Quiz 1

A  triple-blind design.

B  double-blind design.

C  quasi-experimental design.

D  single-blind design.

A  deviant but not dangerous.

B  suffering from a mental illness.

C  exhibiting a typical reaction.

D  statistically deviant.

A  the effects of a plant closing on community cohesiveness

B  the effects of war on children in Kosovo

C  the effects of a particularly harsh blizzard on depression

D  the effects of premarital abstinence on later sexual functioning

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

B  a long-term study of a single clinical client

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

D  a study involving use of a control group

A  a double-blind strategy

B  an experiment

C  a quasi-experiment

D  a natural experiment

A  federal prisons

B  privatization of mental hospitals

C  state hospitals

D  deinstitutionalization

A  the psychiatric evaluation

B  the level of agitation

C  the new drug

D  the ones who got the placebo

A  blind methods

B  controlled variables

C  confounds

D  irrelevant variables

A  psychiatric.

B  somatogenic.

C  psychogenic.

D  supernatural.

A  symptoms of depression cause life stress.

B  something else causes stress and depression.

C  life stress causes symptoms of depression.

D  life stress and depression are related.

A  studying the effects of metaphors on memory

B  studying the elderly in nursing homes

C  studying the effects of stress in nonhumans

D  studying children in their classrooms

A  there is compensation.

B  the participant can understand the explanation.

C  there are no risks in the study under consideration.

D  the benefits outweigh the risks.

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

B  prejudice against those with mental disorders decreased.

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  studying unusual problems

B  suggesting new areas for further study

C  learning a great deal about a particular patient

D  determining general laws of behavior

A  developmental

B  longitudinal

C  experimental

D  epidemiological

A  It was the first asylum founded by Hippocrates.

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

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

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

A  random variable.

B  dependent variable.

C  confound.

D  placebo.

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

B  flipping a coin to determine group assignment.

C  asking participants to choose the group they prefer.

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

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

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

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

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