treatment.
C)are commonly used to stimulate appetite.
D)have been found to be more effective than most psychological interventions.
Q3) 1-16.In her mid-thirties,Cheryl became preoccupied with her weight and began dieting and exercising.After losing a substantial amount of weight,she was still not happy with how she looked and continued to restrict her food intake.After several fainting spells resulting from her low calorie intake,her employer referred her to a clinician who recognized the signs of anorexia nervosa.Which of the following is unique about Cheryl's case?
A)Eating disorders rarely start during the mid-thirties.
B)The likelihood of anorexia being so readily recognized and diagnosed is slim.
C)Few women with anorexia exercise.
D)A diagnosis of anorexia is rarely made before the condition becomes life-threatening.
Q4) Why is dieting a risk factor for the development of eating disorders?
Q5) The hormone __________ is the hormone produced by the stomach that stimulates appetite.
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Chapter 10: Personality Disorders
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Q1) 1-72.The research on the association between borderline personality disorder and childhood sexual abuse
A)proves child sexual abuse is the leading cause of borderline personality disorder.
B)are problematic - the abuse most likely is occurring with other factors that might be more important.
C)has shown that the reports of sexual abuse were mostly false reports.
D)suggests that some genetic component underlies both the disorder in the child and the parents' tendency to abuse.
Q2) 1-106.Carl has psychopathy.You would expect him to
A)be very concerned about possible punishment and to try to avoid it as much as possible.
B)be very interested in rewards and to continue his behavior even when the rewards don't come as often as they did.
C)only be interested in rewards occasionally and to change his behavior quickly if rewards don't come as often as they did.
D)be equally interested in rewards and punishments and do his best to get the first and avoid the second.
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Chapter 11: Substance-Related Disorders
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Q1) 1-41.One limitation on the findings of genetic influences on alcoholism is that
A)not enough research has been done using twins.
B)there are so many cultural differences in the use of alcohol that it blurs the genetic differences.
C)there have not been enough studies of the majority of children of alcoholics (those who do not become alcoholics).
D)there has been too much of a focus on the study of the nonalcoholic children of alcoholics.
Q2) Why does it make sense to view addiction as a mental disorder?
A)The symptoms reflect behaviors that involve the pathological need for a substance.
B)The most effective treatments are psychological.
C)Neurochemical imbalances underlie the problematic behaviors observed.
D)Substance abuse frequently develops in an attempt to self-medicate negative mood states.
Q3) Name and describe the two factors that are seen when a person has a physiological need for a psychoactive substance.
Q4) How do substances such as alcohol and cocaine have an overpowering hold on people,sometimes after only a few uses?
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Chapter 12: Sexual Variants,abuse,and Dysfunctions
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Q1) Name and describe the four phases of the human sexual response.
Q2) 1-16.Freud
A)viewed homosexuality as a disease that could be easily treated.
B)was much more accepting of homosexuality than his contemporaries.
C)believed that homosexuals were really heterosexuals who were traumatized by their own sexual desires.
D)thought homosexuality developed as a result of early sexual trauma.
Q3) 1-24.Frotteurism is
A)sexual arousal by rubbing one's genital area against a nonconsenting person.
B)sexual arousal in a male exclusively through masturbation.
C)inability for males to be aroused by anything except inanimate objects.
D)sexual arousal in males by the thought of having their sex organs removed.
Q4) 1-87.Sexual dysfunctions
A)are only diagnosed when the cause is psychological maladjustment.
B)only occur in heterosexual couples.
C)rarely affect the enjoyment of sex for the two parties in the relationship.
D)involve the impairment of either the desire for sexual gratification or the ability to achieve it.
Q5) Discuss two ways in which sex offenses are treated.How effective is treatment for these offenses?
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Chapter 13: Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
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Q1) What is the evidence for and against the dopamine hypothesis?
Q2) 1-54.Communication deviance
A)may be an environmental risk factor for the development of schizophrenia.
B)is an early indication of schizophrenia.
C)is not seen in control adoptees.
D)and disordered speech are the same thing.
Q3) 1-72.Ursula has been diagnosed with schizophrenia.If PET scans were done to measure her brain's activity,which area would probably be underactive?
