Introduction to Psychopathology Quiz

Normal/abnormal refer to ____ while adaptive/maladaptive refer to ____

Which conception of psychopathology involves determining psychopathology only by involuntary behavior?

Which conception of psychopathology involves creation of a taxonomy?

Which conception of psychopathology involves determining psychopathology by measuring deviance from the norm?

Which is a major difference between the social deviance vs. statistical abnormality conceptualizations of psychopathology?

Which conception of psychopathology involves in a way based upon evolution?

The notion that development consists of a set of interrelated domains that exert transactional effects refers to:

The dynamics transactions that occur among developing systems cuts across developmental systems and affects the course of development refers to:

Multifinality refers to:

Which of the following is FALSE about developmental psychopathology?

Comorbidity refers to:

With development, children's behavior becomes more flexible with increased organization and differentiation refers to:

Earlier, more undifferentiated forms of behavior become hierarchically integrated into later forms of behavior refers to:

The notion that children are active shapers of their environment and not passive recipients of experience refers to:

Which neuroimaging approach involves measuring changes in magnetic field properties due to oxygenated versus deoxygenated blood?

The proportion of the variability in psychological symptoms or traits that can be attributed to genetic variability refers to:

This neurotransmitter is especially involved in reward and reinforcement, motor function, and cognition and attention.

This neurotransmitter is involved in attention and memory

Which neuroimaging approach involves radioactively labeled substances being introduced into the bloodstream, where they are taken up into the brain?

Which part of the brain is important in emotion processing?

This neurotransmitter is associated with behavioral and emotional regulation

This neurotransmitter is the primary excitatory neurotransmitter in the adult brain

This neurotransmitter is involved in the flight or fight response

This refers to a cluster or group of co-occurring symptoms that represents a cultural pattern of distress.

This involves an explanatory model of distress focused on specific causal factors rather than on a core of symptoms or experiences.

Which of the following was NOT one of the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys?

Which disorder or phenomenon involves trembling, attacks of crying, screaming uncontrollably, and verbal or physical aggression?

Which disorder or phenomenon involves criticism, hostility, and emotional involvement?

This refers to ways of talking about suffering that are not associated with a core set of syndromes or causes.

Which is true about misdiagnosis of antisocial personality disorder?

This is when a test item has different measurement properties for different groups.

Men are more likely to ____ while women are more likely to ____

This occurs when masculine or feminine persons are more likely to endorse an item

Generally speaking, when are clinicians more accurate in making a diagnosis?

Which is true about misdiagnosis of schizophrenia?

What is the primary distinction between the DSM and ICD?

What is the current focus of the DSM 5?

What type of information is excluded from the DSM-IV-TR?

What is the current version of the DSM?

Using a less-efffective therapy as a control condition is an example of what type of control?

Which type of research investigates variables such as therapist behaviors and interactions with the client?

Which is not true about a waiting list control?

What is a major difference between probably efficacious and efficacious ESTs?

What term refers to comparing effectiveness of a therapy to other published measures?