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Chapter 2 Causes of Abnormal Behavior Total Assessment Guide T A G Factual Conceptual Applied 5 6 7 Topic Overview p 25 26 Brief Historical Perspective pp 26 31 Systems Theory pp 31 33 Biological Factors pp 33 42 Psychological Factors pp 42 48 Social Factors pp 48 50 Question Type Multiple Choice Short Answer Essay Multiple Choice Short Answer Essay Multiple Choice Short Answer Essay Multiple Choice Short Answer Essay Multiple Choice Short Answer Essay Multiple Choice Short Answer Essay 1 2 3 4 132 8 9 11 13 14 16 18 19 21 24 25 27 29 30 33 36 37 133 134 135 136 42 43 51 52 53 55 56 57 137 138 139 58 59 60 61 63 64 66 67 68 71 72 73 74 78 79 82 83 84 85 86 89 90 91 94 97 105 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 167 106 111 112 113 115 117 118 120 121 123 156 157 158 159 160 168 126 127 130 161 ScholarStock 50 162 12 15 17 20 22 23 31 38 39 40 41 10 26 28 32 34 35 45 46 48 49 54 44 47 50 163 164 165 62 65 77 87 88 93 95 96 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 69 70 75 76 80 81 92 166 107 108 109 110 119 122 114 116 169 124 128 129 131 125 170 171 172 Answer a Difficulty 1 Question ID 2 1 1 Page Reference 25 Topic Overview Skill Factual LO 2 1 What is the biopsychosocial model and why do we need it 2 1 2 Which term is used for a set of shared assumptions that includes both the substance of a theory and beliefs about how scientists should collect data and test a theory Chapter 2 Causes of Abnormal Behavior Multiple Choice 2 1 1 The etiology of a problem behavior is its a b c d a b c d a b c d cause paradigm treatment classification etiology paradigm diagnosis prognosis genetics learning a single cause multiple factors Answer b Difficulty 2 Question ID 2 1 2 Page Reference 25 Topic Overview Skill Factual LO 2 1 What is the biopsychosocial model and why do we need it 2 1 3 Most forms of abnormal behavior are thought to be caused by Answer d Difficulty 1 Question ID 2 1 3 Page Reference 25 Topic Overview Skill Factual LO 2 1 What is the biopsychosocial model and why do we need it ScholarStock 51 a b c d a b c d 2 1 4 What approach do the authors use when considering the etiology of various mental disorders systems confluence reductionism biopsychosocial Answer d Difficulty 1 Question ID 2 1 4 Page Reference 25 Topic Overview Skill Factual LO 2 1 What is the biopsychosocial model and why do we need it 2 1 5 A researcher described her approach to understanding mental disorders as biopsychosocial When you ask her to explain what she means what is she likely to say Biological abnormalities give rise to psychological disturbances that have social consequences Biological psychological and social factors are just as likely to be the cause of these disorders The integration of biological psychological and social factors provides the most fruitful avenue for discovering the cause of most mental disorders The search for etiologies is best accomplished by viewing the evidence through the lens provided by one of the major paradigms Answer c Difficulty 1 Question ID 2 1 5 Page Reference 25 Topic Overview Skill Conceptual LO 2 1 What is the biopsychosocial model and why do we need it 2 1 6 A distinguished researcher reviewed the current findings on the etiology of mental disorders Which of the following is the best summary of the consensus of opinion Most mental disorders are the result of genetic abnormalities We do not currently know all of the specific causes of most mental disorders Unconscious factors have been overlooked as the root cause of mental disorders Environmental factors have been overlooked in the wake of recent findings on biological a b c d etiologies Answer b Difficulty 2 Question ID 2 1 6 Page Reference 25 Topic Overview Skill Conceptual LO 2 1 What is the biopsychosocial model and why do we need it ScholarStock 52 a b c d a b c d a b c d 2 1 7 The case of Meghan B in your text illustrates many plausible alternative causes that disorders can often have a single cause the importance of genetic factors how objective tools can be used to pinpoint causation Answer a Difficulty 1 Question ID 2 1 7 Page Reference 26 Topic Overview Skill Conceptual LO 2 1 What is the biopsychosocial model and why do we need it 2 1 8 The search for explanations of the etiology of abnormal behavior dates to ancient times It was not until the nineteenth and twentieth centuries that three major advances occurred the work of Sigmund Freud the discovery of general paresis and the 2 1 9 The discovery of the etiology of which disorder was an important scientific advance for the biological paradigm blank slate theory stationary universe model development of the germ theory development of academic psychology Answer d Difficulty 1 Question ID 2 1 8 Page Reference 26 Topic Brief Historical Perspective Skill Factual LO 2 1 What is the biopsychosocial model and why do we need it general paresis Alzheimer s disease bipolar mood disorder dissociative identity disorder Answer a Difficulty 1 Question ID 2 1 9 Page Reference 26 Topic Brief Historical Perspective Skill Factual LO 2 1 What is the biopsychosocial model and why do we need it 2 1 10 A physician at a hospital in the late 1800s has read about the disease called general paresis Which of the following patients is most likely to receive such a diagnosis ScholarStock 53 a b c d a b c d a b c d a b c d Alice whose symptoms include restlessness and agitation Brenda whose symptoms include insomnia and obsession Bob whose symptoms include lack of appetite and suicidal thoughts Al whose symptoms include delusions of grandeur and progressive paralysis Answer d Difficulty 2 Question ID 2 1 10 Page Reference 26 Topic Brief Historical Perspective Skill Applied LO 2 1 What is the biopsychosocial model and why do we need it 2 1 11 The correct biological explanation for general paresis was discovered very quickly is still a mystery to scientists will never be discovered was only discovered after more than 100 years of study Answer d Difficulty 1 Question ID 2 1 11 Page Reference 26 Topic Brief Historical Perspective Skill Factual LO 2 1 What is the biopsychosocial model and why do we need it all such patients had a history of syphilis most such patients developed syphilis later in life very few such patients had ever been treated with penicillin most such patients had lied about their sexual history Answer a Difficulty 2 Question ID 2 1 12 Page Reference …


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