Quiz 1

A  quasi-experimental design.

B  double-blind design.

C  triple-blind design.

D  single-blind design.

A  exhibiting a typical reaction.

B  deviant but not dangerous.

C  suffering from a mental illness.

D  statistically deviant.

A  the effects of premarital abstinence on later sexual functioning

B  the effects of a particularly harsh blizzard on depression

C  the effects of war on children in Kosovo

D  the effects of a plant closing on community cohesiveness

A  a study involving use of a control group

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

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

D  a long-term study of a single clinical client

A  a quasi-experiment

B  a natural experiment

C  an experiment

D  a double-blind strategy

A  privatization of mental hospitals

B  deinstitutionalization

C  state hospitals

D  federal prisons

A  the new drug

B  the level of agitation

C  the psychiatric evaluation

D  the ones who got the placebo

A  irrelevant variables

B  confounds

C  blind methods

D  controlled variables

A  psychiatric.

B  supernatural.

C  psychogenic.

D  somatogenic.

A  life stress and depression are related.

B  life stress causes symptoms of depression.

C  something else causes stress and depression.

D  symptoms of depression cause life stress.

A  studying the effects of metaphors on memory

B  studying children in their classrooms

C  studying the elderly in nursing homes

D  studying the effects of stress in nonhumans

A  there is compensation.

B  the benefits outweigh the risks.

C  the participant can understand the explanation.

D  there are no risks in the study under consideration.

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

B  hospitals became underfunded and overcrowded.

C  all patients needing treatment had to be helped.

D  prejudice against those with mental disorders decreased.

A  people and professional psychology

B  perfection and primary psychology

C  promotion and public psychology

D  prevention and positive psychology

A  suggesting new areas for further study

B  learning a great deal about a particular patient

C  studying unusual problems

D  determining general laws of behavior

A  experimental

B  developmental

C  longitudinal

D  epidemiological

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

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

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  dependent variable.

B  random variable.

C  confound.

D  placebo.

A  asking participants to choose the group they prefer.

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

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

D  flipping a coin to determine group assignment.

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

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