A)The visual cortex
B)The deepest portions of the brain,the medulla and reticular activating system
C)The frontal lobes
D)The hypothalamus and pituitary
Q4) 1-49.If schizophrenia were exclusively a genetic disorder,
A)anyone with schizophrenia in his or her family history would develop schizophrenia.
B)the concordance rate for monozygotic twins would be 100 percent.
C)marrying a schizophrenic would not increase the likelihood of developing schizophrenia.
D)numerous cures would now be available.
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Chapter 14: Neurocognitive Disorders
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Q1) 1-47.It has been observed that if a woman gives birth to a child with Down syndrome before the age of 35,she has an increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.Which of the following best explains this observation?
A)The same gene underlies both Down syndrome and Alzheimer's disease.
B)Women under 35 are not emotionally mature enough to manage a child with mental retardation.
C)Multiple copies of the APOE-4 allele increase the likelihood of both conditions.
D)A genetic mutation that increases susceptibility to Alzheimer's disease also increases the likelihood of passing on chromosomal abnormalities.
Q2) 1-10.When Mrs.Thomason experienced a stroke,a small area of her brain was deprived of oxygenated blood.This resulted in a
A)diffuse brain injury.
B)focal brain lesion.
C)psychopathological dementia.
D)diffuse lesion.
Q3) What are the factors that have an impact on the outcome for children with traumatic brain injury?
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Chapter 15: Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence
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Q1) Anxiety disorders of childhood
A)tend to persist into adulthood.
B)show few cross-cultural differences.
C)are usually effectively treated with drugs.
D)typically do not lead to problems later in life.
Q2) 1-98.Genetic factors
A)are very common in all levels of retardation.
B)are clearly involved in the more severe forms of retardation.
C)are involved only in cases of profound retardation.
D)are involved only in Down syndrome.
Q3) 1-90.Jenny has an IQ in the average range.However,at school she is doing very poorly.She has consistently scored at two or more grade levels below the grade she is actually in.From this,a diagnostician would hypothesize that Jenny
A)most likely has an anxiety disorder.
B)most likely does not have a learning disability because her IQ is only average.
C)most likely has a learning disability.
D)most likely has intellectual disability.
Q4) How does depression in a mother impact her child?
Q5) How do early views of child psychopathology differ from those of today?
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Chapter 16: Therapy
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Q1) Which of the following is the best example of a "model" therapy session?
A)A child with ADHD is taught ways to filter out distractions.
B)A woman with an anxiety disorder is taught relaxation techniques.
C)An alcoholic sees a therapist,attends AA meetings,and is taking an antidepressant medication.
D)There is no "model" therapy.
Q2) The advantage of using outside independent observers or pre/post test comparisons to evaluate a client's progress is that
A)they take less time and are less costly.
B)they increase the objectivity of ratings over those given by the people involved in treatment.
C)they ensure that there is no "regression to the mean" phenomenon.
D)they provide a valid prediction of how the client will behave in real life.
Q3) Key ideas in Gestalt therapy are
A)irrational beliefs,interpersonal conflicts,and unconscious impulses.
B)empathy,genuineness,and unconditional positive regard.
C)integration of mind and body,dream interpretation,and emotional impasse.
D)genetics,early childhood training,and social stressors.
Q4) What is systematic desensitization and its purpose?
Q5) Describe Beck's cognitive theory and therapy.
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Chapter 17: Contemporary and Legal Issues in Abnormal Psychology
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Q1) What principles guide the approach called milieu therapy?
Q2) The ruling that came to be known as "duty to warn" was also called the __________ decision.
Q3) Once a person is committed to a mental hospital
A)he or she must establish their sanity before they can be released.
B)he or she must participate in whatever treatment they are prescribed.
C)the hospital must report to the court as to whether or not continued confinement is necessary.
D)the court establishes the minimum treatment necessary as indicated by testimony from two examiners.
Q4) The most recent research on deinstitutionalization has found
A)inpatient hospitalization has been increasing due to the failures to provide adequate care in the community.
B)inpatient hospitalization has continued to decrease,despite an increase in problems as a result.
C)inpatient hospitalization has continued to decrease and communities have stepped up their response to improve outpatient care.
D)inpatient hospitalization has been increasing due to increasing numbers of mentally ill.
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