Psychopathology Test Preparation
Course Introduction
Psychopathology is the scientific study of mental disorders, encompassing their symptoms, causes, development, and classification. This course examines a range of psychological disorders, exploring diagnostic criteria, etiological theories, and contemporary approaches to assessment and intervention. Through the analysis of current research and case studies, students will gain an understanding of the biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors that contribute to abnormal behavior, as well as the ethical issues involved in diagnosis and treatment. The course provides a foundation for further studies in clinical psychology, psychiatry, and related mental health fields.
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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) What is the formal definition of psychopathology?
A) the medications used to treat some psychological disorders
B) the criteria used to define psychological disorders
C) the psychological therapies used to treat psychological disorders
D) the scientific study of psychological disorders
Answer: D
Q2) The discovery of certain tranquilizers made it possible to control psychotic symptoms,including hallucinations and delusions.What kind of drugs were these tranquilizers?
A) neuroleptics
B) bromides
C) benzodiazepines
D) opiates
Answer: A
Q3) What was Erikson's greatest contribution to psychoanalytical theorizing?
A) his idea that development occurs across the life span
B) his idea that sexual arousal and interest occur during the latency stage
C) his idea that societal factors influence our behaviour
D) his idea that intrapsychic conflicts are resolved in early childhood
Answer: A
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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 does the term "equifinality" refer to?
A) the fact that many causes of psychopathology are equal in influence
B) the fact that all forms of psychopathology have similar causes
C) the fact that a number of paths can lead to the same outcome
D) the fact that the same path can lead to different outcomes
Answer: C
Q3) What part of the brain stem regulates vital activities such as heartbeat,breathing,and digestion?
A) the forebrain
B) the thalamus
C) the reticular activating system
D) the hindbrain
Answer: D
Q4) Describe the concept of equifinality.What does this concept say regarding the causes of psychopathology?
Answer: Student responses will vary.
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Chapter 3: Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis
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Q1) What is the primary purpose of structured and semi-structured interviews?
A) The standardized collection of necessary information allows for comparison with similar individuals.
B) They initiate treatment.
C) They increase confidentiality.
D) Engagement strategies are built in to help develop the therapist-client relationship.
Answer: A
Q2) You are attending a mental health lecture at your school when a heated debate erupts over the inclusion of premenstrual dysphoric disorder in the DSM.Why does this controversy exist?
A) because of issues related to religion
B) because of issues related to pregnancy and birth
C) because of issues related to stigmatization
D) because of issues related to racism
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Research Methods
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Q1) Your psychology professor is conducting research and desperately needs more research participants because the existing subjects keep running from the building screaming.She tells the class that everyone must be a subject to get a grade in the class and that there are no exceptions.In terms of ethical treatment of research subjects,what would you say about her policy?
A) It violates the informed consent concept of volunteerism.
B) It violates the informed consent concept of competence.
C) It is acceptable if she carefully explains the experiment to each participant and allows participants to quit if they are uncomfortable during the procedure.
D) It is acceptable as long as her procedures are presented to the research ethics board.
Q2) Describe correlational research.Explain the statistic used to represent the relationship between variables.Provide and explain an illustrative example of two variables that are negatively correlated.Discuss the advantages and limitations of the correlational method.
Q3) Explain the unique ways that monozygotic twins raised in separate environments help us to understand the genetic influences of psychopathology.
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Chapter 5: Anxiety,Trauma-Related,and
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
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Q1) When treating patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder,how effective is combining exposure and ritual prevention (ERP)with medication?
A) Combining the two is better than ERP alone.
B) Combining the two causes patients to discontinue treatment.
C) Combining the two is better than drug treatment alone.
D) Combining the two does not produce any additional therapeutic advantage.
Q2) Which of the following symptoms often accompanies obsessive-compulsive disorder?
A) panic attacks
B) delusions
C) specific phobia
D) social anxiety disorder
Q3) How does cognitive-behavioural treatment help someone with generalized anxiety disorder?
A) It helps the patient confront anxiety-provoking thoughts and images.
B) It helps the patient analyze the unconscious sources of the anxiety.
C) It helps the patient avoid feelings of anxiety as well as the negative images associated with those feelings.
D) It helps the patient adjust medication levels as needed to cope with the anxiety.
