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Question #1
The discovery of the link between general paresis and syphilis was made by:
A.   Emil Kraepelin.
B.   Fritz Schaudinn
C.   Benjamin Rush.
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.   schizophrenegenic
D.   parthenogenic
Question #3
One major difference between psychiatrists and clinical psychologists is that psychiatrists:
A.   have more training in mental illness.
B.   went to medical school.
C.   must work in a medical setting.
D.   are allowed to do psychotherapy.
Question #4
If the correlation between severity of depression and age is –0.05, it means that:
A.   younger people have almost no depression.
B.   older people have more severe depression.
C.   older people have less severe 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.   psychoanalysis.
B.   psychogenic therapy.
C.   all psychological therapy.
D.   moral therapy.
Question #6
Seligman's study in which he created learned helplessness in the lab is an example of a(n) _____ study.
A.   analogue
B.   case
C.   epidemiological
D.   quasi-experimental
Question #7
One cause of the increase in homeless individuals in recent decades has been the:
A.   policy of deinstitutionalization.
B.   use of psychotropic medication.
C.   move to the community mental health approach.
D.   decrease in the use of private psychotherapy.
Question #8
Which correlation coefficient is of the highest magnitude?
A.   +0.60
B.   –0.81
C.   –0.01
D.   +0.05
Question #9
In the United States today, one is MOST likely to find a severely ill mental patient:
A.   on the street or in jail.
B.   in private therapy paid for by the state.
C.   in a mental hospital.
D.   receiving drug counseling in a shelter.
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 experiencing a chemical brain imbalance
B.   someone whose community was destroyed by a tornado
C.   someone whose mother was depressed
D.   someone who was also an alcoholic
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 demonology model
B.   the psychogenic model
C.   the moral model
D.   the medical model
Question #13
Psychoanalysis was developed as a form of __________ therapy.
A.   behavioral
B.   somatogenic
C.   moral
D.   outpatient
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.   positive psychology.
B.   psychoanalysis.
C.   prevention.
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.   psychogenic.
B.   psychotropic.
C.   somatogenic.
D.   somatotropic.
Question #16
Which feature is NOT common in managed care programs?
A.   patient choice in number of therapy sessions
B.   limited pool of practitioners for patients to choose from
C.   ongoing reviews and assessments
D.   preapproval for treatment by the insurance company
Question #17
Which pair of words BEST describes the current emphasis in mental health?
A.   prevention and positive psychology
B.   perfection and primary psychology
C.   promotion and public psychology
D.   people and professional psychology
Question #18
The major ethical concern with research on Facebook users is:
A.   research projects have not been approved by universities where they are conducted.
B.   there are not enough Facebook users to make the research worthwhile.
C.   it is unethical to observe public behavior.
D.   Facebook users don't always know they are being studied.
Question #19
Which component is NOT noted by clinical theorist Jerome Frank as essential to all forms of therapy?
A.   series of contacts
B.   healer
C.   sufferer who seeks relief
D.   third-party payer
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.   shaman.
B.   exorcism.
C.   trephination.
D.   couvade.

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