Downloadable Test Bank – Abnormal Psychology, 6th Canadian Edition by Flett, Kocovski, Davison and Neale

A team measures sleep before and after every participant attends a workshop. Most report better sleep. What feature is missing if the team wants to attribute the improvement to the workshop?

A. A group that skipped the workshop

B. A record of the starting measurements

C. A measure taken after the workshop

D. A record of who attended the workshop

During a seminar, one group discusses hoarding, hair pulling, and obsessive compulsive disorder. What feature links these conditions?

A. All involve the same feared outcome.

B. Each involves recurring patterns of behavior.

C. All begin at a predictable age.

D. Each follows a period of panic.

A clinician sorts a client’s pessimistic thoughts into the three categories in Beck’s cognitive triad. Which labels belong on the folders?

A. Personal worth, family ties, friendships

B. Family ties, friendships, outside circumstances

C. Family ties, friendships, expectations

D. Personal worth, outside circumstances, expectations

On hearing an unexpected evacuation siren, Morgan immediately feels alert and tense. Which stage of the general adaptation syndrome does this illustrate?

A. Alarm stage

B. Resistance stage

C. Exhaustion stage

D. Compensation stage

At lunch, classmates regularly take turns criticizing their own appearance. Which outcome would research on these conversations lead a psychologist to expect?

A. The group becomes more accepting of body differences.

B. The group becomes less interested in appearance.

C. Only those who speak first become self-conscious.

D. The group becomes less satisfied with their bodies.

An archivist encounters the term dementia praecox in an early psychiatric casebook. Which modern diagnosis most closely corresponds to this historical label?

A. Delirium

B. Alzheimer’s disease

C. Bipolar disorder

D. Schizophrenia

In an addiction counseling role play, which opening move best reflects motivational interviewing?

A. Choose a program using the client’s personality profile.

B. Explore how prepared the client feels to make a change.

C. Assign a treatment track using the intake score.

D. Present a standard plan for the client to follow.

Inez has long wanted close friendships. She turns down invitations because she expects criticism and feels socially inept, even among acquaintances who welcome her. Which personality pattern best fits this vignette?

A. Schizoid

B. Schizotypal

C. Avoidant

D. Dependent

A research team finds that some inherited influences on reading also affect math. Which interpretation fits the generalist genes hypothesis?

A. Each academic skill has a distinct genetic basis.

B. Several academic skills share genetic influences.

C. Genes matter for reading but rarely for math.

D. Genetic effects appear only after sustained practice.

A sleep researcher following Charles Morin’s work compares overnight diaries from adults with and without insomnia. Which measurement best distinguishes the groups in that research?

A. Minutes spent awake after initially falling asleep

B. Minutes from bedtime to the first period of sleep

C. Total number of dreaming periods during the night

D. Total score on a daily emotional distress measure

Which therapist is using assimilative integration?

A. One who chooses each technique without an organizing theory.

B. One who works exclusively within a single school of therapy.

C. One who gives equal weight to every school of therapy.

D. One who adds selected techniques to a primary therapeutic approach.

A forensic psychologist chooses the FIT-R for a court referral. Which question is this structured instrument designed to address?

A. What is the defendant’s risk of reoffending?

B. Was the defendant responsible at the time of the offense?

C. How credible is the defendant’s description of the event?

D. Is the defendant competent to participate in the trial?