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Chapter 6: Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders
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Q1) 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.
Q2) Dr.Banks has chosen a treatment for Amy's illness anxiety disorder based on its proven effectiveness. Which treatment did she most likely select?
A) operant conditioning
B) cognitive-behavioural treatment
C) emotional restructuring
D) psychosurgery
Q3) Dr.Little has a new patient who has just developed dissociative identity disorder.Which of the following people is most likely Dr.Little's patient?
A) a 13-year-old girl
B) a 9-year-old girl
C) a 3-year-old girl
D) a 17-year-old girl
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Chapter 7: Mood Disorders and Suicide
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT typically involved in therapeutic approaches used to help the bereaved?
A) re-experiencing the emotions associated with the death
B) talking about the deceased loved one
C) examining unexpressed hostility toward the loved one
D) finding meaning in the loss
Q2) Jamie is six years old and has been diagnosed with dysthymic disorder.What disorder is Jamie highly likely to develop as he gets older?
A) cyclothymia
B) mania
C) major depressive disorder
D) bipolar disorder
Q3) Isaac has bipolar I disorder and does not take medication.He has just started a manic episode.How long will the episode likely last?
A) two to six weeks
B) four to eight weeks
C) two to six months
D) six to nine months
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Chapter 8: Eating and Sleep-Wake Disorders
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Q1) Describe the typical treatment goals and treatment methods implemented for anorexia patients.
Q2) 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.
Q3) Why are antidepressant medications sometimes used to treat narcolepsy?
A) because antidepressant medications promote progressive muscle relaxation
B) because these medications suppress REM sleep, which that can trigger cataplexy
C) because the anti-anxiety properties of these medications reduce narcolepsy
D) because narcolepsy is often caused by depression
Q4) Which males are most likely to develop an eating disorder such as bulimia?
A) those who are depressed
B) those who are overweight
C) those who are homosexual or bisexual
D) those who are single and heterosexual
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Chapter 9: Physical Disorders and Health Psychology
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Q1) Paul is worried about cardiovascular disease because of a strong family history of heart problems. Paul is already trying a stress-reduction intervention.His friend Mike,a doctor,suggests that something else may be just as effective.What does Mike recommend?
A) a cognitive-behavioural intervention
B) a mindfulness-based intervention
C) a dietary intervention
D) an exercise intervention
Q2) Why do clinicians use physiological monitoring equipment in biofeedback procedures?
A) to help the clinicians track changes in muscular tension
B) to make the responses visible and/or audible to the patient
C) to make the responses tactile to the patient
D) to ensure patients properly interpret the clinician's instructions
Q3) In the 1970s,Herbert Benson developed a brief relaxation procedure.What did this procedure involve?
A) focusing on a word
B) focusing on an image of a face
C) focusing on a musical note
D) focusing on an image of nature
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Chapter 10: Sexual Dysfunctions,Paraphilic Disorders,and Gender Dysphoria
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Q1) What is a major biological contribution to the development of sexual dysfunctions?
A) endocrine deficiencies
B) neurological diseases
C) anxiety
D) androgen deficiencies
Q2) What is the main feature of sexual arousal disorders?
A) an excessively high expectation of sex, followed by continual disappointment
B) an obsession with sex, to the exclusion of any other distraction
C) a lack of physical sexual response despite desire for sex
D) a normal desire for sex, but a physical sexual response that is only possible with strangers
Q3) Which type of sexual pain is related to pelvic muscle tension?
A) dyspareunia
B) anorgasmia
C) vaginismus
D) sexual arousal disorder
Q4) Describe a process in which paraphilias may develop.
Q5) Describe the symptoms of three different forms of paraphilia.What do all paraphilias have in common?
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Chapter 11: Substance-Related,Addictive,and
Impulse-Control Disorders
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Q1) Why do some drugs produce an anxiolytic (anxiety-relieving)effect?
A) because they act directly on the dopamine system
B) because they increase the activity of GABA in the septal-hippocampal region
C) because they stimulate the "pleasure pathways" of the brain
D) because they negatively reinforce drug-taking behaviour
Q2) Why did early editions of the DSM classify alcoholism and drug abuse as sociopathic personality disorders?
A) They were considered to be signs of mental illness.
B) They were considered to be a sign of moral weakness.
