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Question #1

A person seeking help for a psychological abnormality is made to drink bitter herbal potions and then submit to a beating, in the hope that “evil spirits” will be driven from the person’s body. This form of “therapy” is called:

A shaman.

B trephination.

C couvade.

D exorcism.

Question #2

Which component is NOT noted by clinical theorist Jerome Frank as essential to all forms of therapy?

A third-party payer

B series of contacts

C healer

D sufferer who seeks relief

Question #3

The major ethical concern with research on Facebook users is:

A there are not enough Facebook users to make the research worthwhile.

B Facebook users don’t always know they are being studied.

C it is unethical to observe public behavior.

D research projects have not been approved by universities where they are conducted.

Question #4

Which pair of words BEST describes the current emphasis in mental health?

A perfection and primary psychology

B people and professional psychology

C prevention and positive psychology

D promotion and public psychology

Question #5

Which feature is NOT common in managed care programs?

A ongoing reviews and assessments

B limited pool of practitioners for patients to choose from

C preapproval for treatment by the insurance company

D patient choice in number of therapy sessions

Question #6

A medical researcher develops a drug that decreases symptoms of depression and other “mood” disorders. The general term for this type of drug is:

A somatotropic.

B psychotropic.

C somatogenic.

D psychogenic.

Question #7

Efforts to address the needs of children who are at risk for developing mental disorders (babies of teenage mothers, children of those with severe mental disorders) are categorized as:

A psychoanalysis.

B prevention.

C positive psychology.

D eco-anxiety treatment.

Question #8

Psychoanalysis was developed as a form of __________ therapy.

A moral

B outpatient

C behavioral

D somatogenic

Question #9

In the Middle Ages, which model of mental illness did MOST people believe in?

A the psychogenic model

B the medical model

C the moral model

D the demonology model

Question #10

Which is NOT a disorder that people in the Middle Ages included in the general term “mass madness”?

A St. Vitus’ dance

B tarantism

C lycanthropy

D exorcism

Question #11

Which depressed person would be the LEAST likely to be diagnosed with a mental disorder, because of specific circumstances?

A someone who was also an alcoholic

B someone whose mother was depressed

C someone whose community was destroyed by a tornado

D someone who was experiencing a chemical brain imbalance

Question #12

In the United States today, one is MOST likely to find a severely ill mental patient:

A receiving drug counseling in a shelter.

B in a mental hospital.

C on the street or in jail.

D in private therapy paid for by the state.

Question #13

Which correlation coefficient is of the highest magnitude?

A –0.01

B +0.60

C –0.81

D +0.05

Question #14

One cause of the increase in homeless individuals in recent decades has been the:

A use of psychotropic medication.

B move to the community mental health approach.

C policy of deinstitutionalization.

D decrease in the use of private psychotherapy.

Question #15

Seligman’s study in which he created learned helplessness in the lab is an example of a(n) _____ study.

A case

B quasi-experimental

C analogue

D epidemiological

Question #16

Acquiring insight about unconscious psychological processes is a feature of:

A all psychological therapy.

B psychoanalysis.

C moral therapy.

D psychogenic therapy.

Question #17

If the correlation between severity of depression and age is –0.05, it means that:

A there is no consistent relationship between age and severity of depression.

B older people have less severe depression.

C younger people have almost no depression.

D older people have more severe depression.

Question #18

One major difference between psychiatrists and clinical psychologists is that psychiatrists:

A have more training in mental illness.

B are allowed to do psychotherapy.

C must work in a medical setting.

D went to medical school.

Question #19

An otherwise “normal” person under the influence of hypnotic suggestion is made to bark, sit, and fetch like a dog. The occurrence of these “abnormal” behaviors lends support to which explanation for abnormality?

A schizophrenegenic

B somatogenic

C parthenogenic

D psychogenic

Question #20

The discovery of the link between general paresis and syphilis was made by:

A Richard von Krafft-Ebing.

B Emil Kraepelin.

C Benjamin Rush.

D Fritz Schaudinn

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