Quiz 1

A  quasi-experimental design.

B  triple-blind design.

C  double-blind design.

D  single-blind design.

A  statistically deviant.

B  exhibiting a typical reaction.

C  deviant but not dangerous.

D  suffering from a mental illness.

A  the effects of premarital abstinence on later sexual functioning

B  the effects of war on children in Kosovo

C  the effects of a plant closing on community cohesiveness

D  the effects of a particularly harsh blizzard on depression

A  a study involving use of a control group

B  a long-term study of a single clinical client

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  an experiment

B  a quasi-experiment

C  a natural experiment

D  a double-blind strategy

A  deinstitutionalization

B  federal prisons

C  privatization of mental hospitals

D  state hospitals

A  the ones who got the placebo

B  the psychiatric evaluation

C  the level of agitation

D  the new drug

A  irrelevant variables

B  blind methods

C  controlled variables

D  confounds

A  psychogenic.

B  psychiatric.

C  supernatural.

D  somatogenic.

A  something else causes stress and depression.

B  life stress and depression are related.

C  symptoms of depression cause life stress.

D  life stress causes symptoms of depression.

A  studying the elderly in nursing homes

B  studying the effects of stress in nonhumans

C  studying the effects of metaphors on memory

D  studying children in their classrooms

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  all patients needing treatment had to be helped.

C  prejudice against those with mental disorders decreased.

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

A  perfection and primary psychology

B  promotion and public psychology

C  prevention and positive psychology

D  people and professional psychology

A  studying unusual problems

B  determining general laws of behavior

C  learning a great deal about a particular patient

D  suggesting new areas for further study

A  epidemiological

B  longitudinal

C  experimental

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  dependent variable.

D  random variable.

A  flipping a coin to determine group assignment.

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

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

D  asking participants to choose the group they prefer.

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.