Abnormal intro

Which of the following is NOT true about "Key Studies" in A2 syllabus?

• We have 20 key studies in total for A2 psychology

• For each of the key studies, candidates should know the context, main theories, aim, design and results/conclusion of the study

• candidates should be able to describe and evaluate the psychological issues and debates (for AS and A Level) included in the study

• Candidates should aim to memorize as many details of the Key Studies as they would for other referenced studies

What are the 4Ds of abnormality?

• Deviation

  Disgust

  Dysfunction

  Danger

• Deviation

  Distress

  Dysfunction

  Danger

• Deviation

  Distress

  Dysfunction

  Divergence

• Deviation

  Distress

  Disorder

  Danger

Which of the following is NOT true about ICD-11?

• It was created by the World Health Organization

• ICD is more likely to include causes not just symptoms of disorders

• The full name is International Classification of Mental Disorders

• The newest version of ICD came out in 2022

Which one of the following definition is NOT true?

• Comorbidity = have more than one illness (physical or mental) at once

• Incidence= a measure of the number of new cases of a characteristic that develop in a population in a specified time period

• Prognosis=the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case

• Etiology=The return or reoccurrence of symptoms after a period of improvement or remission

Which of the following is TRUE according to the Behavioral explanationof mental disorders?

• A surplus/shortage of chemicals in the brain can lead to abnormal behavior

• normal/abnormal behaviors are learned after birth

• Unrealistic, distorted and maladaptive thought patterns interfere with functioning.

• Unconsciousness and childhood experiences lead to psychopathology

Which of the following is a cognitive treatment of mental disorders?

• Dream analysis

• Eletro convulsive therapy

• Systematic desensitization

• find the errors in thinking and change the way of thinking

Which of the following is NOT true about Schizophrenia?(select 2)

• It is a type of psychotic disorders that affect all aspects of a person’s thinking, emotions, actions

• Schizophrenic patients usually lack insight of their situations

• The core symptoms are hallucination

  delusion

  and negative symptoms

• it is not caused by substance use or other health conditions

• Apart from actions and attitudes directly related to the delusion or delusional system, affect, speech, and behavior are typically unaffected

According to ICD-11, which one is NOT a type of delusion?

• grandeur

• jealous

• persecution

• reference