Psychology of Deviance
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Course Introduction
The Psychology of Deviance explores the mental processes, social influences, and environmental factors that contribute to behaviors considered outside societal norms. This course examines key psychological theories and concepts related to deviant behavior, including the role of personality, developmental factors, cognitive processes, and the influence of peer groups and cultural context. Students will analyze the difference between criminal and non-criminal deviance, investigate case studies, and critically assess how mental health, labeling, and stigma intersect with deviance. Emphasis is placed on understanding prevention and intervention strategies, as well as the broader impact of deviance on individuals and communities.
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Abnormal Psychology 3rd Edition by Deborah C. Beidel
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Chapter 1: Abnormal Psychology: Historical and Modern Perspectives
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Q1) The ancient Greek physician Asclepius foreshadowed modern treatment for psychological disorders in that he
A) founded the first pharmacy that prescribed psychoactive medication for patients.
B) based his practice on the idea that trephination, as an early medical intervention, was successful for most disorders.
C) invented the practice of placing patients in cool baths to relieve stress.
D) founded the first sanctuary for mental disorders offering a variety of treatments.
Answer: D
Q2) How did the ancient Greek physicians Hippocrates and Galen differ in their perspectives on hysteria?
Answer: Hippocrates believed that disorders such as hysteria or conversion disorders were the results of a wandering uterus, but Galen believed hysteria had a psychological cause.
Q3) Give an example of a behavior that may be perceived as normal or abnormal according to the "goodness-of-fit" model.
Answer: Any behavior that may be viewed as normal in one context but abnormal in another.
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Chapter 2: Research Methods in Abnormal Psychology
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Q1) How does a longitudinal design that begins in childhood accommodate age changes in outcomes across the life span? Provide an example to support your answer.
Answer: Longitudinal studies take place over time. Assessment over time uses measures that are age-appropriate at each measurement interval. A study designed to evaluate depression in children might begin with parent or teacher evaluations of behavior. As the child matures, participant interviews might be added to the observational reports of parents and teachers. As the child matures across assessment periods, self-report measures of depression may be used.
Q2) A major drawback of the ABAB reversal design lies in
A) the length of time it takes to complete all of the treatment conditions.
B) the fact that there are limits to generalizability of results to other cases.
C) its limited use with adults and developmentally disabled persons.
D) the problem of determining accurate baselines for behaviors targeted for treatment. Answer: B
Q3) An example of a cohort is a school class.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Assessment and Diagnosis
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Q1) The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI), a test designed to measure personality styles, pathological syndromes, and symptom disorders, has adequate reliability and validity but it
A) takes longer to complete than the MMPI.
B) lacks fit with the DSM system and categories.
C) relies heavily on open-ended questions.
D) assesses only severe cases of specific disorders.
Answer: B
Q2) What do the cases described in the text of the 46-year old woman who had hallucinations due to epilepsy and Kathy Buckley, the comedienne and inspirational speaker, have in common?
A) Both were able to succeed in their occupations without having to spend time in psychiatric hospitals.
B) Both were accurately diagnosed in early childhood as having dual diagnoses.
C) Both were misdiagnosed as having organic depressive reactions.
D) Both were misdiagnosed as having psychological disorders.
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Traumaand Stressor-Related Disorders
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Q1) Some people suffer from a feeling that a thousand eyes are watching every move they make. In addition, they may be preoccupied with the impression that they make on others, usually assuming it to be negative. As a result, these people may avoid situations in which they will have to interact with large numbers of people. How would you categorize this behavior?
A) Panic attack
B) Social anxiety disorder
C) Agoraphobia
D) Generalized anxiety disorder
Q2) A soldier returning from deployment overseas reports heightened anxiety, a sense of not being able to feel emotions, and re-experiencing a "video" in his mind of a horrific roadside bombing whenever he hears the local fire company siren go off. Although he has tried to remind himself that it is the same siren he has heard for years, the fear he experiences upon hearing it is overwhelming. Given this scenario, which of the following might be his diagnosis?
A) Depersonalization disorder
B) Panic disorder with agoraphobia
C) Post-traumatic stress disorder
D) Generalized anxiety disorder
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Chapter 5: Somatic Symptom, Dissociative, and Factitious Disorders
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Q1) Which of the following has contributed to the questionable scientific status of the category dissociative identity disorder?