C) They were considered to be criminal behaviours.
D) They were considered to be symptoms of psychosis.
Q3) According to the American Psychiatric Association,what does the term "dependence" refer to?
A) physiological dependence on a drug
B) drug-seeking behaviours such as repeated use and the desperate need to ingest more of the drug
C) a combination of the physiological as well as behavioural and psychological responses to drugs
D) repeated use and reliance on street drugs
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Chapter 12: Personality Disorders
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Q1) Dr.Gall is studying a personality characteristic that is NOT a dimension in the five-factor model of personality.What is it?
A) extraversion
B) neuroticism
C) conscientiousness
D) expressiveness
Q2) Dr.Fries specializes in treating antisocial personality disorder.What percentage of Dr.Fries' patients are likely to also have a substance abuse problem?
A) 50 percent
B) 60 percent
C) 70 percent
D) 90 percent
Q3) How effective is the treatment of dependent personality disorder?
A) It is generally successful with a cognitive-behavioural approach.
B) It is successful when based on systematic desensitization and social-skills training.
C) It is well researched, though no effective treatments have been established.
D) It is not well researched.
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Chapter 13: Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
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Q1) James is experiencing alogia.What would someone spending time with James notice about him?
A) He would seem to have an inability to experience pleasure.
B) He would seem to have an inability to initiate and persist in activities.
C) He would show a lack of speech content and/or slowed speech response.
D) He would show a lack of emotional response and a blank facial expression.
Q2) Diagnosed with schizophrenia,Marta shows an unusual form of catatonia.If someone moves one of her arms or legs into a different position,it just stays that way.What is this symptom called?
A) waxy flexibility
B) catatonic cooperation
C) schizophrenic movement disorder
D) postural dysfunction
Q3) Describe unpleasant side effects associated with both traditional and atypical antipsychotic medications.Explain the issue of noncompliance with drug regimens,the problems caused by noncompliance,and how this situation has been addressed in treatment settings.
Q4) Describe the current theories and evidence for the biological causative factors of schizophrenia,including neurotransmitter imbalances,brain structure,and viral infection.
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Chapter 14: Neurodevelopmental Disorders
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Q1) Alvin is a ten-year-old boy diagnosed with a mathematics disorder.What will his treatment plan most likely involve?
A) teaching him different strategies to strengthen areas where he has difficulty
B) helping him to excel in other areas to compensate for his deficits in mathematics
C) teaching him relaxation skills to reduce his math anxiety
D) giving him exercises to help develop the behavioural skill of reading aloud
Q2) Scott has an intellectual disability.What would be the BEST form of treatment for him?
A) a cognitive approach to self-care activities
B) interpersonal therapy
C) medication
D) a behavioural approach to skills training
Q3) In a school with 100 children,how many would have a mathematics learning disorder?
A) 1
B) 3
C) 6
D) 12
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Chapter 15: Neurocognitive Disorders
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Q1) Patients with neurocognitive disorder due to Alzheimer's disease benefit from certain medications.What do these medications do?
A) prevent the breakdown of acetylcholine
B) repair neuronal damage
C) enhance the level of dopamine
D) prevent the reuptake of serotonin
Q2) It is thought that similar genes are involved in Alzheimer's disease and another illness.What is the other illness?
A) Huntingdon's disease
B) Parkinson's disease
C) Down syndrome
D) delirium
Q3) What is the primary goal of most psychosocial treatments for neurocognitive disorder?
A) to help the patient compensate for lost abilities
B) to treat the anxiety associated with knowing that the disorder is progressive
C) to enhance family functioning
D) to relieve depression
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) According to estimates from social action agencies in the late 1980s,how many people in Canada were homeless?
A) 25 000-50 000
B) 50 000-100 000
C) 100 000-250 000
D) 250 000-500 000
Q2) According to the APA clinical practice guidelines,what is the clinical utility axis concerned with?
A) the effectiveness of the intervention in the practice setting in which it is to be applied
B) whether patients accept the intervention and comply with its requirements, and whether it is easy to administer
C) external validity
D) the extent to which an intervention is effective with patients of differing backgrounds
Q3) Discuss the concept of fitness to stand trial,including its definition according to the Canadian Criminal Code.Describe the Fitness Interview Test and how it is used to determine fitness to stand trial.
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