Question 1

1-48.Benjamin Rush is credited with all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) signing the Declaration of Independence. 
B) encouraging more humane treatment of the mentally ill. 
C) taking a scientific approach to the study and treatment of mental disorders. 
D) being the first American to organize a course in psychiatry. 
A) signing the Declaration of Independence. 
B) encouraging more humane treatment of the mentally ill. 
C) taking a scientific approach to the study and treatment of mental disorders. 
D) being the first American to organize a course in psychiatry.

Question 2

1-56.Which of the following approaches to treatment focuses almost exclusively on physical well-being?

Accepted Answer

A) Moral management 
B) Mental hygiene 
C) Humanitarian 
D) Deinstitutionalization 
A) Moral management 
B) Mental hygiene 
C) Humanitarian 
D) Deinstitutionalization

Question 3

What was the attitude about hospitalization of the mentally ill during the later decades of the twentieth century?

Accepted Answer

It is preferable to treat peop

Question 4

1-98.Witmer is credited with

Accepted Answer

A) establishing psychology as a field in the United States. 
B) bringing psychoanalysis to the United States. 
C) writing the first psychology text. 
D) being the founder of clinical psychology. 
A) establishing psychology as a field in the United States. 
B) bringing psychoanalysis to the United States. 
C) writing the first psychology text. 
D) being the founder of clinical psychology.

Question 5

1-77.Which of the following was an effect of the deinstitutionalization movement?

Accepted Answer

A) A large number of psychiatric hospitals remained open. 
B) Mental hospital populations were re-institutionalized in medical hospitals. 
C) Most of the services once offered on an inpatient basis were available at community health centers. 
D) Some of those released would have been better off remaining hospitalized. 
A) A large number of psychiatric hospitals remained open. 
B) Mental hospital populations were re-institutionalized in medical hospitals. 
C) Most of the services once offered on an inpatient basis were available at community health centers. 
D) Some of those released would have been better off remaining hospitalized.

Question 6

1-70.During the first half of the twentieth century,mental hospital care would best be characterized as

Accepted Answer

A) effective. 
B) humane. 
C) moral. 
D) punitive. 
A) effective. 
B) humane. 
C) moral. 
D) punitive.

Question 7

1-33.The emergence of humanism brought about changes in all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) an increase in the belief in supernatural causes of behavior. 
B) scientific questioning. 
C) more humane treatment. 
D) fewer superstitious beliefs about demonic possession. 
A) an increase in the belief in supernatural causes of behavior. 
B) scientific questioning. 
C) more humane treatment. 
D) fewer superstitious beliefs about demonic possession.

Question 8

1-37.How did early treatment of mental patients in the United States compare to that offered in Europe?

Accepted Answer

A) Treatment in the United States was more humanitarian. 
B) It was comparable to that offered in Europe. 
C) The techniques employed were more scientifically based than those used in Europe. 
D) The treatment approaches used in the United States were more effective than those used in Europe. 
A) Treatment in the United States was more humanitarian. 
B) It was comparable to that offered in Europe. 
C) The techniques employed were more scientifically based than those used in Europe. 
D) The treatment approaches used in the United States were more effective than those used in Europe.

Question 9

Explain how the link between the brain and mental disorders was first established.

Accepted Answer

While Hippocrates and others had long pr

Question 10

1-19.Compared to the West,in the Chinese "Dark Ages," views of mental illness

Accepted Answer

A) began at a more sophisticated level but regressed,like the West,to belief in the supernatural forces,although not for as long or with as negative a reaction to patients. 
B) began at a less sophisticated level but regressed,like the West,to belief in the supernatural forces,although they regressed earlier and with a more negative reaction to patients. 
C) always believed that mental illness was due to supernatural forces.This belief is still prevalent in China. 
D) were always more sophisticated than the West; the focus was always on medical causes and humane treatment. 
A) began at a more sophisticated level but regressed,like the West,to belief in the supernatural forces,although not for as long or with as negative a reaction to patients. 
B) began at a less sophisticated level but regressed,like the West,to belief in the supernatural forces,although they regressed earlier and with a more negative reaction to patients. 
C) always believed that mental illness was due to supernatural forces.This belief is still prevalent in China. 
D) were always more sophisticated than the West; the focus was always on medical causes and humane treatment.

