Introduction to Abnormal Child and Adolescent Psychology 3rd Edition by Robert Weis
Test Bank for Introduction to Abnormal Child
and Adolescent Psychology 3rd Edition by
Robert Weis
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Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following best describes the point of the blind men and the elephant
story in the text, as it pertains to mental disorders?
a. Different perspectives on mental illness work for different disorders.
b. No particular approach to understanding mental disorders is best overall.
c. Using only one approach to understanding mental disorders will yield an
understanding that does not reflect the disorder at all.
d. Children’s disorders are complex and multiply determined; they can be most fully
understood using multiple perspectives.
Ans: D
Learning Objective: LO 2.1. Explain how genetic and epigenetic factors can contribute
to the emergence of childhood disorders.; LO 2.3. Use learning theory to explain how
certain childhood disorders develop and are maintained over time; LO 2.5. Understand
the way parents, families, and friends can contribute to childhood problems or protect
youths from developing disorders; LO 2.6. Analyze the way social and cultural factors
can influence child development proximally and distally.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: A Levels of Analysis
Approach Difficulty Level: Medium
2. Which of the following is NOT part of DNA?
a. sugars
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b. phosphates
c. pairs of bases
d. histon
es Ans:
D
Learning Objective: LO 2.1. Explain how genetic and epigenetic factors can contribute
to the emergence of childhood disorders.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Genes, Chromosomes,
and Alleles Difficulty Level: Medium
3. What is a trinucleotide?
a. the combination of a base pair, deoxyribose, and a phosphate
b. the combination of three amino acids
c. Three genes
d. three nucleotides arranged together in
the ladder Ans: D
Learning Objective: LO 2.1. Explain how genetic and epigenetic factors can contribute
to the emergence of childhood disorders.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Genes, Chromosomes,
and Alleles Difficulty Level: Easy
4. Which of the following is NOT true of histones?
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a. They are proteins.
b. They can have genes inside them.
c. They have genes wrapped around them.
d. They can turn genes on and off by binding to them in
particular ways. Ans: b
Learning Objective: LO 2.1. Explain how genetic and epigenetic factors can contribute
to the emergence of childhood disorders.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Genes, Chromosomes,
and Alleles Difficulty Level: Easy
5. Autosomes .
a. look the same in both males and females
b. differ in males and females
c. form 2 of the 23 pairs of chromosomes
d. contain exactly half of an individual’s genetic
material Ans: A
Learning Objective: LO 2.1. Explain how genetic and epigenetic factors can contribute
to the emergence of childhood disorders.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Genes, Chromosomes,
and Alleles Difficulty Level: Easy
6. Mitosis .
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