Abnormal Psychology
Mid-term examination
Name: _______________________________________________Year and Section: ________________
Student number: _______________________________________Score: ___________ Grade: ________
Test 1 multiple choice
Please answer each item then, either explain your answer or give an example to complete your answer.
One point will be given to each correct item and two points for your explanation or example. Please do
not copy from others, same explanation as others will be considered wrong so explain it according to
how you understand the answer. This is an open note test and you have 1 day to answer so you have
time to answer this test considering this pandemic period.
___1. The area within psychology that focuses on maladaptive behaviour, its causes, consequences and
treatment.
a. Social psychology b. Abnormal psychology c. Clinical psychology d. Assessment psychology
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___2. People reject individuals who behave in abnormal way
a. Deviance b. Stress c. Stigma d. Coping
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___3. Involves the balance between what people do and want to do in relation to environmental
conditions
a. Coping b. Adaptation c. Defence mechanism d. Adjustment
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___4. Individual’s mastery of the environment and the sense of being at peace with one’s self a.
Adjustment b. Coping c. Adaptation d. Defense mechanism
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___5. Inability to cope with the exceptional stress in the environment that led to problems in living. a.
Deviant behaviour b. Maladaptive behaviour c. Stress d. Coping
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___6. Unusual behaviour
a. Maladaptive b. Deviant c. Bizarre d. Magical
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___7. A reaction to situation that poses demands, constraints, or opportunities that is usually
not wanted
a. Coping b. Stress c. Maladaptive behaviour d. Adaptation
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___8. Investigates the occurrence of illness in populations and identifies factors that influence their
occurrence.
a. Scientist b. Psychologist c. Epidemiologist d. Sociologist
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___9. Frequency of occurrence of a given condition among a certain population at a particular point in
time.
a. Prevalence b. Occurrence c. Incidence d. Stress
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___10. Rate of new cases during a defined period of time
a. Prevalence b. Incidence c. Risk factor deviance
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___11. Specific condition whose presence is associated with an increased likelihood that a specific
disorder is present, or will develop at a lter time.
a. Risk factor b. Risk c. Factor analysis d. Prevalence
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___12. A mental health professional that diagnoses and treat mental disorders a. Counselling
psychologist b. Psychiatric nurse c. Clinical psychologist d. None of these
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___13. A mental health professional that prescribes medicines to mental patients a. Psychiatric nurse b.
Psychiatrist c. Psychologist d. Social worker
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___14. A mental health professional that deals with social issues of mental patients a. Clinical social
worker b. Sociologist c. Psychiatric nurse d. Counselling psychologist
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___15. A mental health professional that uses counselling techniques in helping a patients deal with
problems and issues in life
a. Clinical psychologist b. Social psychologist c. Counselling psychologist d. None of these
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___16. A research methodology that studies the detailed observation of patients behaviour
a. Case study b. Experimental study c. Assessment studies d. Follow-up studies
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___17. An objective account of behaviour at any given time is being studied
a. Assessment study b. Case study c. Experimental study d. Longitudinal study
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___18. Initial assessment was made and then, patients are contacted again months or years later
a. Follow-up studies b. Cross sectional studies c. Experimental studies d. None of these
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___19. Observing and recording behaviour of people over long periods of time
a. Longitudinal studies b. Cross sectional studies c. Follow-up studies d. Case studies
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___20. Objective recording of behaviour
a. Naturalistic observation b. Observation c. Testing measurement
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Test II Match column “A” with column “B” your explanation and/or example may be written in the
spaces given below this table.
Column A
Column B
___1. Spent few days at a temple to activate their life force
a. Paracelsus
___2. Believed that diseases were caused by imbalance of body fluids
b. Rene Descartes
___3. Problems residing in the soul could result in physical illness
c. Eugen Bleuler
___4. Emotional states like joy, anger, fear and courage affect
the human functioning of the human body
d. Lightner Witmer
___5. Holistic program of medical practice
e. Freud
___6. Mental illness must have a physical reason or cause
f. Carl Jung
___7. Movements of the moons and planets influence mood
and behavior
g. Hyppocrates
___8. Dualism
h. Wilhelm Wundt
___9. Illness can be caused by the dysfunction at the cellular level
i. Pinel
___10. The mind could cause a variety of diseases
j. Benjamin Rush
___11. Franz Mesmer
k. Mesmerism
___12. Used hypnotism to treat wide variety of diseases
l. Emil Kraeplin
___13. Humane treatment of mental patients
m. DSM
___14. Dementia Praecox
n. Greeks
___15. Schizophrenia
o. Aristotle
___16. Established the first psychological laboratory
p. Pasteur
___17. The first clinical psychologist
q. Galen
___18. Developed the Word Association Test (WAT)
r. Plato
___19. Interpretation of dreams
s. St. Thomas Aquinas
___20. Diagnostic and statistical manual for mental disorders
t. Jean Martin Charcot
u. Carl Rogers
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Test III True of false
_____1. In biological theory of abnormal behaviour, mental illness can be caused by heredity and
problems in the endocrine system.
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_____2. In psychodynamic theory of abnormal behaviour, mental illness can be caused by inner conflicts,
drives, instincts and unconscious motives.
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_____3. In behavioristic theory of abnormal behaviour, mental illness is due to conditioning
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_____4. In humanistic theory of abnormal behaviour, mental illness is caused by man’s irresponsibility
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_____5. In cognitive theory of abnormal behaviour, mental illness is due to the function of belief
systems
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_____6. GAD consists of prolonged, vague, unexplained but intense fears that do not seem to be
attached to any particular object.
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_____7. Panic disorder may attack with no warning
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_____8. Agoraphobia means fear of open places and unfamiliar settings
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_____9. Acrophobia is fear of heights
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_____10. Aquaphobia is fear of water
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_____11. Claustrophobia is fear of closed places
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_____12. Xenophobia is fear of strangers
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_____13. The main features of obsessive compulsive disorder are overly counting, washing, checking,
toughing and washing.
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_____14. Homosexuality is a disease
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_____15. Female homosexuality is commonly called lesbianism
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_____16. Impairment of sexual response or interest that causes interpersonal difficulty and personal
distress is sexual dysfunction or disorder
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_____17. Erectile dysfunction is a type of sexual disorder
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_____18. The man is unable to inhibit ejaculation long enough for his female partner to experience
orgasm through intercourse is called premature ejaculation
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_____19. Retarder ejaculation is when the ejaculatory response is inhibited
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_____20. Vaginismus can make intercourse difficult or impossible due to involuntary spasms of the
outer portion of the vagina.
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Test IV fill in the blanks
_________________1. Is a psychological state in which a non-living object serves as a primary source of
sexual arousal.
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_________________2. The impulse to spy on others, usually strangers.
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_________________3. Repeated exposure of genitals to strangers.
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_________________4. Intense and recurrent sexual urges and sexually arousing fantasies with a child
who has not reached puberty.
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_________________5. A personality disorder characterized by being suspicious, tense, guarded and
holds grudges.
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_________________6. Socially isolated with restricted emotional expression
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_________________7. Peculiar thought, appearance and behaviour, emotionally detached and isolated
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_________________8. Unstable moods and personal relationships, cannot stand to be alone
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_________________9. Easily hurt, and embarrassed, few close friends, avoids new and stressful
experiences.
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_________________10. Seductive behaviour, needs immediate gratification and constant reassurance,
changing moods, shallow emotions.
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End of test
Goodluck!