Psychopathology
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Course Introduction
Psychopathology is the scientific study of mental disorders, including their symptoms, etiology, progression, and treatment. This course explores the classification systems for psychological disorders, such as the DSM and ICD, and examines a wide range of mental health conditions, such as mood disorders, anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, and personality disorders. Students will learn about the biological, psychological, and social factors that contribute to the development and maintenance of psychopathology. Additionally, the course addresses issues related to assessment, diagnosis, cultural influences, and ethical considerations in the study and treatment of psychological disorders.
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Abnormal Psychology An Integrative Approach 5th Edition by David H. Barlow
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Chapter 1: Abnormal Behaviour in Historical Context
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Q1) In most Western societies,what happens when a person enters a trance state and believes he or she is possessed?
A) The person is believed to be suffering from a psychotic disorder.
B) The person is diagnosed with a dissociative disorder.
C) The person may be viewed as having a psychological disorder.
D) The person can be cured with antipsychotic medication.
Answer: C
Q2) Anton Mesmer,an early 18th-century physician,purported to cure patients by unblocking the flow of a bodily fluid he called "animal magnetism." Benjamin Franklin's double-blind experiment indicated that any effectiveness of Mesmer's methods was actually due to which of the following?
A) undetectable magnetic fields
B) chemically induced humoral balance
C) the power of suggestion
D) mental telepathy
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: An Integrative Approach to Psychopathology
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Q1) Name three important neurotransmitters and describe what impact each one is thought to have on human experience.
Answer: Student responses will vary.
Q2) What did Aaron Beck,the originator of cognitive-behavioural therapy,assume that depression is largely influenced by?
A) an interaction between maladaptive neurotransmitter pathways and behaviours
B) thinking too much about one's failures in life
C) unconscious thoughts that lead to maladaptive life situations
D) faulty attributions and attitudes
Answer: D
Q3) Which of the following is most likely to be hindered by damage to the somatic nervous system?
A) voluntary movement
B) thinking and reasoning
C) the fight-or-flight response
D) breathing and sleeping
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis
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Q1) Using a new diagnostic system,several clinicians interview a patient and independently provide the same diagnosis.The diagnosis may be different from the diagnosis that would be applied using an older diagnostic system.What can we assume about the new diagnostic system?
A) It appears to be standardized.
B) It appears to be reliable.
C) It appears to be normed.
D) It appears to be valid.
Answer: B
Q2) Accurate diagnoses are partly dependent on the reliability and validity of the diagnostic system being used (e.g.,the DSM 5).What else does diagnostic accuracy depend on?
A) the patient's ability to describe his or her symptoms clearly and honestly
B) the skills and training of the clinician
C) valid statistics regarding the prevalence of the disorder
D) the efficacy of treatments available for a given psychological disorder
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Research Methods
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Q1) Explain the unique ways that monozygotic twins raised in separate environments help us to understand the genetic influences of psychopathology.
Q2) Which of the following makes it difficult to determine the genetic components of psychological disorders by using family studies?
A) physical similarities
B) shared genes
C) the same socioeconomic conditions
D) the fact that family members live together
Q3) What is the key element in a double-blind control study?
A) Neither the treatment provider nor the research participants know whether the treatment will be effective.
B) Neither the treatment provider nor the research participants can ever be made aware of the research findings.
C) Neither the treatment provider nor the research participants are aware of who is in the treatment group and who is in the control group.
D) The research participants are not aware that they are participating in a research study.
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Chapter 5: Anxiety,Trauma-Related,and
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
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Q1) What is an important factor in determining whether an individual will develop post-traumatic stress disorder following a traumatic event?
A) the individual's gender
B) the individual's age at time of the trauma
C) the number of relatives with psychological disorders
D) the extent of emotional support from family and friends
Q2) Tony has thoughts about hating his younger brother and wishing he would die.He becomes anxious about these thoughts because he now thinks if anything really happened to his brother,it would be his fault.For no explainable reason,Tony starts mentally counting by odd numbers each time he walks past his brother's room and discovers that this activity makes him less anxious.How would you describe Tony's behaviour?
A) Tony is attempting to stop himself from actually hurting his brother.
B) Tony has a mental compulsion developed to neutralize his bad thoughts.
C) Tony has a phobia of going into his brother's room because he is afraid his hatred will actually hurt him.
D) Tony has a compulsive ritual designed to make him like his brother more.
