Test Bank For Abnormal Psychology An Integrative Approach 7th Edition By David H.-Barlow

1. The best description of the multidimensional integrative approach to understanding psychopathology is that it is based ona. biological dimensions.b. biological and psychological dimensions.c. biological and psychological dimensions, as well as emotional influences.d. biological and psychological dimensions, as well as emotional and developmental influences.

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d1Moderate One-DimensionalversusMultidimensionalModels TYPE: Conceptual

2. Within the multidimensional integrative approach to understanding psychopathology, learned helplessness is considered a(n) ______ dimension.

a. biological c. emotional

b. psychological d. psychological

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b1Moderate One-DimensionalversusMultidimensionalModels TYPE: Conceptual

3. The basis of the multidimensional integrative approach to understanding psychopathology is that each dimension (psychological, biological, emotional, etc.)

a. operates independently.c. builds on the dimension that precedes it.

b. is sufficient to cause pathology.d. is influenced by the other dimensions.

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d1Easy One-DimensionalversusMultidimensionalModels TYPE: Conceptual

4. Your uncle spent most of his teen years in a hospital undergoing treatment for a severe physical illness. As an adult, he is rather shy and withdrawn, particularly around women. He has been diagnosed with social phobia, which you believe is entirely due to lack of socialization during his teen years. Your theory or model of what caused his phobia is ________.

a. multidimensional c. one-dimensional

b. integrative d. biological

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c1Easy One-DimensionalversusMultidimensionalModels TYPE: Applied

5. According to the multidimensional integrative approach to psychopathology, the following statement is true for most psychological disorders:

1. If one monozygotic twin has a particular disorder, the other twin will definitely have the disorder as well
2. Monozygotic twins are no more likely to share psychological disorders than any other siblings
3. Monozygotic twins are no more likely to share disorders than any other two people selected at random from the population
4. If one monozygotic twin has a particular psychological disorder, the other twin is more likely to have the disorder than the rest of the population

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d1Moderate One-DimensionalversusMultidimensionalModels TYPE: Conceptual

6. Amanda is 12 years old, and her sister Samantha is five years old. While riding in a car with their parents, the girls witness a major automobile accident where a number of people are injured. The girls react very differently to the accident. This is probably due toa. biological differences. b. developmental differences.c. psychological differences d. sociocultural differences

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b1Moderate One-DimensionalversusMultidimensionalModels TYPE: Applied

7. The most accurate way to think of genes is that theya. set boundaries for our development.b. determine both our physical and psychological characteristics.c. determine physical but not psychological characteristics.d. actually have very little to do with any of the characteristics that we display.

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a1Moderate GeneticContributionstoPsychopathology TYPE: Conceptual

8. Referring to behavior and personality as polygenic means that both area. influenced by only a few genes, but each has a large effect.b. influenced by many genes, with each individual gene contributing a relatively small effect. c. influenced by individual genes only rarely.d. a result of our genetic structure only.

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b1Moderate GeneticContributionstoPsychopathology TYPE: Factual

9. The procedures referred to as quantitative genetics are used to a. determine the effects of multiple genes.b. provide genetic counseling.c. correct genetic abnormalities.d. test the multidimensional integrative model.

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a1Moderate GeneticContributionstoPsychopathology TYPE: Factual

10. Most psychological disorders appear to be influenced by many individual genes rather than caused by one single gene, a process referred to as ________ influence.

a. multigenic c. unigenicANSWER: POINTS: DIFFICULTY: REFERENCES: OTHER:

b. polygenicd. morphogenicb1Easy GeneticContributionstoPsychopathology TYPE: Factual