Abnormal Psychology: True or False Answers

1. Any person who acts in a bizarre manner is considered abnormal.

1. Any person who acts in a bizarre manner is considered abnormal.

2. People in the past have been tortured or executed for having a mental disorder.

2. People in the past have been tortured or executed for having a mental disorder.

3. People with a predisposition to having a mental illness will definitely develop that illness at some point in their lifetime.

3. People with a predisposition to having a mental illness will definitely develop that illness at some point in their lifetime.

4. The number of mental illnesses that can be diagnosed, according to established psychiatric criteria, numbers more than 400.

4. The number of mental illnesses that can be diagnosed, according to established psychiatric criteria, numbers more than 400.

5. Healthy people have been able to pretend to be mentally ill, fooling staff at mental hospitals.

5. Healthy people have been able to pretend to be mentally ill, fooling staff at mental hospitals.

6. No known culture is free of depression or schizophrenia.

6. No known culture is free of depression or schizophrenia.

7. People who are wealthy are twice as likely to be diagnosed with a serious mental disorder than those who are poor.

7. People who are wealthy are twice as likely to be diagnosed with a serious mental disorder than those who are poor.

8. Problems with anxiety and mood are easy to detect and diagnose.

8. Problems with anxiety and mood are easy to detect and diagnose.

9. Panic attacks can always be traced to a specific cause or event.

9. Panic attacks can always be traced to a specific cause or event.

10. Compulsions are engaged in by people with obsessive-compulsive disorder so that their anxiety will diminish.

10. Compulsions are engaged in by people with obsessive-compulsive disorder so that their anxiety will diminish.

11. The effects of post-traumatic stress disorder can last from months to years.

11. The effects of post-traumatic stress disorder can last from months to years.

12. Even identical twins who are raised in different families can have similar phobias.

12. Even identical twins who are raised in different families can have similar phobias.

13. Researchers have found no difference in the brain function between people who have anxiety disorders and those who do not, which leads experts to believe that anxiety is more cognitive than biological.

13. Researchers have found no difference in the brain function between people who have anxiety disorders and those who do not, which leads experts to believe that anxiety is more cognitive than biological.

14. People fear snakes more often than cars, because evolution ingrained in us the belief that snakes pose a greater danger to our lives.

14. People fear snakes more often than cars, because evolution ingrained in us the belief that snakes pose a greater danger to our lives.

15. All amnesia is caused by physical injury or damage to the brain.

15. All amnesia is caused by physical injury or damage to the brain.

16. People with hypochondria are usually pretending about their medical conditions to get attention.

16. People with hypochondria are usually pretending about their medical conditions to get attention.

17. If someone is stressed, they can cause themselves to be physically sick.

17. If someone is stressed, they can cause themselves to be physically sick.

18. Schizophrenia is a single disorder that is the same as having multiple personalities.

18. Schizophrenia is a single disorder that is the same as having multiple personalities.

19. People with antisocial personality disorder are loners who hate to socialize with others.

19. People with antisocial personality disorder are loners who hate to socialize with others.

20. I don’t like true or false questions.

20. I don’t like true or false questions.