Question 11

1-93.In 1893,Breuer and Freud published a paper on hysteria.In it they announced that

Accepted Answer

A) unconscious factors can determine behavior and produce mental disorders. 
B) hysteria was caused by hypnosis. 
C) hysteria and hypnosis were both the result of neurological abnormalities. 
D) many forms of mental disorder are the conscious result of seeking attention from others. 
A) unconscious factors can determine behavior and produce mental disorders. 
B) hysteria was caused by hypnosis. 
C) hysteria and hypnosis were both the result of neurological abnormalities. 
D) many forms of mental disorder are the conscious result of seeking attention from others.

Question 12

1-53.The level of success achieved with the use of moral management is surprising because

Accepted Answer

A) most mental illnesses are not treatable. 
B) the drugs used were usually inappropriate. 
C) the majority of those hospitalized for mental illness were schizophrenic. 
D) many patients suffered from syphilis that was,at the time,incurable. 
A) most mental illnesses are not treatable. 
B) the drugs used were usually inappropriate. 
C) the majority of those hospitalized for mental illness were schizophrenic. 
D) many patients suffered from syphilis that was,at the time,incurable.

Question 13

1-20.Which statement about treatment of abnormal behavior in the Middle Ages is accurate?

Accepted Answer

A) Although the Hippocratic tradition was continued in most of Europe,Islamic countries emphasized demonology. 
B) Scientific reasoning and humane treatments were valued in both European and Islamic societies. 
C) Islamic forms of treatment were more humane than European approaches. 
D) The Chinese emphasized prayer,the Europeans emphasized exercise,and the Islamic peoples emphasized balancing the four bodily humors. 
A) Although the Hippocratic tradition was continued in most of Europe,Islamic countries emphasized demonology. 
B) Scientific reasoning and humane treatments were valued in both European and Islamic societies. 
C) Islamic forms of treatment were more humane than European approaches. 
D) The Chinese emphasized prayer,the Europeans emphasized exercise,and the Islamic peoples emphasized balancing the four bodily humors.

Question 14

1-55.Which of the following contributed to the virtual absence of moral management by the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A) The fact that it was rarely effective in treating the mentally ill 
B) The shrinking of the size of most mental hospitals 
C) Society's displeasure with the idea that mentally ill people were morally inferior 
D) Advances in biomedical science 
A) The fact that it was rarely effective in treating the mentally ill 
B) The shrinking of the size of most mental hospitals 
C) Society's displeasure with the idea that mentally ill people were morally inferior 
D) Advances in biomedical science

Question 15

1-80.Why was malarial therapy effective in treating general paresis?

Accepted Answer

A) The fever that was induced killed off the cause of the observed symptoms. 
B) General paresis was caused by malaria,and malarial therapy triggered an immune response that destroyed the existing infection. 
C) Malarial therapy prevented the syphilis spirochetes from entering the brain. 
D) There is no known treatment for general paresis. 
A) The fever that was induced killed off the cause of the observed symptoms. 
B) General paresis was caused by malaria,and malarial therapy triggered an immune response that destroyed the existing infection. 
C) Malarial therapy prevented the syphilis spirochetes from entering the brain. 
D) There is no known treatment for general paresis.

Question 16

1-27.The disorder Koro,where males fear that their genitals have retracted into their body,possibly leading to death,is similar to the episodes of mass madness during the Black Death because

Accepted Answer

A) both demonstrated that mass madness is primarily a physiological disorder. 
B) both demonstrated the effect that sociocultural stressors can have on mental functioning of large groups of people. 
C) both demonstrated that the responses of other people to the person with mass madness determines whether the person will recover. 
D) both demonstrated that it is extremely difficult,if not impossible,to discover the cause of mass madness. 
A) both demonstrated that mass madness is primarily a physiological disorder. 
B) both demonstrated the effect that sociocultural stressors can have on mental functioning of large groups of people. 
C) both demonstrated that the responses of other people to the person with mass madness determines whether the person will recover. 
D) both demonstrated that it is extremely difficult,if not impossible,to discover the cause of mass madness.

Question 17

1-54.Which of the following was a form of treatment that addressed a patient's social,individual,and occupational needs?

Accepted Answer

A) Moral management 
B) The treatments provided at the Geel Shrine 
C) Anton Mesmer's approach to treating the mentally ill 
D) The treatment started by the Nancy School 
A) Moral management 
B) The treatments provided at the Geel Shrine 
C) Anton Mesmer's approach to treating the mentally ill 
D) The treatment started by the Nancy School

Question 18

1-104.The role of learning is the central theme in

Accepted Answer

A) Breuer's approach to treating people with mental disorders. 
B) Wundt's approach to psychological research. 
C) the psychoanalytic approach. 
D) the behavioral perspective. 
A) Breuer's approach to treating people with mental disorders. 
B) Wundt's approach to psychological research. 
C) the psychoanalytic approach. 
D) the behavioral perspective.

