Quiz 1

A  double-blind design.

B  single-blind design.

C  triple-blind design.

D  quasi-experimental design.

A  statistically deviant.

B  exhibiting a typical reaction.

C  suffering from a mental illness.

D  deviant but not dangerous.

A  the effects of a plant closing on community cohesiveness

B  the effects of a particularly harsh blizzard on depression

C  the effects of premarital abstinence on later sexual functioning

D  the effects of war on children in Kosovo

A  a study involving use of a control group

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

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

D  a long-term study of a single clinical client

A  a double-blind strategy

B  a natural experiment

C  a quasi-experiment

D  an experiment

A  privatization of mental hospitals

B  deinstitutionalization

C  federal prisons

D  state hospitals

A  the new drug

B  the ones who got the placebo

C  the level of agitation

D  the psychiatric evaluation

A  controlled variables

B  irrelevant variables

C  blind methods

D  confounds

A  supernatural.

B  somatogenic.

C  psychogenic.

D  psychiatric.

A  symptoms of depression cause life stress.

B  life stress and depression are related.

C  something else causes stress and depression.

D  life stress causes symptoms of depression.

A  studying the effects of stress in nonhumans

B  studying children in their classrooms

C  studying the elderly in nursing homes

D  studying the effects of metaphors on memory

A  there are no risks in the study under consideration.

B  there is compensation.

C  the benefits outweigh the risks.

D  the participant can understand the explanation.

A  hospitals became underfunded and overcrowded.

B  all patients needing treatment had to be helped.

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

D  prejudice against those with mental disorders decreased.

A  promotion and public psychology

B  prevention and positive psychology

C  people and professional psychology

D  perfection and primary psychology

A  learning a great deal about a particular patient

B  suggesting new areas for further study

C  determining general laws of behavior

D  studying unusual problems

A  epidemiological

B  longitudinal

C  experimental

D  developmental

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  making sure there is only one participant in each group.

B  asking participants to choose the group they prefer.

C  placing all the participants sharing an important characteristic in the same 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  breakfast is the independent variable, and the group of children is the dependent variable.

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

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