Quiz 1

A  double-blind design.

B  single-blind design.

C  triple-blind design.

D  quasi-experimental design.

A  statistically deviant.

B  deviant but not dangerous.

C  suffering from a mental illness.

D  exhibiting a typical reaction.

A  the effects of premarital abstinence on later sexual functioning

B  the effects of a particularly harsh blizzard on depression

C  the effects of a plant closing on community cohesiveness

D  the effects of war on children in Kosovo

A  a long-term study of a single clinical client

B  a study involving use of a control group

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

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

A  a natural experiment

B  an experiment

C  a double-blind strategy

D  a quasi-experiment

A  federal prisons

B  state hospitals

C  deinstitutionalization

D  privatization of mental hospitals

A  the ones who got the placebo

B  the new drug

C  the psychiatric evaluation

D  the level of agitation

A  controlled variables

B  irrelevant variables

C  confounds

D  blind methods

A  psychogenic.

B  somatogenic.

C  supernatural.

D  psychiatric.

A  life stress and depression are related.

B  something else causes stress and depression.

C  life stress causes symptoms of depression.

D  symptoms of depression cause life stress.

A  studying the elderly in nursing homes

B  studying children in their classrooms

C  studying the effects of metaphors on memory

D  studying the effects of stress in nonhumans

A  the benefits outweigh the risks.

B  the participant can understand the explanation.

C  there is compensation.

D  there are no risks in the study under consideration.

A  hospitals became underfunded and overcrowded.

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

C  all patients needing treatment had to be helped.

D  prejudice against those with mental disorders decreased.

A  people and professional psychology

B  promotion and public psychology

C  perfection and primary psychology

D  prevention and positive 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  experimental

B  longitudinal

C  epidemiological

D  developmental

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  placebo.

B  confound.

C  random variable.

D  dependent variable.

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  flipping a coin to determine group assignment.

D  asking participants to choose the group they prefer.

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.