Question 1

Xia has been feeling sad and lonely over the last several days. According to the ancient Chinese medical philosophy, Xia's mood is likely the result of:

Accepted Answer

A)  vital air flowing on the lungs. 
B)  a lack of positive force. 
C)  bewitchment. 
D)  an excessive order in her life. 
A)  vital air flowing on the lungs. 
B)  a lack of positive force. 
C)  bewitchment. 
D)  an excessive order in her life. A

Question 2

Describe the ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman theories of abnormal behavior.

Accepted Answer

Key terms and concepts that may be included in student responses:
▪ Concept of "wandering uterus"-the uterus dislodged and wandered throughout a woman's body, interfering with her other organs, causing hysteria
▪ Greeks and Romans saw madness as an affliction from the gods, but Greek physicians rejected supernatural explanations
▪ Hippocrates-phobias, imbalance of four basic bodily humors-blood, phlegm, yellow bile, black bile, classification of abnormal behavior into epilepsy, mania, melancholia, and brain fever
▪ Plato-some forms of madness were divine, madness related to impulse, passion, or appetite
▪ Treatments-bleeding patients, rest, relaxation, change of climate, change of diet

Question 3

Discuss how and why the concept of moral treatment evolved and the problems associated with its failures, and the individuals who were instrumental in its development.

Accepted Answer

Key terms and concepts that maybe included in student responses:
▪ Deplorable conditions in asylums in Europe and America
▪ The Act for Regulating Madhouses
▪ New psychological view-restoration of dignity, rest, relaxation
▪ Efforts of Pinel, Tuke, and Dix
▪ Training of mental health professionals
▪ Increase in mental institutions and public hospitals
▪ Problems associated with rapid growth-influx of immigrants, decline in humane conditions, lack of public support, and decrease in funding

Question 4

Theorists who argue that behaviors can only be abnormal relative to cultural norms, are proponents of:

Accepted Answer

A)  cultural hegemony. 
B)  cultural regeneration. 
C)  cultural imperialism. 
D)  cultural relativism. 
A)  cultural hegemony. 
B)  cultural regeneration. 
C)  cultural imperialism. 
D)  cultural relativism.

Question 5

_____ noted that, throughout history, societies have labeled individuals and groups abnormal in order to justify controlling or silencing them.

Accepted Answer

A)  Thomas Szasz 
B)  Samuel Cartwright 
C)  Clifford Beers 
D)  Johann Weyer 
A)  Thomas Szasz 
B)  Samuel Cartwright 
C)  Clifford Beers 
D)  Johann Weyer

Question 6

Which of the following individuals is regarded as the best-known figure in psychiatry and psychology?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ivan Pavlov 
B)  Sigmund Freud 
C)  John Watson 
D)  Erik Erikson 
A)  Ivan Pavlov 
B)  Sigmund Freud 
C)  John Watson 
D)  Erik Erikson

Question 7

Describe the different professions within abnormal psychology.

Accepted Answer

Key terms and concepts that may be inclu

Question 8

Philippe Pinel, a strong leader of the moral treatment movement, ordered that the chains be removed from patients because he believed that:

Accepted Answer

A)  their conditions were specifically the result of their separation from the rest of society. 
B)  the patients' health could be improved by restoring dignity and tranquility. 
C)  abnormal behaviors were rooted in supernatural theories and patients needed the freedom to practice their faith. 
D)  patients were virtually harmless as long as they were properly medicated. 
A)  their conditions were specifically the result of their separation from the rest of society. 
B)  the patients' health could be improved by restoring dignity and tranquility. 
C)  abnormal behaviors were rooted in supernatural theories and patients needed the freedom to practice their faith. 
D)  patients were virtually harmless as long as they were properly medicated.

Question 9

Which historical figures both argued that some forms of madness were divine and could be the source of great literary and prophetic gifts?

Accepted Answer

A)  Socrates and Plato 
B)  Plato and Hippocrates 
C)  Homer and Plato 
D)  Hippocrates and Socrates 
A)  Socrates and Plato 
B)  Plato and Hippocrates 
C)  Homer and Plato 
D)  Hippocrates and Socrates

Question 10

Brain pathology as an explanation for psychological disorders was systematically argued by _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  Wilhelm Wundt 
B)  Richard Krafft-Ebing 
C)  Franz Anton Mesmer 
D)  Wilhelm Griesinger 
A)  Wilhelm Wundt 
B)  Richard Krafft-Ebing 
C)  Franz Anton Mesmer 
D)  Wilhelm Griesinger

Question 11

Which of the following best describes the managed care system?

