Psychology of Mental Disorders
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Psychology of Mental Disorders explores the scientific understanding of psychological disorders, examining their symptoms, causes, prevalence, and treatments. The course covers a range of conditions, including mood, anxiety, psychotic, personality, and neurodevelopmental disorders, emphasizing both biological and environmental factors influencing mental health. Students learn about diagnostic criteria, assessment methods, and therapeutic interventions, developing an appreciation for the complexities of mental illness and the importance of evidence-based practice. Ethical issues, stigma, and the impact of culture on diagnosis and treatment are also discussed, providing a comprehensive foundation for further study or clinical application in mental health fields.
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Abnormal Psychology Sixth Canadian Edition by Gordon L. Flett
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Chapter 1: Introduction: Definitional and Historical
Considerations, and Canadas Mental Health
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Q1) In 1977, it was discovered that Dr. Cameron's "experiments" on Canadian psychiatric patients were secretly funded by:
A)The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
B)The Canadian Security Intelligence Services (CSIS)
C)The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
D)The Office of Homeland Security (OHS)
Answer: A
Q2) Modern psychogenic approaches have their origin in
A)drug therapy.
B)hypnosis as a treatment procedure.
C)methods that remove biochemical imbalances.
D)surgical procedures.
Answer: B
Q3) The role of provincial psychiatric hospitals today is
A)to provide tertiary inpatient care for complex cases.
B)to provide care mostly for non-psychotic conditions.
C)to provide centres of excellence for all mental conditions.
D)to provide portable community-based primary care services.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Current Paradigms and Integrative Approaches
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Q1) What did Bandura and colleague's (1961)classic Bobo doll study show?
A)Children would imitate the aggression towards the doll that was displayed by a model.
B)Children would try and comfort the doll.
C)Children would be aggressive towards the adult model.
D)Children would be emotionally distressed by seeing the adult be aggressive towards the doll.
Answer: A
Q2) Behavioural and cognitive theorists differ in their emphasis on A)events versus interpretations of events.
B)feelings versus thoughts.
C)reinforcement versus free-will.
D)childhood experiences versus current events.
Answer: A
Q3) Bandura's most famous research is his work on self-efficacy.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Clinical Assessment, Classification, and Diagnosis
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Q1) In 2013, the DSM-5 was published by the
A)American Psychopathological and Statistical Association.
B)World Health Organization.
C)Congress of Mental Science.
D)American Psychiatric Association.
Answer: D
Q2) In regards to brain-behaviour relationships, Rourke (2008)raised the following question:
A)Whether the role of neurotransmitters can predict forms of psychosocial functioning in individuals
B)Whether forms of psychosocial functioning of individuals can be predicted by neurological analysis
C)Whether neuropsychological analysis of individuals could predict forms of psychosocial functioning
D)Whether psychosocial functioning could predict neurotransmitter levels
Answer: C
Q3) Psychophysiological assessment measures arousal.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Research Methods in the Study of Abnormal Behaviour
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Q1) Directionality is best addressed by:
A)Including a control group
B)Using a longitudinal design
C)Using a mixed design
D)Using a correlational design
Q2) Ladouceur et al. (1998)used a single-subject multiple-baseline design and successfully treated:
A)The one gambler they treated
B)2 out of 5 gamblers
C)4 out of 5 gamblers
D)5 out of 5 gamblers
Q3) The case in which two boys were locked in separate cribs and forced to wear diapers over a 10-year period occurred in:
A)British Columbia
B)Ontario
C)Alberta
D)Nunavut
Q4) The term science refers to both a method and a goal.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Anxiety Disorders
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Q1) Students high in social anxiety disorder are:
A)High in self-criticism
B)Trying to be perfect
C)Unaware of the image they present to others
D)Typically high achievers
Q2) In the case study of Margot Paul, the elderly woman from P.E.I. who suffered from agoraphobia, Margot attributed her improvement to:
A)Her doctor encouraging her to change the way she thinks
B)Medications provided by her doctor
C)Psychotherapy for a comorbid condition of depression
D)Simply becoming less concerned over time with the negative evaluations of other people
Q3) How could a university student with social anxiety disorder pass a class in which s/he has to give multiple oral presentations?
Q4) Fewer than 20% of university students with anxiety disorders seek treatment.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is the most common element of treatment for anxiety disorders and why is it considered so important for successful treatment?
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Chapter 6: Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
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Q1) One potential complication that can arise from excoriation is
A)patches of missing hair.
B)infection.
C)hearing loss.
D)loss of sensation in the hands.
Q2) Traci collects figurines - she has over 250 in her collection from all over the world and she rotates her display of them on a seasonal basis. Amy has a collection of dollsshe has so many that she has given them their own room in her house and also has them elsewhere in her house. Traci most likely has __________ and Amy most likely has_________.
A)hoarding disorder; hoarding disorder
B)hoarding disorder; a normal collection
C)a normal collection; hoarding disorder
D)a normal collection; a normal collection
Q3) Dysfunction in the ___________________ brain region has been linked to both OCD and Tourette's syndrome.
