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Chapter 3 Treatment of Psychological Disorders Total Assessment Guide (T.A.G.) Topic Question Type Factual Conceptual Applied Overview pp. 51-55 Multiple Choice 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 15, 16, 17 9, 12, 13, 14 5, 6, 10, 11 Short Answer 114 Essay Biological Treatments pp. 55-58 M...

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Chapter 1
Examples and Definitions of Abnormal Behavior

Total Assessment Guide (T.A.G.)

Question
Topic Factual Conceptual Applied
Type
Overview Multiple 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 4
pp. 2-4 Choice
Short
Answer
Essay
Recognizing the Multiple 11 8 9, 10, 12
Presence of a Choice
Disorder Short 112, 113
pp.4-5 Answer
Essay 124
Defining Multiple 15, 17, 23, 24, 28, 31 16, 18, 21, 22, 13, 14, 19,
Abnormal Choice 26, 29, 31 20, 25, 27,
Behavior 30
pp.5-9 Short 114, 115, 116
Answer
Essay 125 126
Who Experiences Multiple 32, 33, 34, 38, 41, 42, 44, 45, 37, 39, 40, 56 35, 36, 43,
Abnormal Choice 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 53, 54, 55, 62, 65, 66 51, 52, 63
Behavior? 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 64
pp. 9-12 Short 117, 118, 119, 120
Answer
Essay
The Mental Multiple 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 74, 76, 78, 79,
Health Choice 77, 81, 82 80
Professions Short 121
pp. 12-14 Answer
Essay 127
Psychopathology Multiple 86, 88, 89, 92, 95, 97 83, 84, 85, 87, 93, 94, 99
in Historical Choice 90, 91, 96, 98,
Context 100, 101, 102
pp. 14-17 Short
Answer
Essay 128 129
Methods for the Multiple 108, 109, 110 103, 105, 106, 104
Scientific Study Choice 107, 111
of Mental Short 122, 123
Disorders Answer
pp. 17-20 Essay 130 131


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,Chapter 1: Examples and Definitions of Abnormal Behavior

Multiple Choice



1.1.1. A magazine reporter wants to write a story describing the occurrence of mental disorders in the
United States. She needs a title that captures the findings of a national survey completed several years
ago. Which of the following would be the best title?

a. "Rate of mental disorders considered low"
b. "Almost everyone will be diagnosed with a mental disorder at some point in their life."
c. "Rate of mental disorders overestimated in the past"
d. "At least two out of every four Americans will experience a serious form of abnormal behavior at
some point in their life."

Difficulty: 1
Question ID: 1.1.1
Page Reference: 2
Topic: Overview
Skill: Factual

Answer: d. "At least two out of every four Americans will experience a serious form of abnormal
behavior at some point in their life."

1.1.2. In the United States and other developed countries, mental disorders are the ___leading cause of
disease burden.

a. 2nd
b. 5th
c. 10th
d. 30th

Difficulty: 2
Question ID: 1.1.2
Page Reference: 1
Topic: Overview
Skill: Factual

Answer: a. 2nd


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

a. the analysis of the mind.
b. the treatment of mental disorders.
c. psychopathology.
d. the ancient philosophy of the interaction of mind and body.


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, Difficulty: 1
Question ID: 1.1.3
Page Reference: 2
Topic: Overview
Skill: Factual

Answer: c. psychopathology.

1.1.4. The point of view of this textbook is that

a. very few people will ever come into contact with the problems that are associated with mental
illness.
b. isolation between people with mental illness and people without mental illness benefits both
groups.
c. it is likely that everyone will be touched by the problems associated with mental illness at some
point in their life.
d. mental illness is almost a thing of the past due to modern treatments.

Difficulty: 1
Question ID: 1.1.4
Page Reference: 2
Topic: Overview
Skill: Conceptual

Answer: c. it is likely that everyone will be touched by the problems associated with mental
illness at some point in their life.

1.1.5. Which is the best description of abnormal psychology?

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


Difficulty: 1
Question ID: 1.1.5
Page Reference: 2
Topic: Overview
Skill: Factual

Answer: d. application of psychological science to the study of mental disorders

1.1.6. What is the literal meaning of the word psychopathology?

a. demons within
b. deviant behavior
c. brain dysfunction
d. pathology of the mind

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, Difficulty: 1
Question ID: 1.1.6
Page Reference: 2
Topic: Overview
Skill: Factual

Answer: d. pathology of the mind


1.1.7. According to the textbook the line dividing normal from abnormal is

a. always clear.
b. often one of degree.
c. based on the exact form or content of behavior.
d. not a very important issue.


Difficulty: 1
Question ID: 1.1.7
Page Reference: 2
Topic: Overview
Skill: Factual

Answer: b. often one of degree.



1.1.8. 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?

a. social withdrawal
b. difficulty in communicating
c. inability to succeed at work
d. belief that people were poisoning him

Difficulty: 2
Question ID: 1.1.8
Page Reference: 2-3
Topic: Recognizing the Presence of a Disorder
Skill: Conceptual


Answer: d. belief that people were poisoning him




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