A) Low prevalence rates of the disorder
B) The violent nature of persons with the disorder
C) Its restriction to the American culture
D) The lack of empirical quantitative investigations
Q2) Which of the following risk factors is most strongly associated with somatic symptom disorders in children?
A) stress
B) family violence and conflict
C) history of sexual abuse
D) family separation and loss
Q3) Because of its phobia-like avoidance elements, hypochondriasis has been renamed "health anxiety disorder."
A)True
B)False
Q4) How might a dysfunctional mind-set contribute to illness anxiety disorder?
Q5) What mechanisms might lead a patient to develop dissociative identity disorder as an iatrogenic response?
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Chapter 6: Bipolar and Depressive Disorders
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Q1) Comments about death and passive death wishes do not always have to be taken as a serious predictor of suicide.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Deaths resulting from suicide are probably underreported due to
A) lack of standard classification schemes.
B) loss of anticipated employment-related death benefits.
C) misclassification of cause of death.
D) family resistance to reporting.
Q3) Divorce is the most devastating outcome of depression.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Through their association with low levels of serotonin, behaviors such as ________ and ________ increase the risk of suicide.
A) risk-taking; impulsivity
B) withdrawal; pathological aggression
C) acting-out; withdrawal
D) pathological aggression; impulsivity
Q5) Distinguish between Bipolar Disorder I and Bipolar Disorder II.
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Chapter 7: Feeding and Eating Disorders
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Q1) Unlike overeating too much of a favorite food, people with bulimia nervosa
A) consume a large amount of food in a short period of time and use compensatory behaviors.
B) consume a large quantity of food in a brief period of time but do not use laxatives.
C) do not have trouble stopping when they feel full.
D) feel more control over their eating because they have compensatory behaviors to regulate weight gain.
Q2) Select the statement below that is TRUE of amenorrhea and the diagnosis of anorexia nervosa in the DSM-5.
A) Amenorrhea need not be present for anorexia nervosa to be diagnosed.
B) Research demonstrates meaningful differences in diagnosis between females who do and do not menstruate.
C) Amenorrhea must be present for an anorexia nervosa diagnosis.
D) Menstruation must occur monthly but for briefer periods than usual for a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa.
Q3) As disorders, bulimia and anorexia nervosa have significant commonalities and differences in personality characteristics. Present an overview of key findings in this area.
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Chapter 8: Gender Dysphoria, Sexual Dysfunctions, and Paraphilic Disorders
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Q1) Homosexual or same-sex orientation
A) has heritability estimates of approximately 95%.
B) appears to be at least in part genetically determined.
C) has heritability estimates of less than 1%.
D) does not appear to have a genetic basis.
Q2) Selective serotonin uptake inhibitors
A) increase sexual response.
B) hasten organism.
C) reduce sexual desire.
D) retard ejaculation.
Q3) Many women cannot have sexual intercourse due to pain in the outer part of their vagina. Such women may not allow gynecologists to perform a pelvic exam because a speculum cannot be inserted without causing extreme pain from muscle spasms. Which of the following disorders do these women most likely have?
A) Dyspareunia
B) Dyspepsia
C) Vaginismus
D) Anorgasmia
Q4) How does the influence of culture affect our definition of sexuality and sexual behavior?
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Chapter 9: Substance Use Disorders
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Q1) Both at college and at home, Bob uses illicit drugs only "socially." His use does not produce problems with his social, educational, or occupational functioning. Bob's behavior constitutes substance A) abuse.
B) use.
C) intoxication.
D) dependence.
Q2) Tom finally quit smoking 6 months ago after having a heart attack. After a long recovery, he was invited out by a group of old high school buddies. During the course of the evening, Tom smoked a few cigarettes. The next morning, he bought a pack of "low tar" cigarettes, thinking to himself, "I just can't break the habit." This illustrates the A) denial of the inescapable cycle of addiction to nicotine.
B) weakness of willpower to quit.
C) application of controlled smoking.
D) abstinence violation effect.
Q3) Caffeine is a central nervous system stimulant.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
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Q1) A noninvasive technique has been developed to treat the symptoms of several psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia. This treatment, which stimulates neurons in specific brain regions with a magnetic current, is called ____________.
A) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
B) functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
C) transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
D) nuclear magnetic stimulation (NMS)
Q2) Prenatal exposure to the ____________ virus is thought to be a contributing factor in the development of schizophrenia.
A) herpes
B) human immunodeficiency
C) West Nile
D) influenza
Q3) Schizoaffective disorder is a controversial diagnosis.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia as discussed in your textbook.
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Chapter 11: Personality Disorders
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Q1) Two factors that clinicians should consider before making a personality disorder diagnosis are the patient's
A) observable symptoms and level of distress.
B) biological symptoms and level of impairment.
C) biological symptoms and level of distress.
D) level of distress and level of impairment.
Q2) A long-term, pervasive pattern of inflexible and maladaptive functioning is called a
A) personality trait.
B) personality disorder.
C) clinical state.
D) clinical context.
Q3) Across epidemiological studies, ____________ personality disorders appear to be more common in women. However, in clinical settings, women are most often diagnosed with ____________ personality disorder.
A) histrionic and borderline; dependent
B) dependent and avoidant; histrionic
C) obsessive-compulsive and borderline; avoidant
D) narcissistic and histrionic; dependent
Q4) Choose a Cluster A personality disorder and describe its diagnostic criteria.
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Chapter 12: Neurodevelopmental, Disruptive, Conduct, and Elimination Disorders
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Q1) Compared with girls, boys are more likely to be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that is transmitted on the X chromosome, affects only girls.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Reading disorder, the most common type of learning disorder, is also known as A) dyslexia.
B) dyscalculia.
C) dysgraphia.
D) dyspraxia.
Q4) With the possible exception of ____________, children with intellectual disability are five times more likely to be diagnosed with a psychological disorder than other children.
A) schizophrenia or substance use disorders
B) depression or posttraumatic stress disorder
C) bipolar disorder or major depressive disorder
D) schizoaffective disorder or phobias
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Chapter 13: Aging and Neurocognitive Disorders
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Q1) Although not necessarily the recommended first line medication for this problem, the class of drugs most frequently prescribed to treat anxiety in older adults is
A) antidepressants.
B) benzodiazepines.
C) beta blockers.
D) buspirone.
Q2) As with the prevalence rates of schizophrenia among younger adults, more ____________ are diagnosed with psychotic disorders later in life.
A) whites
B) African Americans
C) Hispanics
D) Asians
Q3) In contrast to delirium, the cognitive difficulties associated with neurocognitive disorder
A) result in alterations to a patient's level of consciousness or alertness.
B) occur suddenly and disappear in a relatively short amount of time.
C) fluctuate over the course of the disorder.
D) are not accompanied by changes in consciousness or alertness.
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Chapter 14: Health Psychology
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Q1) According to the text, one of the most important predictors of health is
A) education level.
B) religious affiliation.
C) socioeconomic status.
D) family.
Q2) Stress can be associated with either increased or decreased eating.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A shared limitation of the Social Readjustment Rating Scale, the Hassles Scale, and the Uplifts Scale is
A) poor "real-life" generalization.
B) the possibility of memory bias.
C) not factoring in individual differences.
D) an inability to differentiate between the impact of positive and negative life events.
Q4) Much less is known about children's responsiveness to stress than about adults' responsiveness.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe the General Adaptation Syndrome.
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Chapter 15: Abnormal Psychology: Legal and Ethical Issues
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Q1) Over the past 50 years:
A) the number of mentally ill persons in institutions has declined, as has the number of mentally ill persons in jails or prisons.
B) the number of mentally ill persons in institutions has increased, as has the number of mentally ill persons in jails or prisons.
C) the number of mentally ill persons in institutions has increased, but the number of mentally ill persons in jails or prisons has decreased.
D) the number of mentally ill persons in institutions has decreased, but the number of mentally ill persons in jails or prisons has increased
Q2) Explain the difference between civil and criminal commitment.
Q3) If you are a psychologist, you assume ethical responsibilities for
A) providing clinical treatment or conducting research.
B) charging fees that are affordable for everyone.
C) promoting yourself as a media psychologist.
D) the conduct of any one to whom you make referrals.
Q4) Discuss the TWO pieces of patients' rights legislation that pertain to research studies which came about as the result of Nazi "experimentation" during World War II.
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