Exam 1: Abnormal Behavior

Historians of the witchcraft age concluded that ____.

A history book states, "Benjamin Rush introduced humane policies into American mental hospitals, but it took Dorothea Dix to make significant positive reforms in mental hospital care. After her work, inhumane treatment was eliminated in the United States." What, if anything, is incorrect in this statement?

Clinical psychologists usually have ____ degrees; psychiatrists have ____ degrees.

Which perspective proposes that people can develop new meaning and purpose even though limitations caused by illness exist?

Jason says, "Mental illness is not a choice or caused by what people do." Jason's remark ____.

Thomas Szasz believed that ____.

Which statement would be consistent with the ideas of Emil Kraepelin?

Frenchman Philippe Pinel and American Benjamin Rush were both concerned with ____.

To combat social stigma, there have been concerted efforts to ____.

Briefly discuss the changing views of mental disorders throughout history. Be sure to include in your discussion a comparison of views across cultures and across time periods.

Humanism is the ____.

As conceptualized by the recovery movement, recovery involves ____.

According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2012), up to ____ of adults with severe mental disorders are not receiving treatment.

Psychotropic drugs are helpful because they ____.

According to Bagalman and Napili. (2013), what percentage of adults suffer from serious psychological disorders such as schizophrenia in a given year?

Which factor spawned renewed interest and research into brain-behavior relationships?

Chart the major ideas and historical figures in the history of treating the mentally ill, from the era of witchcraft in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries through the rise of the Reform Movement in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Positive psychology is ____.

During the Middle Ages, mental illness was ____.

Positive psychologists believe that if we identify qualities associated with effective coping and resilience, we can teach people strategies that ____.