A)basal ganglia
B)corpus callosum
C)hypothalamus
D)cingulated gyrus
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Chapter 7: Somatic Symptom Disorders and Dissociative Disorders
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Q1) In 2005, the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation revised a series of treatment guidelines and treatment phases. These treatment phases include:
A)Safety, stabilization, and symptom reduction
B)Working directly and in depth with traumatic memories
C)Identity integration and rehabilitation
D)All of the above
Q2) In an effort to reduce Alan's somatoform symptoms, his behaviourally oriented therapist would most likely:
A)Suggest that his family reward his efforts to return to work.
B)Train him in relaxation skills.
C)Spend time uncovering stressors that led to the problem.
D)Dispute the validity of his pain.
Q3) Hilda is being treated for dissociative identity disorder. It is most likely that as part of treatment she will:
A)Receive relaxation training
B)Be hypnotized
C)Have biofeedback
D)Receive high dose antipsychotic medication
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Chapter 8: Mood Disorders and Suicide
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Q1) Denise is very excited - she just mailed her first completed manuscript of a novel to a publishing company. To celebrate, she has invited all her friends to join her at an exclusive bar, where she is footing the bill for bottle service. Her friends ask her how much her advance is for the book, and she replies that she doesn't have a contact, let alone a contract - she just knows that her book is going to be a bestseller. When they ask how long it took to write it, she replies "three days." What is Denise most likely experiencing?
A)Cocaine intoxication
B)Delusional disorder
C)Manic episode
D)Borderline personality disorder
Q2) Initial research on mindfulness-based cognitive therapy indicates that rates of relapse for depression are:
A)Not reduced as a result of treatment
B)Reduced only among patients with three or more past episodes of depression
C)Actually increased rather than decreased, presumably because the person has become more self-focused
D)None of the above are true; existing results are too inconsistent across studies and do not permit conclusions to be drawn
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Chapter 9: Stress-Related Disorders and Health Psychology
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Q1) The newly proposed Type D personality
A)is closely associated with emotional expression.
B)has been defined as negative affect in conjunction with inhibition in expression.
C)has been shown to be a protective factor from coronary heart disease.
D)is similar to Type A personality, but is less severe.
Q2) The human body reacts to emotional stress differently than physical threats.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Mr. Presto is considered by his wife to be a "workaholic." He is competitive about his work, always in a hurry, and hostile toward people who get in his way. Mr. Presto would be described as having:
A)The perfectionistic pattern
B)The "Superman Syndrome"
C)Type A behaviour pattern
D)Type B behaviour pattern
Q4) The most effective treatment for PTSD is EMDR.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What are some of the major factors that contribute to essential hypertension?
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Chapter 10: Eating Disorders
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Q1) Research conducted in Canadian schools suggests which of the following eating disorders is most common among adolescents?
A)Anorexia nervosa
B)Bulimia nervosa
C)Obese binge eating
D)Elimination disorder
Q2) Steiger and Israel (1999)agree with early theorist Hilde Bruch (1980)who suggests that anorexics
A)often have sexual conflicts and this is why they are trying to become thin and childlike.
B)use dieting as a means of acquiring control and identity in a world where they feel over controlled by parents.
C)want to become thin to spite their mothers.
D)are simply caught up in the societal pursuit of thinness for the sake of perfecting her body to perfect herself.
Q3) The hippocampus is thought to play a role in the development and maintenance of eating disorders.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Schizophrenia
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Q1) The shift in explaining the role of dopamine activity in the etiology of schizophrenia is reflected in the following statement:
A)Excess or oversensitive dopamine receptors would explain schizophrenia.
B)Excess dopamine in the brain would explain schizophrenia.
C)Excess or oversensitive neurotransmitters would explain schizophrenia.
D)None of the above.
Q2) As a result of limitations in the DSM subtypes of schizophrenia,
A)they are often not used in clinical practice.
B)the number of people diagnosed as schizophrenic has increased.
C)major revisions are planned for the next revision of DSM.
D)researchers are studying other subtyping systems.
Q3) What are two distinct reasons why people with schizophrenia discontinue taking medication to treat the disorder? Explain.
Q4) A consistent brain abnormality found among people with schizophrenia is
A)frontal lobe enlargement.
B)parietal lobe enlargement.
C)enlarged ventricles.
D)interrupted tracts in the reticular formation.
Q5) Discuss the differences between positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia.
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Chapter 12: Substance-Related Disorders
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Q1) One difficulty with doing research on the impact of stopping binge drinking has been
A)finding enough participants on college campuses who binge drink.
B)finding enough participants on college campuses who stop binge drinking.
C)finding enough participants on college campuses who are willing to participate in research on drinking.
D)achieving gender balance in these studies as women binge drink more frequently than men.
Q2) Although it has been shown that alcohol does not have a consistent effect upon stress, people continue to drink as a means to alleviate stress because
A)they expect it to help.
B)others suggest drinking to unwind.
C)drinking is more socially acceptable than consuming other drugs.
