Culture And Psychology 5th Edition By David Matsumoto – Test Bank

Chapter 11

Culture and Abnormal Psychology

1. Which view suggests that culture and psychopathology are inextricably intertwined, and that disorders can be understood only in the cultural framework within which they occur?
2. Universal
3. Cultural relativism
4. Individual differences
5. Universal relativism

ANS: b             REF: Defining Abnormality: Some Core Issues

NOT: www

2. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) large-scale global studies of ____ that started in the 1970s used the Present State Examination (PSE) to diagnose ____.
3. depression
4. anxiety
5. schizophrenia
6. personality disorder

ANS: c             REF: Culture and the Categorization and Assessment of Psychological Disorders

3. ____ are more likely to experience depression than ____, and this difference has held up across race, ethnicity, socioeconomics, and culture.
   1. European Americans, Japanese
   2. Asians, European Americans
   3. Men, women
   4. Women, men

ANS: d             REF: Cross-Cultural Research on Psychological Disorders

NOT: www

4. There is evidence that the incidence of depression has ____ over the past few decades, especially among ____.

1. fallen, adolescents
2. risen, adolescents
3. fallen, women
4. stabilized, men

ANS: b             REF: Cross-Cultural Research on Psychological Disorders

5. One important goal of psychology is to use the knowledge gained through research to help people suffering from ____ (psychological disorders that encompass behavioral, cognitive, and emotional aspects of functioning) to rid themselves of symptoms and lead more effective, productive, and happy lives.
6. psychopathology
7. pain
8. disease
9. psychosis

ANS: a             REF: Introduction

NOT: www

6. Ignoring the ways in which psychological disorders are bound within the context of culture may lead to ____, with potentially harmful consequences to the individual.
7. overdiagnosis
8. underdiagnose
9. misdiagnosis
10. overdiagnosis, underdiagnose, and/or misdiagnosis

ANS: d             REF: Introduction

7. Unlike the cross-cultural work on schizophrenia, the literature on depression points to both universal and culture-specific ways in which the disorder may be expressed and experienced across cultures.
8. True
9. False

ANS: b             REF: Cross-Cultural Research on Psychological Disorders

8. What are the main features of ADHD?
9. hyperactivity, fidgeting, easily distracted
10. impulsivity, fidgeting, indecisiveness
11. indecisiveness, impulsivity, easily distracted
12. hyperactivity, impulsivity, inattentiveness

ANS: d             REF: Cross-Cultural Research on Psychological Disorders

9. The approach used in cross-cultural studies of depression, schizophrenia, and ADHD can be characterized as ___; that is, it assumes universally accepted definitions of abnormality and methodology.
10. etic
11. emic
12. abnormal
13. culture-bound

ANS: a             REF: Culture-Bound Disorders

NOT: www

10. According to the international ADHD Working Group, ADHD is a valid disorder found in both developed and developing cultures. It has a neurobiological basis, and is unrecognized, underdiagnosed, and subsequently, left untreated in many countries.
11. True
12. False

ANS: a             REF: Cross-Cultural Research on Psychological Disorders