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Question #1
The discovery of the link between general paresis and syphilis was made by:
A.   Fritz Schaudinn
B.   Benjamin Rush.
C.   Richard von Krafft-Ebing.
D.   Emil Kraepelin.
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.   parthenogenic
B.   somatogenic
C.   psychogenic
D.   schizophrenegenic
Question #3
One major difference between psychiatrists and clinical psychologists is that psychiatrists:
A.   are allowed to do psychotherapy.
B.   went to medical school.
C.   must work in a medical setting.
D.   have more training in mental illness.
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.   older people have more severe depression.
C.   younger people have almost no depression.
D.   there is no consistent relationship between age and severity of depression.
Question #5
Acquiring insight about unconscious psychological processes is a feature of:
A.   moral therapy.
B.   psychogenic therapy.
C.   psychoanalysis.
D.   all psychological 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.   quasi-experimental
C.   epidemiological
D.   analogue
Question #7
One cause of the increase in homeless individuals in recent decades has been the:
A.   use of psychotropic medication.
B.   policy of deinstitutionalization.
C.   decrease in the use of private psychotherapy.
D.   move to the community mental health approach.
Question #8
Which correlation coefficient is of the highest magnitude?
A.   –0.01
B.   –0.81
C.   +0.60
D.   +0.05
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.   on the street or in jail.
C.   in a mental hospital.
D.   in private therapy paid for by the state.
Question #10
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 #11
Which is NOT a disorder that people in the Middle Ages included in the general term “mass madness”?
A.   tarantism
B.   St. Vitus' dance
C.   exorcism
D.   lycanthropy
Question #12
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 #13
Psychoanalysis was developed as a form of __________ therapy.
A.   somatogenic
B.   outpatient
C.   behavioral
D.   moral
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.   prevention.
B.   positive psychology.
C.   psychoanalysis.
D.   eco-anxiety treatment.
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.   psychotropic.
B.   psychogenic.
C.   somatotropic.
D.   somatogenic.
Question #16
Which feature is NOT common in managed care programs?
A.   preapproval for treatment by the insurance company
B.   limited pool of practitioners for patients to choose from
C.   patient choice in number of therapy sessions
D.   ongoing reviews and assessments
Question #17
Which pair of words BEST describes the current emphasis in mental health?
A.   people and professional psychology
B.   prevention and positive psychology
C.   promotion and public 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.   research projects have not been approved by universities where they are conducted.
D.   it is unethical to observe public behavior.
Question #19
Which component is NOT noted by clinical theorist Jerome Frank as essential to all forms of therapy?
A.   healer
B.   sufferer who seeks relief
C.   third-party payer
D.   series of contacts
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.   exorcism.
C.   couvade.
D.   shaman.

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