Abnormal Psychology, 1st Edition Australia Edition Test Bank

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Abnormal Psychology, 1st Edition Australia Edition

By Ann M. Kring , Sheri L. Johnson, Michael Kyrios, Daniel Fassnacht, Amanda Lambros , Maree Teesson

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Abnormal Psychology 1st edition by Kring et al.

Abnormal Psychology 1st edition

Chapter 1 Introduction to abnormal psychology 1. ___________ is the scientific study of abnormal behaviour. @ Learning Outcome 1.1: Describe the basic features of psychological disorder. The term psychopathology describes the scientific study of abnormal behaviour in general, of specific psychological disorders (also commonly referred to as ‘mental disorders’) and the characteristics of mental health. Essential to the field of psychopathology is the definition of disorder. *a. Psychopathology b. Developmental psychology c. General psychology d. Psychoneuroimmunology e. Health psychology 2. _________ a medical classification list by the ________. @ Learning Outcome 1.1: Describe the basic features of psychological disorder. International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD), a medical Classification list by the World Health Organization (WHO). *a. ICD and WHO b. DSM and WHO c. ICD and DSM d. DSM and APA e. ICD and APA 3. Which of the following is relevant to defining a paradigm? @ Learning Outcome 1.1: Describe the basic features of psychological disorder. A paradigm, a conceptual framework or approach within which a scientist works — that is, a set of basic assumptions, a general perspective, that defines how to conceptualise and study a subject, how to gather and interpret relevant data, even how to think about a particular subject. A paradigm has profound implications for how scientists and clinicians operate at any given time. Paradigms specify what problems scientists will investigate and how they will go about the investigation. a. Conceptual framework. b. Basic assumptions. c. Specify the problems. d. Investigate the problems. *e. All of the above. 4. Destructive beliefs and attitudes held by a society is called ________. @ Learning Outcome 1.2: Understand stigma associated with psychological disorders and its historical context. Stigma refers to the destructive beliefs and attitudes held by a society that are ascribed to groups considered different in some manner, such as people with psychological disorders. a. disorders b. opinion c. suggestion d. concept

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*e. stigma 5. Which of the following does not describe what stigma encompasses? @ Learning Outcome 1.2: Understand stigma associated with psychological disorders and its historical context. Stigma encompasses: (a) ignorance or limitations in knowledge about mental health; (b) prejudice or negative attitudes to mental illness; and (c) unhelpful or discriminatory responses to people with mental health problems (see Thornicroft, Rose, Kassam, & Sartorius, 2007). a. Ignorance or limitations in knowledge about mental health. b. Negative attitudes to mental illness. c. Unhelpful or discriminatory responses to people with mental health problems. d. Prejudice to People with mental health problems. *e. Helpful or non-discriminatory responses to people with mental health problems. 6. People that have attitudes about themselves that are harsh or discriminatory are displaying: @ Learning Outcome 1.2: Understand stigma associated with psychological disorders and its historical context. Many people with mental illnesses can have attitudes about themselves that are harsh or discriminatory (‘I am no good’, ‘I can never function properly’, ‘I shouldn’t bother getting treatment’). These forms of stigma are commonly referred to as self-stigma and refer to the extent to which one accepts or internalises the negative attitudes of others towards one’s self. a. public stigma. b. perceived stigma. *c. self-stigma. d. stigma. e. All of the above. 7. ________ describes improving the genetic composition of the human race through selective breeding and sterilisation. @ Learning Outcome 1.2: Understand stigma associated with psychological disorders and its historical context. Eugenics movement a movement that aimed at improving the genetic composition of the human race through selective breeding and sterilisation. a. Demonology b. Stigma c. Moral Movement *d. Eugenics e. All of the above. 8. Reliving an earlier emotional trauma and releasing emotional tension is called ______. @ Learning Outcome 1.3: Understand early psychological approaches to psychopathology. Reliving an earlier emotional trauma and releasing emotional tension by expressing previously forgotten thoughts about the event was called catharsis. *a. catharsis b. ventilation c. abreaction d. free association e. displacement 9. Psychoanalytic theory says that psychopathology results from _______.

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@ Learning Outcome 1.3: Understand early psychological approaches to psychopathology. The central assumption of Freud’s theorising, often referred to as psychoanalytic theory, is that psychopathology results from unconscious conflicts in the individual. *a. unconscious conflicts b. unconscious thought c. unconscious images d. conscious thought e. conscious conflicts 10. According the Freud the id operates on the ______ principle? @ Learning Outcome 1.3: Understand early psychological approaches to psychopathology. The id seeks immediate gratification of its urges, operating on what Freud called the pleasure principle. *a. pleasure b. moral c. reality d. oral e. All of the above. 11. A defence mechanism is used by the _______ to protect itself from _______. @ Learning Outcome 1.3: Understand early psychological approaches to psychopathology. Defence mechanism is a strategy used by the ego to protect itself from anxiety. *a. ego, anxiety b. super ego, anxiety c. id, anxiety d. conscious, distress e. unconscious, psychological distress 12. A person who experiences either excessive or deficient amounts of gratification at a particular stage develops a: @ Learning Outcome 1.3: Understand early psychological approaches to psychopathology. A person who experiences either excessive or deficient amounts of gratification at a particular stage develops a fixation and is likely to regress to that stage when stressed. a. libido. b. struck. c. consistent. d. lack. *e. fixation. 13. Which of the following is correct order of the psychosexual developmental stages? @ Learning Outcome 1.3: Understand early psychological approaches to psychopathology. Correct order of psychosexual development. Oral stage, anal stage, phallic stage, latency periods and genital stage. a. Anal stage, oral stage, phallic stage, latency periods and genital stage. b. Anal stage, phallic stage, oral stage latency periods and genital stage. c. Phallic stage, latency periods Oral stage, anal stage, and genital stage. *d. Oral stage, anal stage, phallic stage, latency periods and genital stage. e. Oral stage, anal stage, phallic stage, genital stage and latency periods.

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