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Chapter 6: Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders
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Q1) Doctors suspect that Allen has somatic symptom disorder.What symptoms is Allen most likely displaying?
A) problems with his sensory-motor systems.
B) problems with his cognitive functioning.
C) problems with his digestive system.
D) problems regulating emotions under stress.
Q2) According to Ross (1997)and others,what is the average number of alter personalities (i.e.,in addition to the original personality)in individuals with dissociative identity disorder?
A) 5
B) 15
C) 25
D) 50
Q3) Mark has a seizure disorder and has developed some dissociative symptoms.Gary has dissociative symptoms but no seizure disorder.What likely differs between Mark and Gary?
A) Mark's disorder is unlikely to be the result of psychological trauma.
B) Mark won't have clinical anxiety.
C) Mark's dissociative symptoms won't be linked to physiology.
D) The reason for Mark's disorder is likely a mystery.
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Chapter 7: Mood Disorders and Suicide
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Q1) Mack almost always draws conclusions that emphasize the negative rather than the positive.What is Mack exemplifying?
A) overgeneralization
B) learned helplessness
C) delta commentary
D) arbitrary inference
Q2) In severe cases of depression in which the episode lasts five years or longer,approximately what percentage of patients can be expected to recover?
A) 18 percent
B) 38 percent
C) 53 percent
D) 98 percent
Q3) Jackie has depression and is having a particularly hard time with anhedonia.What does this mean?
A) Jackie cannot concentrate.
B) Jackie feels of worthless.
C) Jackie can't experience pleasure.
D) Jackie has an altered pattern of sleep.
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Chapter 8: Eating and Sleep-Wake Disorders
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Q1) When attempting to "reset the biological clock" of an individual with a circadian rhythm sleep disorder,what is it generally best to do?
A) Keep the person awake for several days in a row.
B) Leave the patient's bedtime alone and change the duration of sleep.
C) Make the patient's bedtime earlier.
D) Make the patient's bedtime later.
Q2) How does the death rate (including suicide)due to eating disorders compare to the death rates for other psychological disorders?
A) It is lower than that of most psychological disorders.
B) It is the highest of all of the psychological disorders.
C) It is higher than that for any other psychological disorder except depression.
D) It is higher than that of most psychological disorders.
Q3) When do sleep terrors and sleepwalking generally occur?
A) during NREM sleep
B) during twilight stages between sleep and waking
C) during REM sleep
D) after some severe daytime stressor
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Chapter 9: Physical Disorders and Health Psychology
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Q1) One of the most successful efforts to reduce risk factors for a medical condition involved three entire communities in California,in which residents received one of three different types of interventions or no intervention at all.What was the targeted condition in this effort?
A) heart disease
B) cancer
C) obesity
D) diabetes
Q2) Tara's HPA axis was activated.Which chemical level just increased in her body?
A) corticotropin releasing factor (CRF)
B) high-density lipoprotein (HDL)
C) adrenal cortisol hormone (ACH)
D) cortisol
Q3) According to the principles of health psychology,what is the best protection against acquiring AIDS?
A) choosing sexual abstinence even after years of being sexually active
B) being treated for HIV before it develops into AIDS
C) changing risky behaviours that can lead to disease acquisition
D) getting an injection of the AIDS vaccine
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Chapter 10: Sexual Dysfunctions,Paraphilic Disorders,and Gender Dysphoria
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Q1) What is a common characteristic of all sexual dysfunctions?
A) They all involve culturally stigmatized behaviour.
B) They all involve sexual behaviours that the majority of the population does not participate in.
C) They all are related to being unable to have sexual intercourse.
D) They all cause distress to the individual or their victim.
Q2) Although Maria fantasizes about sex and has no lack of sexual desire,when she and her husband attempt to have intercourse,she has difficulty becoming vaginally lubricated.This has been a persistent problem for several months now.What problem does Maria appear to have?
A) female sexual arousal disorder
B) female orgasmic disorder
C) vaginismus
D) dyspareunia
Q3) What is the most likely adult outcome for a young boy who shows effeminate behaviours?
A) a bisexual orientation
B) an exclusively heterosexual orientation
C) an exclusively homosexual orientation
D) gender dysphoria
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Chapter 11: Substance-Related,Addictive,and
Impulse-Control Disorders
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Q1) Zach is experiencing "delirium tremens," which means Zach is withdrawing from which substance?
A) alcohol
B) marijuana
C) cocaine
D) heroin
Q2) From a physiological perspective,a nicotine addict smokes cigarettes frequently throughout the day in order to prevent withdrawal symptoms.Which of the following is one of these symptoms?
