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TEST BANK CH3 1) Which of the following is NOT a psychosocial viewpoint? A) behavioural B) biological C) psychodynamic D) cognitive-behavioural - Correct Answer B Diff: 1 Topic: Causal Factors and Viewpoints in Abnormal Psychology Factual
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Which of the following is NOT a psychosocial viewpoint? A) behavioural B) biological C) psychodynamic D) cognitive-behavioural - Correct Answer B Diff: 1 Topic: Causal Factors and Viewpoints in Abnormal Psychology Factual
Which perspective or viewpoint focuses on intrapsychic conflicts as the cause of psychopathology?
biological B) behavioural C) psychodynamic D) sociocultural - Correct Answer C Diff: 1 Topic: Causal Factors and Viewpoints in Abnormal Psychology Factual
Understanding the causes of mental disorders is important because A) effective treatment is not possible without such an understanding. B) classification of disorders can not be done without such information. C)
Topic: Causes and Risk Factors for Abnormal Behaviour Factual
Etiology is A) a condition that tends to maintain maladaptive behaviour. B) the causal pattern of a disorder. C) a predisposition towards developing a disorder. D) a condition that makes it less likely a person will experience the negative consequences of stress. - Correct Answer B Diff: 1 Topic: Causes and Risk Factors for Abnormal Behaviour Factual
In order to develop chicken pox, one must be exposed to the virus that causes chicken pox. Note, however, that not everyone who is exposed to the virus is affected. In other words, the virus is a A) risk factor. B) necessary cause. C) sufficient cause. D) contributory cause. - Correct Answer B Diff: 3 Topic: Causal Factors and Viewpoints in Abnormal Psychology Applied
While having a gene for Parkinson's Disease guarantees that Parkinson's Disease will develop, this is not the only factor that can lead to Parkinson's disease. In other words, the presence of the gene is a ________, but not a ________. A) risk factor; sufficient cause.
contributory cause. - Correct Answer C Diff: 2 Topic: Causal Factors and Viewpoints in Abnormal Psychology Applied
Suppose that the presence of a particular gene is a necessary cause for the occurrence of schizophrenia. Which of the following statements is TRUE? A) The gene is also a sufficient cause for the occurrence of schizophrenia. B) There are other things besides this gene that can cause schizophrenia. C) Most people with schizophrenia will have that gene. D) A person with that gene may or may not become schizophrenic. - Correct Answer D Diff: 3 Topic: Causes and Risk Factors for Abnormal Behaviour
Conceptual
Suppose that the presence of a particular gene is a sufficient cause for the occurrence of schizophrenia. Which of the following statements is TRUE? A) The gene is also a necessary cause for the occurrence of schizophrenia. B) There are other things besides this gene that can cause schizophrenia. C) All people with schizophrenia will have that gene. D) A person with that gene may or may not become schizophrenic. - Correct Answer B Diff: 2 Topic: Causes and Risk Factors for Abnormal Behaviour Conceptual
One prominent theory of the origin of depression hypothesizes that, if one becomes hopeless about his or her future, then he or she will become depressed. Thus, in this theory, hopelessness may be said to be a ________ cause of depression. A)
contributory cause. D) etiological anomaly. - Correct Answer C Diff: 1 Topic: Causes and Risk Factors for Abnormal Behaviour Factual
While not all people who develop lung cancer are smokers, the likelihood of developing lung cancer is increased in those who smoke. In other words, with respect to cancer, smoking can be described as a A) necessary cause. B) sufficient cause. C) contributory cause. D) etiological anomaly. - Correct Answer C Diff: 2
Topic: Causes and Risk Factors for Abnormal Behaviour Applied
Childhood abuse is commonly seen in those who develop dissociative disorders later in life. Childhood abuse would best be described as a A) necessary contributory cause. B) proximal contributory cause. C) reinforcing contributory cause. D) distal contributory cause. - Correct Answer D Diff: 2 Topic: Causes and Risk Factors for Abnormal Behaviour Conceptual
sufficient cause. D) necessary cause. - Correct Answer B Diff: 1 Topic: Causes and Risk Factors for Abnormal Behaviour Factual
Michael develops an intense phobia of snakes after stepping on one and being bitten during a hike. Being bitten by the snake is a A) proximal causal factor. B) distal causal factor. C) reinforcing contributory cause. D) necessary cause. - Correct Answer A Diff: 1
Topic: Causes and Risk Factors for Abnormal Behaviour Applied
John's depression makes him really unpleasant to be around, leading his friends to avoid him and furthering his feelings of loneliness and despair. The rejection John is being subjected to is clearly a A) proximal causal factor. B) reinforcing contributory cause. C) distal causal factor. D) contributory cause. - Correct Answer B Diff: 1 Topic: Causes and Risk Factors for Abnormal Behaviour Applied
the rejection is probably the actual predisposing cause for the problems in this marriage. C) the drinking and rejection influence and maintain each other. D) the drinking and rejection are caused by another third variable unknown to the couple. - Correct Answer C Diff: 2 Topic: Causes and Risk Factors for Abnormal Behaviour Applied
A diathesis can best be described as a A) necessary cause. B) sufficient cause. C) contributory cause. D)
proximal causal factor. - Correct Answer C Diff: 3 Topic: Causes and Risk Factors/Diathesis-Stress Models Conceptual
A predisposition towards developing a disorder A) necessarily is biological. B) is called a diathesis. C) increases the likelihood of developing any given disorder by 50%. D) necessarily is a psycho-social stressor. - Correct Answer B Diff: 2 Topic: Causes and Risk Factors/Diathesis-Stress Models
a distal necessary or contributory cause of a mental disorder. B) a sufficient cause that is distal from the onset of symptoms. C) a necessary or contributory cause that is proximal to the onset of symptoms. D) a biological vulnerability that virtually guarantees the development of the disorder. - Correct Answer A Diff: 2 Topic: Causes and Risk Factors/Diathesis-Stress Models Factual
Suppose that low self-esteem is a diathesis for developing depression later in life. This means that A) people who currently are depressed will have low self-esteem. B) low self-esteem is a proximal trigger for depression. C)
people with low self-esteem have a predisposition for developing depression. D) the psychological processes associated with low self-esteem are the trigger for depression. - Correct Answer C Diff: 2 Topic: Causes and Risk Factors/Diathesis-Stress Models Conceptual
The loss of a parent may be A) a stressor. B) a diathesis. C) a diathesis and/or a stressor. D) Neither a diathesis nor a stressor. - Correct Answer C Diff: 1 Topic:
