Abnormal Psychology REVIEWER

Abnormal Psychology Pagsusulit para sa Abnormal Psychology mula sa TR Reviewer (nabuo ang test na ito bago pa nailabas ang mga TOS - Tables of Specifications).

Question #1 (1 point) Hippocrates believed that abnormal behavior was caused by: brain fever phobia imbalance in bodily fluids or humors displeasure from the gods Question #2 (1 point) His fundamental theories on the diagnosis of psychiatric disorders form the basis of the major diagnostic systems in use today. He is also credited with the classification of what was previously considered to be a unitary concept of psychosis, into two distinct forms (dichotomy): manic depression (now seen as comprising a range of mood disorders such as recurrent major depression and bipolar disorder), and dementia praecox. His name is Josef Breuer Emil Kraepelin Aaron Beck Jean Charcot Question #3 (1 point) This therapy is directed at challenging, correcting, and changing an individual's maladaptive interpretations of events, thought patterns, perceptual biases and unrecognized assumptions. This therapy is called cognitive therapy psychodynamic psychodyn amic therapy humanistic or client-centered therapy behavior therapy Question #4 (1 point) According to Scheff some psychologist argue that cultural or societal norms are the the only criterion for labeling a behavior as abnormal, this perspective is known as:

cultural values criterion

indigenous cultural cultural relativism criterion cultural psychology Question #5 (1 point) This theory of psychopathology maintains that psychological symptoms and disorders are caused by faulty genes, disordered biochemistry, abnormalities in the brain and defective nervous system. The theory being referred to is called psychodynamic theory of abnormality biochemical theory of abnormality biological theory of abnormality social theory of abnormality Question #6 (1 point) She is an American crusader for the moral treatment of mental patients in the United States and helped in the establishment of more than 30 mental institutions in the US, Canada and Scotland, her name is Anne Parrish Eleanor Roosevelt Dorothea Dix Angelina Grimke Question #7 (1 point) A Mind that Found Itself is the title of the book that contained the personal account of the author while being treated in a mental hospital. The book is important in changing the view of physicians and t he public about mental institutions and patients. The book was written by Clifford Beers Philippe Pinel Emil Kraepelin William Tuke Question #8 (1 point) It is also referred to as the study of psychological disorder or abnormal psychology psychopathology

mental hygiene psychiatry pyschoanalysis Question #9 (1 point) Phenothiazines and butyrophenone are drugs that help reduce the symptoms of depression mania anxiety psychosis Question #10 (1 point) A form of complex neurosis characterized by emotional instability, repression, dissociation and suggestibility. The physiological symptoms are believed to be the result of psychological processes. This condition observed to occur only among women is described in papyrus of Egypt and Mesopotamia known as the"wandering uterus". hysteria trauma phobia mania Question #11 (1 point) It is a mental disorder where people believed they are turning into wolves and acting out wolverine behaviors, such condition is called ailuranthropy kynanthropy lycantrophy kynanthropy Question #12 (1 point) He published the book The Pathology and Therapy of Psychic Disorders in 1845. The book explains that all mental disorders are caused by brain pathology. The author of the book is Wilhelm Griesinger Wilhelm Wundt Emil Kraepelin Richard Krafft-Ebing

Question #13 (1 point) A criteria that defines abnormality characterized by a dysfunctional behavior that causes people both emotional and physical harm interfering to t heir optimal functioning and growth. The criteria applies to people who have lost touch with reality or said to deviate from accepted and defined norms. maladaptiveness criterion mental illness criterion discomfort criterion unusualness criterion Question #14 (1 point) Of the classic psychosomatic disorder such as asthma, migraine, headaches, peptic ulcer, anorexia nervosa, hypertension, which one among the choices below should be included in the list fatigue insomnia heart attack depression Question #15 (1 point) A form of deception where an individual exaggerate illness to avoid an unpleasant situation (ex. military duties) or faking i llness for financial gain from medical insurance. It is not an illness or mental disorder but in some cases these individuals may show signs of having an anti social personality disorder. This syndrome is called placebo response Malingering factitious disorder dissociative disorder Question #16 (1 point) Bedlam refers to chaos and madness. It is also one of the famous examples of a mental hospital that treated poorly its patients. The hospital is also called La Bicetre Hospital Pennsylvania Hospital George Hospital Bethlehem Royal Hospital Question #17 (1 point)

Now on its 5th Edition the Diagnostic and Statistic Manual of Mental Disorder (DSM) serves as the manual for diagnosing psychological disorders in the the US and it is being adapted worldwide. The American Psychiatric Association published the first edition of DSM in which year? 1925 1952 1955 1950 Question #18 (1 point) It is an ancient form of brain surgery found among cave dwellers used for people who are acting bizarre and having hallucination and other forms of mental disorders. The practice is called trephining or trephination acupuncture lobotomy exorcism Question #19 (1 point) It is a somatoform disorder that involves many physical sign of pregnancy and a woman's belief of being pregnant but actually she is not. This condition is called

pseudolalia pseudomnesia pseudoataxia pseudocyesis Question #20 (1 point) This disorder occurs more frequently in women than men. The i ndividual suffers from pain but there is no observable physical basis for such complaints. The disorder impairs significantly the functioning of an individual. This somatoform disorder is called somatization disorder conversion disorder somatoform pain disorder hypochondriasis