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Chapter 14—Psychological Disorders MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which of the following is true, according to the medical model? a. All physical illnesses have a psychological component. b. Abnormal behaviour can be thought of as a disease. c. All mental illnesses are caused by biological factors. d. All mental illnesses can be treated using drugs. 2. Which of the following models goes with the concept that abnormal behaviour is the result of a disease? a. psychological b. humanistic c....

Tamica works at an urban mental health center that serves a population in which a high percentage of people are recent immigrants or first-generation Americans and most are impoverished. Their lives are considerably different from what Tamica has experienced and she often finds herself diagnosing multiple disorders in her clients, many more than what she diagnosed when working with a less-marginalized population. Her supervisor challenges her and asks whether she might be unconsciously exagger...

Test Bank for Abnormal Psychology An Integrative Approach 8th Edition By David H. Barlow Page 1 WWW.NURSINGTESTBANKSWORLD.COM 1. Psychological abnormality is generally defined using “the four D's.” First, explain what the four Ds are and what they mean regarding psychological abnormality. Then provide an example of a time when each aspect of abnormality would not be considered abnormal. 2. Suppose a friend says to you, “I feel really lousy today, and I don't know why. You're...

Rosenhan and Seligman (1989) - correct answer.Abnormal behavior is seen as vivid and unpredictable, causes observer discomfort and violates moral or ideal standards because it differs from most other people's behavior and standards. Part of the "Deviation from Social Norms" definition of abnormality. Szasz (1960) - correct answer.Another supporter of the "Deviation from Social Norms" definition of abnormality. Argues that abnormality, especially relating to certain mental disorders, is a...

Success: 198 questions added as a copy. Test Canvas: Abnormal Psychology 8e Comer Description Instructions Total Questions 198 Total Points 40 Select: All None Select by Type: - Question Type -  Delete Points Update Hide Question Details 1. Multiple Choice: __________ argues that societies inve... Question __________ argues that societies invent the concept of mental illness so that they can control people whose unusual patterns of functioning upset or threaten the social order...

Ivan Pavlov - ANSWER a Russian researcher in the early 1900s who was the first research into learned behavior (conditioning) who discovered classical conditioning, by training dogs to salivate at the ringing of a bell, simplest form of classical conditioning is reminiscent of what Aristotle would have called the law of contiguity law of contiguity - ANSWER A law of association holding that events that occur in close proximity to each other in time or space are readily associated with each oth...

Chapter 1: Abnormal Behavior MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which statement about abnormal psychology is accurate? a. Abnormal psychology seeks to describe, explain, predict, and modify unusual behaviors. b. Although abnormal psychology has made several gains in the past 20 years, it is not yet a scientific field of study. c. The subject matter of abnormal psychology is restricted to extremely bizarre behavior. d. Most diagnoses of abnormality are based on two or three basic behavioral factors. ANS...

Test Bank for Abnormal Psychology An Integrative Approach 8th Edition By David H. Barlow 1. Psychological abnormality is generally defined using “the four D's.” First, explain what the four Ds are and what they mean regarding psychological abnormality. Then provide an example of a time when each aspect of abnormality would not be considered abnormal. 2. Suppose a friend says to you, “I feel really lousy today, and I don't know why. You're taking abnormal psych—what do yo...

In this revision of the test bank, I have updated all of the questions to reflect changes in Society: The Basics, 14th edition. In this revision, the questions are tagged according to six levels of learning that move from lower-level to higher-level cognitive reasoning. The six levels are: REMEMBER: a question involving recall of key terms or factual material UNDERSTAND: a question testing comprehension of more complex ideas APPLY: a question applying sociological knowledge to some new situ...

1) Sociologist Erving Goffman (1963) used the term stigma to refer to characteristics that discredit people, including violations of norms of ability and violations of norms of appearance. Answer: TRUE Diff: 1 Page Ref: 154 Skill: Knowledge 2) Sociologically, an act cannot be classified as deviance if it does not cause physical or emotional harm to another individual. Answer: FALSE Diff: 3 Page Ref: 154 Skill: Application 3) Human sexuality illustrates how a group’s definition...