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Question #1
The discovery of the link between general paresis and syphilis was made by:
A.   Benjamin Rush.
B.   Fritz Schaudinn
C.   Emil Kraepelin.
D.   Richard von Krafft-Ebing.
Question #2
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.   psychogenic
B.   somatogenic
C.   parthenogenic
D.   schizophrenegenic
Question #3
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 #4
If the correlation between severity of depression and age is –0.05, it means that:
A.   older people have less severe depression.
B.   there is no consistent relationship between age and severity of depression.
C.   older people have more severe depression.
D.   younger people have almost no depression.
Question #5
Acquiring insight about unconscious psychological processes is a feature of:
A.   moral therapy.
B.   all psychological therapy.
C.   psychoanalysis.
D.   psychogenic therapy.
Question #6
Seligman's study in which he created learned helplessness in the lab is an example of a(n) _____ study.
A.   case
B.   analogue
C.   quasi-experimental
D.   epidemiological
Question #7
One cause of the increase in homeless individuals in recent decades has been the:
A.   policy of deinstitutionalization.
B.   move to the community mental health approach.
C.   use of psychotropic medication.
D.   decrease in the use of private psychotherapy.
Question #8
Which correlation coefficient is of the highest magnitude?
A.   –0.81
B.   –0.01
C.   +0.05
D.   +0.60
Question #9
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.   in private therapy paid for by the state.
D.   on the street or in jail.
Question #10
Which depressed person would be the LEAST likely to be diagnosed with a mental disorder, because of specific circumstances?
A.   someone whose community was destroyed by a tornado
B.   someone whose mother was depressed
C.   someone who was also an alcoholic
D.   someone who was experiencing a chemical brain imbalance
Question #11
Which is NOT a disorder that people in the Middle Ages included in the general term “mass madness”?
A.   lycanthropy
B.   St. Vitus' dance
C.   tarantism
D.   exorcism
Question #12
In the Middle Ages, which model of mental illness did MOST people believe in?
A.   the moral model
B.   the psychogenic model
C.   the demonology model
D.   the medical model
Question #13
Psychoanalysis was developed as a form of __________ therapy.
A.   moral
B.   outpatient
C.   somatogenic
D.   behavioral
Question #14
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.   eco-anxiety treatment.
B.   psychoanalysis.
C.   positive psychology.
D.   prevention.
Question #15
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.   psychogenic.
D.   somatogenic.
Question #16
Which feature is NOT common in managed care programs?
A.   preapproval for treatment by the insurance company
B.   ongoing reviews and assessments
C.   limited pool of practitioners for patients to choose from
D.   patient choice in number of therapy sessions
Question #17
Which pair of words BEST describes the current emphasis in mental health?
A.   promotion and public psychology
B.   prevention and positive psychology
C.   people and professional psychology
D.   perfection and primary psychology
Question #18
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 #19
Which component is NOT noted by clinical theorist Jerome Frank as essential to all forms of therapy?
A.   series of contacts
B.   third-party payer
C.   sufferer who seeks relief
D.   healer
Question #20
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.   trephination.
B.   shaman.
C.   exorcism.
D.   couvade.

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