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Abnormal Psychology 9th Edition Oltmanns Test Bank Chapter 1 Examples and Definitions of Abnormal Behavior Total Assessment Guide (T.A.G.)

Topic Question Type Understand the Concepts Apply What You Know Analyze It Evaluate It

Overview Multiple Choice

1,2,3,4,5

True/False 51 Essay

Recognizing the Presence of a Disorder Multiple Choice

10,11,12 6,8,9,13 7

True/False 52,53 Essay 81,82

Defining Abnormal Behavior Multiple Choice

15,16,21 14,17,18,20,

22,24 19,23 True/False 54,55,56,57, 58,59 60 Essay 83,84

Who Experiences Abnormal Behavior?Multiple Choice

27,28,29,30,

32,34,35

25,26,31 33

True/False 61,62,63,64,

65,67,69

66,68 Essay 85,86

The Mental Health Professions Multiple Choice

36,38 37,39 40

True/False 70,71,72,73, 74

Essay 87

Psychopathology In Historical Context Multiple Choice

41,42,43 44 45

True/False 75,76 77 Essay 89,90 88

Methods for the Scientific Study Multiple Choice

46,48,49,50 47

True/False 78,79 80 1 / 4

of Mental Disorders Essay 91 93 92

Chapter 1: Examples and Definitions of Abnormal Behavior

Multiple Choice

1.1.1. In the United States and other developed countries, mental disorders are the leading cause of disease-related disability and mortality.

• 2nd
• 5th
• 10th
• 30th

Answer: a.

Difficulty: Easy

Question ID: 1.1.1

Topic: Overview

Skill: Understand the Concepts

LO 1.1: Explain the process of identifying a mental disorder

1.1.2. The symptoms and signs of mental illness are known as

• the analysis of the mind.
• the treatment of mental disorders.
• psychopathology.
• the ancient philosophy of the interaction of mind and body.

Answer: c.

Difficulty: Easy

Question ID: 1.1.2

Topic: Overview

Skill: Understand the Concepts

LO 1.1: Explain the process of identifying a mental disorder

1.1.3. The point of view of this textbook is that

• very few people will ever come into contact with the problems that are associated with mental

illness.

• isolation between people with mental illness and people without mental illness benefits both

groups.

• it is likely that everyone will be touched by the problems associated with mental illness at some

point in their life.

• mental illness is almost a thing of the past due to modern treatments.

Answer: c.

Difficulty: Easy

Question ID: 1.1.3

Topic: Overview 2 / 4

Skill: Understand the Concepts

LO 1.1: Explain the process of identifying a mental disorder

1.1.4. Which is the best description of abnormal psychology?

• a deviant personality trait
• analysis of the childhood roots of pathology
• study of unconscious influences on mental disorders
• application of psychological science to the study of mental disorders

Answer: d.

Difficulty: Easy

Question ID: 1.1.4

Topic: Overview

Skill: Understand the Concepts

LO 1.1: Explain the process of identifying a mental disorder

1.1.5. What is the literal meaning of the word “psychopathology”?

• demons within
• deviant behavior
• brain dysfunction
• pathology of the mind

Answer: d.

Difficulty: Easy

Question ID: 1.1.5

Topic: Overview

Skill: Understand the Concepts

LO 1.1: Explain the process of identifying a mental disorder

1.1.6. The case of Kevin Warner was presented in the text as an example of the diagnosis of schizophrenia. Which of Kevin’s symptoms strongly suggested that he had lost touch with reality, which is the defining feature of schizophrenia?

• social withdrawal
• difficulty in communicating
• inability to succeed at work
• belief that people were poisoning him

Answer: d.

Difficulty: Moderate

Question ID: 1.1.6

Topic: Recognizing the Presence of a Disorder

Skill: Apply What You Know

LO 1.1: Explain the process of identifying a mental disorder 3 / 4

1.1.7. Why did the staff at the psychiatric hospital give Kevin Warner injections of antipsychotic medication?

• People with Kevin’s blood type do not respond to medication in pill form.
• A high level of gastric juices in his digestive system destroyed the medication.
• He only pretended to take the pills because he believed people were trying to poison him.
• Antipsychotic drugs given by injection do not have the same serious side effects as those in pill

form.

Answer: c.

Difficulty: Difficult

Question ID: 1.1.7

Topic: Recognizing the Presence of a Disorder

Skill: Analyze It

LO 1.1: Explain the process of identifying a mental disorder

1.1.8. Determining the presence of disorder is based on several criteria, including

• the duration of a person’s symptoms.
• the presence of a specific symptom in isolation.
• the outcome of laboratory tests.
• a person’s culture.

Answer: a.

Difficulty: Moderate

Question ID: 1.1.8

Topic: Recognizing the Presence of a Disorder

Skill: Apply What You Know

LO 1.1: Explain the process of identifying a mental disorder

1.1.9. Sam displays symptoms of paranoid schizophrenia; she feels ill after eating her lunch two days in a row. One of her symptoms is a paranoid belief that her coworkers are poisoning her. This type of belief is associated with

• conflicts with society.
• a nervous breakdown.
• a psychosis.
• adaptive behavior.

Answer: c.

Difficulty: Moderate

Question ID: 1.1.9

Topic: Recognizing the Presence of a Disorder

Skill: Apply What You Know

LO 1.1: Explain the process of identifying a mental disorder

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