Quiz 1

A  triple-blind design.

B  quasi-experimental design.

C  double-blind design.

D  single-blind design.

A  statistically deviant.

B  deviant but not dangerous.

C  suffering from a mental illness.

D  exhibiting a typical reaction.

A  the effects of a plant closing on community cohesiveness

B  the effects of a particularly harsh blizzard on depression

C  the effects of war on children in Kosovo

D  the effects of premarital abstinence on later sexual functioning

A  a study of all the cases of a disorder in a community

B  a study involving use of a control group

C  the creation of a disorder in a group of lab rats

D  a long-term study of a single clinical client

A  an experiment

B  a natural experiment

C  a double-blind strategy

D  a quasi-experiment

A  state hospitals

B  privatization of mental hospitals

C  deinstitutionalization

D  federal prisons

A  the level of agitation

B  the ones who got the placebo

C  the psychiatric evaluation

D  the new drug

A  irrelevant variables

B  confounds

C  controlled variables

D  blind methods

A  psychogenic.

B  supernatural.

C  somatogenic.

D  psychiatric.

A  symptoms of depression cause life stress.

B  life stress causes symptoms of depression.

C  life stress and depression are related.

D  something else causes stress and depression.

A  studying the effects of stress in nonhumans

B  studying children in their classrooms

C  studying the effects of metaphors on memory

D  studying the elderly in nursing homes

A  the benefits outweigh the risks.

B  there is compensation.

C  the participant can understand the explanation.

D  there are no risks in the study under consideration.

A  prejudice against those with mental disorders decreased.

B  fewer and fewer immigrants were being sent to mental hospitals.

C  hospitals became underfunded and overcrowded.

D  all patients needing treatment had to be helped.

A  perfection and primary psychology

B  prevention and positive psychology

C  promotion and public psychology

D  people and professional psychology

A  determining general laws of behavior

B  studying unusual problems

C  learning a great deal about a particular patient

D  suggesting new areas for further study

A  epidemiological

B  developmental

C  longitudinal

D  experimental

A  It was the first asylum where the moral treatment of patients was practiced.

B  Popularly called “Bedlam,” it came to represent deplorable conditions for patients.

C  It was the first asylum founded by Hippocrates.

D  It was founded by Henry VIII as a place to house his numerous ex-wives.

A  placebo.

B  random variable.

C  dependent variable.

D  confound.

A  flipping a coin to determine group assignment.

B  asking participants to choose the group they prefer.

C  making sure there is only one participant in each group.

D  placing all the participants sharing an important characteristic in the same group.

A  the type of cereal is the dependent variable, and the number of aggressive responses is the independent variable.

B  the type of cereal is the independent variable, and the number of aggressive responses is the dependent variable.

C  sugared cereal is the dependent variable and cornflakes is the independent variable.

D  breakfast is the independent variable, and the group of children is the dependent variable.