Question 19

1-51.The moral management treatment

Accepted Answer

A) focused on the physiological problems that mental patients supposedly had rather than their mental state. 
B) focused on the symptoms that mental patients had rather than on their moral character. 
C) focused on warehousing and punishing mental patients,so that they would choose to become well. 
D) focused on the moral and spiritual development of mental patients rather than their disorder. 
A) focused on the physiological problems that mental patients supposedly had rather than their mental state. 
B) focused on the symptoms that mental patients had rather than on their moral character. 
C) focused on warehousing and punishing mental patients,so that they would choose to become well. 
D) focused on the moral and spiritual development of mental patients rather than their disorder.

Question 20

Abnormal behavior often has been attributed to the influence of supernatural
forces.Describe how these forces were used to explain abnormal behavior during
various time periods and the treatments that resulted.

Accepted Answer

Early writings of the Egyptians,Chinese,

1-48.Benjamin Rush is credited with all of the following EXCEPT

1-56.Which of the following approaches to treatment focuses almost exclusively on physical well-being?

What was the attitude about hospitalization of the mentally ill during the later decades of the twentieth century?

1-98.Witmer is credited with

1-77.Which of the following was an effect of the deinstitutionalization movement?

1-70.During the first half of the twentieth century,mental hospital care would best be characterized as

1-33.The emergence of humanism brought about changes in all of the following EXCEPT

1-37.How did early treatment of mental patients in the United States compare to that offered in Europe?

Explain how the link between the brain and mental disorders was first established.

1-19.Compared to the West,in the Chinese "Dark Ages," views of mental illness

1-93.In 1893,Breuer and Freud published a paper on hysteria.In it they announced that

1-53.The level of success achieved with the use of moral management is surprising because

1-20.Which statement about treatment of abnormal behavior in the Middle Ages is accurate?

1-55.Which of the following contributed to the virtual absence of moral management by the nineteenth century?

1-80.Why was malarial therapy effective in treating general paresis?

1-27.The disorder Koro,where males fear that their genitals have retracted into their body,possibly leading to death,is similar to the episodes of mass madness during the Black Death because

1-54.Which of the following was a form of treatment that addressed a patient's social,individual,and occupational needs?

1-104.The role of learning is the central theme in

1-51.The moral management treatment

Abnormal behavior often has been attributed to the influence of supernatural forces.Describe how these forces were used to explain abnormal behavior during various time periods and the treatments that resulted.

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Exam 2: Historical and Contemporary Views of Abnormal Behavior

1-48.Benjamin Rush is credited with all of the following EXCEPT

1-56.Which of the following approaches to treatment focuses almost exclusively on physical well-being?

What was the attitude about hospitalization of the mentally ill during the later decades of the twentieth century?

1-98.Witmer is credited with

1-77.Which of the following was an effect of the deinstitutionalization movement?

1-70.During the first half of the twentieth century,mental hospital care would best be characterized as

1-33.The emergence of humanism brought about changes in all of the following EXCEPT

1-37.How did early treatment of mental patients in the United States compare to that offered in Europe?

Explain how the link between the brain and mental disorders was first established.

1-19.Compared to the West,in the Chinese "Dark Ages," views of mental illness

1-93.In 1893,Breuer and Freud published a paper on hysteria.In it they announced that

1-53.The level of success achieved with the use of moral management is surprising because

1-20.Which statement about treatment of abnormal behavior in the Middle Ages is accurate?

1-55.Which of the following contributed to the virtual absence of moral management by the nineteenth century?

1-80.Why was malarial therapy effective in treating general paresis?

1-27.The disorder Koro,where males fear that their genitals have retracted into their body,possibly leading to death,is similar to the episodes of mass madness during the Black Death because

1-54.Which of the following was a form of treatment that addressed a patient's social,individual,and occupational needs?

1-104.The role of learning is the central theme in

1-51.The moral management treatment

Abnormal behavior often has been attributed to the influence of supernatural forces.Describe how these forces were used to explain abnormal behavior during various time periods and the treatments that resulted.

Abnormal Psychology: an Overview

Causal Factors and Viewpoints

Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis

Stress and Physical and Mental Health

Panic,anxiety,obsessions,and Their Disorders

Mood Disorders and Suicide

Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders

Eating Disorders and Obesity

Personality Disorders

Substance-Related Disorders

Sexual Variants,abuse,and Dysfunctions

Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders

Neurocognitive Disorders

Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence

Therapy

Contemporary and Legal Issues in Abnormal Psychology

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