Abnormal Psychology Review

Identify the meaning of the underlined word part: Projective tests tend to overpathologize a patient's mental wellness.

• Equal to a part or whole

• Suffering or disease

• Too much or excessive

• Hostile or opposed to

Choose the correct SYNONYM of the underlined word.

Devised 80 years ago by a young Swiss psychiatrist, the Rorschach has entered the language as a synonym for anything ambiguous enough to invite multiple interpretations.

• Agreeable

• Questionable

• Vague

• Effective

Choose the correct ANTONYM of the underlined word.

16 percent scored in the abnormal range on the test's schizophrenia index-far higher than the 1 percent incidence of the illness in the general population indicated in other surveys.

• Typical

• Common

• Standard

• Irregular

Choose the term that matches the riddle.

I once left the doctor with 15 diagnoses. None of which applied to my condition.

• Psychology

• Gleaned

• Overpathologize

• Ambiguous

Doctors who study the mind, behavior, and emotions

• Foreman

• Psychologist

• Biological

• Psychiatrist

What would a psychological test most likely focus on?

• a person's clothes

• a person's family

• a person's mind

• a person's diet

Choose the term that matches the riddle.

Some people are born with extra digits on their hands or feet.

• Psychology

• Gleaned

• Overpathologize

• Abnormal

Choose the term that fits within the sentence.

Many outdated practices, such as the use of __________ tests, like the Rorschach test, are a controversial topic among psychologists.

• Psychology

• Projective

• Overpathologize

• Abnormal

Choose the term that fits within the sentence. Without proper results, psychiatrists may _____________ their patients, providing a misguided diagnoses and abnormal treatment plan.

• Psychology

• Evocative

• Overpathologize

• Abnormal

The mental wellness of patients involved in high conflict and other _________ settings, such as custody disputes and criminal trials, may be evaluated using projective testing in some states.

• Adversarial

• Evocative

• Overpathologize

• Abnormal