A) difficulty concentrating
B) nausea
C) headache
D) tiredness
Q3) Alcohol use and aggression are positively correlated.Which of the following is NOT a factor that determines aggressive behaviour?
A) the person's previous history of violence
B) the person's IQ (measured intelligence)
C) quantity and timing of alcohol consumed
D) the person's expectations about drinking
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Chapter 12: Personality Disorders
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Q1) Jeremy has schizotypal personality disorder and also meets the criteria for another psychological disorder.What is that other disorder most likely to be?
A) schizoid personality disorder
B) major depressive disorder
C) schizophrenia
D) paranoia
Q2) Which of the following is NOT another name for what the DSM 5 calls antisocial personality disorder?
A) egopathy
B) sociopathy
C) idopathy
D) moral insanity
Q3) When asked about their childhood,how do individuals diagnosed with avoidant personality disorder tend to remember their parents?
A) as warm and loving
B) as depressed
C) as rejecting
D) as harsh and physically abusive
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Chapter 13: Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
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Q1) If expressed emotion is a cause of schizophrenia,we would expect to see a positive correlation between the rates of schizophrenia and the rates of expressed emotions across cultural groups.What does the research on this subject show?
A) There is no correlation; levels of expressed emotion do not vary by cultural group but rates of schizophrenia do.
B) There is a positive correlation; most cultural groups with higher levels of expressed emotion show higher rates of schizophrenia.
C) There is no correlation; levels of expressed emotion vary by cultural group but rates of schizophrenia do not.
D) There is a negative correlation; most cultural groups with higher levels of expressed emotion show lower rates of schizophrenia.
Q2) What is tardive dyskinesia?
A) a side effect of some antipsychotic drugs
B) a neuroleptic drug
C) a brain site affected by schizophrenia
D) a side effect of schizophrenia
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Chapter 14: Neurodevelopmental Disorders
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Q1) Samantha,a Grade 6 girl,has difficulty in school.She pays attention and works hard but appears to have trouble remembering facts and concepts that she has read about.An assessment of Samantha's learning disorder could involve administering intelligence and achievement tests.In which of the following scenarios would Samantha most likely be diagnosed as having a reading learning disorder?
A) if her intelligence test scores were significantly higher than her school grades in reading
B) if she scored one standard deviation above average on an intelligence test but one standard deviation below average on an achievement test tapping reading skills
C) if her scores on a reading test were significantly lower than her scores on a mathematics test
D) if her scores on both kinds of tests were significantly higher than her school grades
Q2) Which of the following is a type of tic disorder?
A) autistic disorder
B) selective mutism
C) Tourette's disorder
D) coprolalia
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Chapter 15: Neurocognitive Disorders
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Q1) When do most instances of delirium,neurocognitive disorder,and amnestic disorders develop?
A) following brainstem injuries that occur with equal frequency at all ages
B) in late adulthood when cognition is not functioning normally
C) in late adulthood as part of the normal aging process
D) following complications at birth
Q2) Assume that you had a relative who was beginning to develop significant deficits associated with early neurocognitive disorder due to Alzheimer's disease.Describe several compensating strategies that you could help develop to aid the individual's functioning.What kinds of tools could the patient use to keep from getting lost,to remember important information,and to stay safe? Be creative!
Q3) Barrie has neurocognitive disorder.What is the MOST likely cause of this disorder?
A) Alzheimer's disease
B) syphilis
C) improper use of prescription drugs
D) a history of substance abuse
Q4) Describe the typical causes of delirium and how it is treated.
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Chapter 16: Mental Health Services: Legal and Ethical Issues
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Q1) Which of the following best describes the public perception that people with mental illness have "beat the rap" as a result of being judged not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder?
A) It is an incorrect perception.
B) It is considered a factual perception in murder cases.
C) It is true for males who commit crimes but not for females who commit crimes.
D) It is correct perception.
Q2) Explain the use of and controversy surrounding the battered woman syndrome defence in criminal cases.
Q3) Dr.Bell works in the United States.Dr.Bell has a patient who has made threats against someone. What is Dr.Bell's legal obligation (if any)?
A) to warn a patient's potential victim(s)
B) to advise a patient of his or her rights
C) to file a police report
D) to involuntarily commit the patient
Q4) Discuss public perceptions of the insanity defence and how they contrast with factual information regarding the frequency of its use and its implications.
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