Abnormal Psychology Exam 1 UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Abnormal Psychology Exam 1 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Which of the following statements accurately describes a characteristic indicator of
abnormality? - CORRECT ANSWER- Violating the standards of society, particularly
when statistically rare, is abnormal.
What indi...
Abnormal Psychology Exam 1 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Which of the following statements accurately describes a characteristic indicator of
abnormality? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Violating the standards of society, particularly
when statistically rare, is abnormal.
What individual mental disorder in the United States has the highest lifetime prevalence rate -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Major depressive disorder
What is external validity? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The extent to which research findings
can be generalized beyond the stud
Why is a representative sample desirable? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The more
representative a sample is, the more generalizable the data.
According to the results of the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R), which of
the following statements accurately describes individuals who have a history of at least one
serious psychological disorder - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Over 50 percent of those with a
disorder rated as serious have two or more other disorders
What is the primary purpose of a classification system such as the DSM-5? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔To facilitate a shared, simplified communication system across professional
boundaries
As it relates to the stigma of mental illness, what is meant by "stereotyping"? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔The automatic and incorrect beliefs many have about people with a
psychiatric diagnosis
What is the value of using an ABAB design? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The effects of a
single form of treatment are studied twice in the same subject
, Which of the following statements describes an unintended consequence of the trend away
from the use of traditional hospitalization for mental health care treatment? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔The number of prison inmates being treated for severe mental illness has
increased dramatically.
What is a good control group for a research study on people with eating disorders? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A group that is comparable to the one with eating disorders,
except that they eat normally
In what significant ways do correlational research designs differ from experimental research
designs? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔There is no manipulation of variables in correlational
research.
Which of the following is a disadvantage to having a classification system for mental
disorders? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔When labels are used to describe an individual's
behavior, important details about the person are lost.
What is the term for the statistical approach that calculates and then combines the effect sizes
from multiple studies? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Meta-analysis
Carl is asked to provide information about his drinking. Despite the fact that he has had
several arrests for driving while intoxicated, Carl reports that he has no problems with
drinking. This is an example of __________. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔the problems with
self-report data
The trend toward deinstitutionalization in recent years has meant that __________. -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔people are hospitalized more briefly, and then treated on an
outpatient basis
The mayor of a city wants to know the number of new cases of a disorder over the past year.
The mayor should ask an epidemiologist for the __________ of the disorder. - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔incidence rate
Which of the following is an example of an analogue study? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Rats prenatally exposed to alcohol are studied to further our understanding of Fetal
Alcohol Syndrome.
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