Psychology 2080 - Abnormal Psychology » Spring 2021 » Quiz 1 (A)

Need help with your exam preparation?

Existing Quiz Clients Login here
Question #1
The discovery of the link between general paresis and syphilis was made by:
A.   Richard von Krafft-Ebing.
B.   Fritz Schaudinn
C.   Emil Kraepelin.
D.   Benjamin Rush.
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.   schizophrenegenic
D.   psychogenic
Question #3
One major difference between psychiatrists and clinical psychologists is that psychiatrists:
A.   have more training in mental illness.
B.   must work in a medical setting.
C.   went to medical school.
D.   are allowed to do psychotherapy.
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.   there is no consistent relationship between age and severity of depression.
D.   younger people have almost no depression.
Question #5
Acquiring insight about unconscious psychological processes is a feature of:
A.   all psychological therapy.
B.   moral therapy.
C.   psychogenic therapy.
D.   psychoanalysis.
Question #6
Seligman's study in which he created learned helplessness in the lab is an example of a(n) _____ study.
A.   epidemiological
B.   quasi-experimental
C.   analogue
D.   case
Question #7
One cause of the increase in homeless individuals in recent decades has been the:
A.   move to the community mental health approach.
B.   use of psychotropic medication.
C.   policy of deinstitutionalization.
D.   decrease in the use of private psychotherapy.
Question #8
Which correlation coefficient is of the highest magnitude?
A.   +0.60
B.   –0.01
C.   +0.05
D.   –0.81
Question #9
In the United States today, one is MOST likely to find a severely ill mental patient:
A.   in a mental hospital.
B.   on the street or in jail.
C.   receiving drug counseling in a shelter.
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 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 moral model
C.   the psychogenic model
D.   the medical model
Question #13
Psychoanalysis was developed as a form of __________ therapy.
A.   moral
B.   outpatient
C.   behavioral
D.   somatogenic
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.   psychotropic.
B.   psychogenic.
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.   promotion and public psychology
B.   people and professional psychology
C.   prevention and positive psychology
D.   perfection and primary 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.   it is unethical to observe public behavior.
C.   there are not enough Facebook users to make the research worthwhile.
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.   sufferer who seeks relief
C.   healer
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.   trephination.
B.   couvade.
C.   exorcism.
D.   shaman.

Need help with your exam preparation?

Existing Quiz Clients Login here