Quiz 1

A  double-blind design.

B  quasi-experimental design.

C  single-blind design.

D  triple-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 war on children in Kosovo

B  the effects of a particularly harsh blizzard on depression

C  the effects of premarital abstinence on later sexual functioning

D  the effects of a plant closing on community cohesiveness

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 natural experiment

B  a quasi-experiment

C  an experiment

D  a double-blind strategy

A  state hospitals

B  privatization of mental hospitals

C  federal prisons

D  deinstitutionalization

A  the ones who got the placebo

B  the level of agitation

C  the psychiatric evaluation

D  the new drug

A  blind methods

B  confounds

C  controlled variables

D  irrelevant variables

A  psychiatric.

B  psychogenic.

C  supernatural.

D  somatogenic.

A  life stress and depression are related.

B  life stress causes symptoms of depression.

C  symptoms of depression cause life stress.

D  something else causes stress and depression.

A  studying the elderly in nursing homes

B  studying the effects of stress in nonhumans

C  studying children in their classrooms

D  studying the effects of metaphors on memory

A  there is compensation.

B  there are no risks in the study under consideration.

C  the benefits outweigh the risks.

D  the participant can understand the explanation.

A  hospitals became underfunded and overcrowded.

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

C  prejudice against those with mental disorders decreased.

D  all patients needing treatment had to be helped.

A  prevention and positive psychology

B  perfection and primary psychology

C  people and professional psychology

D  promotion and public psychology

A  suggesting new areas for further study

B  studying unusual problems

C  determining general laws of behavior

D  learning a great deal about a particular patient

A  epidemiological

B  longitudinal

C  developmental

D  experimental

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

B  It was the first asylum founded by Hippocrates.

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

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

A  dependent variable.

B  confound.

C  random variable.

D  placebo.

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

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

C  asking participants to choose the group they prefer.

D  flipping a coin to determine group assignment.

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

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