Test Bank for Abnormal Psychology 8th Edition By Barlow Complete
All Chapters
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,Table Of Contents:
1. Abnormal Behavior in Historical Context.
2. An Integrative Approach to Psychopathology.
3. Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis.
4. Research Methods.
5. Anxiety, Trauma, and Stressor-Related and Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders.
6. Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders and Dissociative Disorders.
7. Mood Disorders and Suicide.
8. Eating and Sleep-Wake Disorders.
9. Physical Disorders and Health Psychology.
10. Sexual Dysfunctions, Paraphilic Disorders, and Gender Dysphoria.
11. Substance-Related, Addictive, and Impulse-Control Disorders.
12. Personality Disorders.
13. Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders.
14. Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
15. Neurocognitive Disorders.
16. Mental Health Services: Legal and Ethical Issues.
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a. It is difficult to define “normal” and “abnormal.”
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d. The criteria differ depending on whether the individual has a psychological disorder or
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES:ABNO.DURA.16.APA1.1a-Identifybasicbiological,psychological,andsocialcomponents
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d. Psychotic symptoms. k
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c. A breakdown in behavioral functioning.
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4. The criterion that a particular behavior be-atypical or not culturally expected is insufficientto define abnormality because
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