Abnormal Psychology Chapter 15

Which of the following statements MOST accurately reflects current thinking about psychosis and schizophrenia? A) Psychotic behavior is best labeled as schizophrenia. B) Schizophrenia and psychosis are two distinctly different syndromes. C) ...
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Abnormal Psychology Chapter 14

What percentage of the world population is estimated to have schizophrenia? A) 0.05 percent B) 1 percent C) 5 percent D) 10 percent B) 1 percent Psychosis means: A) split personality. B) loss of...
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Abnormal Psychology Chapter 13

A paraphilia: A) usually involves rape. B) is a response to a socially inappropriate object or situation. C) is an inability to experience sexual arousal. D) is an inability to achieve sexual satisfaction. B) is a response to a...
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Abnormal Psychology Chapter 4

A prisoner eligible for parole is required to take a polygraph test. Although the prisoner tells the truth in response to one question, the polygraph operator records the response as a lie. According to recent research, this kind of error is: ...
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Abnormal Psych

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. Thomas Szasz A person who suffered from the form of mass...
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Abnormal Psych. 12

The perceptual distortions some drugs produce are called: Hallucinosis A college professor's work performance recently has deteriorated, and his colleagues find him difficult to talky to. If this is due to a problem with...
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Abnormal Psych. 11

The disorder that is characterized by eating binges followed by forced vomiting is called: Bulimia nervosa Characteristics of anorexia nervosa include all the following EXCEPT: A view that one is currently...
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Abnormal Psych Chapter 3

In science, the perspectives used to explain phenomena are known as: paradigms The model of abnormality that cites physical processes as being the key to behavior is the: biological model The...
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Abnormal Psych ch 4

Psychological assessment refers to the a. procedures used to summarize a client's problem. b. process used to arrive at a diagnosis. c. development of a treatment plan. d. determination of how environmental factors impact the course of a disorder. ...
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