D)they are unaware of the severity of life stress they are experiencing.
Q3) Alcoholics Anonymous is the most effective treatment for alcohol dependence.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain why Canada has lower rates of cigarette smoking than many other countries.
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Chapter 13: Personality Disorders
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Q1) Low reliability for a personality disorder suggests:
A)People with the disorder did not, in fact, have problems functioning normally in daily life.
B)Clinicians diagnosing patients had difficulty agreeing on whether a patient had the disorder or not.
C)People with the disorder at one point in time had recovered by the follow-up assessment.
D)People with the disorder often had other personality disorders as well.
Q2) Peter not only works 70 hours a week, but he spends his off hours planning a schedule for his family. He dictates what time his wife will be home, when dinner will be served, and when they will go to bed. He is such a perfectionist that he actually finds it difficult to get work done efficiently, despite the amount of time he spends trying. Which of the following personality disorders best fits Peter?
A)Dependent
B)Narcissistic
C)Schizoid
D)Obsessive-compulsive
Q3) Discuss the rationale for including personality disorders in the DSM-5.
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) Because people with paraphilias often break the law, we have good statistics on the prevalence rate.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Brother-sister incest is the most common form of incest.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Therapy for rape victims includes helping the victim:
A)Deal with reactions of her friends and family
B)Identify ways she could have prevented the attack
C)Put memories behind her and get on with daily living
D)Decide if she is strong enough to cope with stresses of a trial
Q4) The sense of being either male or female is referred to as:
A)Sexual orientation
B)Sex role stereotype
C)Gender identity
D)Oedipal identification
Q5) People with voyeurism are often arrested for peeping.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Disorders of Childhood
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Q1) In comparing girls and boys with ADHD, Canadian researchers have shown that:
A)Girls have greater impairment on a variety of measures
B)Girls have more issues with hyperactivity
C)Boys have more issues with inattention
D)No difference were found between girls and boys with ADHD
Q2) The Learning Disabilities Association of Canada released their (2007)research study entitled Putting a Canadian Face on Learning Disabilities (PACFOLD). The report
A)indicated that most employers who have workers with learning disabilities are aware of the need for accommodations.
B)was a replication of previous findings that assessed the impact of living with a learning disability.
C)called for mandatory early screening of children as young as four years old.
D)found that, surprisingly, individuals with learning disabilities tend not to experience comorbid depression.
Q3) Medication can be effective in curing children of learning disabilities.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What are some reasons that autistic children score low on intelligence tests?
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Chapter 16: Aging and Psychological Disorders
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Q1) Prevalence of depression in the elderly is:
A)Significantly lower than in younger people
B)Significantly higher than in younger people
C)Often overestimated
D)Often underestimated
Q2) Which of the following may explain why more psychotherapists do not specialize in the treatment of older adults?
A)The cognitive problems of most older adults make them poor candidates for insight-oriented psychotherapy.
B)Older adults do not seek out mental health services, so there is insufficient demand for the services of psychotherapists with this population.
C)The optimal mode of treatment for older adults is medication.
D)Clinicians expect that older adults will not improve with psychotherapy.
Q3) In terms of extant diagnostic criteria, disorders of old-age in DSM-5:
A)Have been revised substantially from the previous DSMs
B)Are basically the same as those of younger adults
C)Are included in a separate for the first time
D)Are basically similar to Axis II disorders
Q4) What is the subjective age bias and how can it affect one's outcome?
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Chapter 17: Outcomes and Issues in Psychological Intervention
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Q1) Therapists who practice compassion focused therapy:
A)Model compassion focused self-talk
B)Stress the importance of accepting others as they are
C)Encourage empathic behaviour
D)Display a compassionate approach to self and client
Q2) Psychoanalysis primarily focuses upon:
A)Presenting symptoms
B)Unconscious conflicts from earlier in life
C)Cognitive biases associated with neuroticism
D)None of the above are correct
Q3) Greenberg et al.'s (1994)meta-analytic review of the effectiveness of client-centred therapy suggests that:
A)Most people receiving client-centred therapy are better off than comparable people who have not received therapy
B)It is not effective with more serious problems.
C)It is better than brief psychodynamic treatment.
D)Follow-up evaluations show that treatment gains are not maintained.
Q4) How can technology (e.g., internet, text messaging, videoconferencing)be used to enhance the delivery of psychological interventions? What drawbacks exist, if any?
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Chapter 18: Legal and Ethical Issues
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Q1) What condition could lawyers have argued that Louis Riel had suffered from when he led the Northwest Rebellion?
A)Megalomania
B)Schizophrenia
C)Bipolar disorder
D)Psychopathy
Q2) Canadian Marnie Rice is best known for her work on:
A)Violence risk assessment
B)The legal rights of the mentally ill
C)The assessment of competence
D)The laws surrounding civil commitment
Q3) According to one psychiatrist, more than 90% of psychotic people have no insight into their condition, and therefore do not believe they need treatment.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The Violence Risk Appraisal Guide (VRAG)is used to predict the likelihood of violence.
A)True
B)False
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