WorksheetsDefinitions of Abnormality: Ideal Mental Health and Social Norms
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
A clinician labels someone abnormal for rejecting local customs without considering cultural context. Which criticism best applies?
It is highly comprehensive and inclusive
It changes slowly as norms are stable
It is culture-bound and imposes narrow norms
It precisely measures resistance to stress
Which feature is part of Rosenhan and Seligman’s criteria indicating poor mental health within the failure to function adequately definition?
Euphoric mood most mornings
Strict adherence to social rules
Maladaptive behaviour in everyday life
Consistent behaviour patterns daily
In a normal distribution of IQ scores, which is correct in terms of central tendencies?
Tails touch the horizontal axis
It is skewed to the right heavily
Mean, median and mode coincide
Only the mean equals the median
A person with an IQ below 70 is most likely classified how under statistical infrequency?
Showing desirable unusual ability
As slightly above average intelligence
As having intellectual disability disorder
Within common population range
Which statement best explains one limitation of the failure to function adequately definition across cultures?
It denies personal distress entirely
It is culturally relative in judgments
It sets universal strict thresholds
It uses medical tests only
Which explanation of the DSM-5 aligns with its described purpose?
Self-help book for mild stress
System for classifying mental disorders
Guide for nutrition and exercise
Manual for brain surgery procedures
Which statement best defines a phobia?
A logical caution toward real dangers
A temporary dislike of certain objects
A mild worry about daily problems
An extreme, irrational fear with avoidance
A student avoids dogs after being bitten and feels relief each time they cross the street to escape a dog. Which process best explains why the fear persists?
Habituation reducing anxiety over repeated exposure
Negative reinforcement maintaining avoidance behavior
Classical conditioning acquiring new safety signals
Punishment decreasing avoidance over time
Arrange the first three elements of systematic desensitization in the correct order.
Create exposure list, perform flooding, discuss cognitions
Immediate exposure, teach relaxation, set homework
Build anxiety hierarchy, teach relaxation, immediate flooding
Teach relaxation, build anxiety hierarchy, gradual exposure
A client with a simple spider phobia is out in a room with a spider in a safe setting for a sustained period until anxiety subsides. What LEARNING process is intended to occur?
Biological relaxation
Extinction of the conditioned fear response
Social Learning
Cognitive Reappraisal