Accepted Answer

A)  It attempts to provide coordinated mental health services to people in community-based centers. 
B)  It maintains that patients' health will improve if they are integrated in the community. 
C)  It seeks to organize health care and coordinate services for existing medical problems and prevent future problems. 
D)  It was conceptualized to fix the problem of deplorable conditions in state institutions for mental health care. 
A)  It attempts to provide coordinated mental health services to people in community-based centers. 
B)  It maintains that patients' health will improve if they are integrated in the community. 
C)  It seeks to organize health care and coordinate services for existing medical problems and prevent future problems. 
D)  It was conceptualized to fix the problem of deplorable conditions in state institutions for mental health care.

Question 12

Pavlov's theory of learning focused on _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  operant conditioning 
B)  social conditioning 
C)  classical conditioning 
D)  cognitive conditioning 
A)  operant conditioning 
B)  social conditioning 
C)  classical conditioning 
D)  cognitive conditioning

Question 13

What phenomenon, seen in Italy as early as the fourteenth century, was attributed to a spider bite, causing people to jump around, dance wildly, tear at their clothes, and beat each other with whips?

Accepted Answer

A)  Tarantism 
B)  Tarantella 
C)  Saint Vitus' dance 
D)  Comas enfermas 
A)  Tarantism 
B)  Tarantella 
C)  Saint Vitus' dance 
D)  Comas enfermas

Question 14

When an observer takes into account the context or circumstances surrounding someone's behaviors to determine whether they are normal or abnormal, it means that:

Accepted Answer

A)  the observer assesses the behavior based on her/his own biases and prejudices. 
B)  the observer considers the behavior normal if it seems appropriate for that particular situation. 
C)  the observer uses the behavior to judge the individual's personality. 
D)  the observer's evaluation of the behavior lacks any theoretical grounding. 
A)  the observer assesses the behavior based on her/his own biases and prejudices. 
B)  the observer considers the behavior normal if it seems appropriate for that particular situation. 
C)  the observer uses the behavior to judge the individual's personality. 
D)  the observer's evaluation of the behavior lacks any theoretical grounding.

Question 15

What are "the four Ds" of abnormality?

Accepted Answer

A)  Distress, delusion, deviance, and derision 
B)  Deviance, dysfunction, disorder, and danger 
C)  Danger, disorder, delusion, and dysfunction 
D)  Dysfunction, distress, deviance, and dangerousness 
A)  Distress, delusion, deviance, and derision 
B)  Deviance, dysfunction, disorder, and danger 
C)  Danger, disorder, delusion, and dysfunction 
D)  Dysfunction, distress, deviance, and dangerousness

Question 16

_____ was a class of drugs discovered in the twentieth century that reduced hallucinations and delusions, and made it possible for many people who had been institutionalized for years to be released from asylums and hospitals.

Accepted Answer

A)  Gentamycin 
B)  Diethylstilbestrol 
C)  Roxatidine 
D)  Phenothiazines 
A)  Gentamycin 
B)  Diethylstilbestrol 
C)  Roxatidine 
D)  Phenothiazines

Question 17

Who were the authors of On the Psychical Mechanisms of Hysterical Phenomena published in 1893?

Accepted Answer

A)  Freud and Breuer 
B)  Freud and Charcot 
C)  Freud and Adler 
D)  Freud and Hall 
A)  Freud and Breuer 
B)  Freud and Charcot 
C)  Freud and Adler 
D)  Freud and Hall

Question 18

Most Greeks and Romans saw madness as:

Accepted Answer

A)  similar to physical disease. 
B)  a result of chronic stress. 
C)  an affliction from the gods. 
D)  a result of trauma. 
A)  similar to physical disease. 
B)  a result of chronic stress. 
C)  an affliction from the gods. 
D)  a result of trauma.

Question 19

Which criterion for abnormality implies that the presence of a disease is causing given behavior?

Accepted Answer

A)  Deviance 
B)  Unusualness 
C)  Distress 
D)  Mental Illness 
A)  Deviance 
B)  Unusualness 
C)  Distress 
D)  Mental Illness

Question 20

Hippocrates classified abnormal behavior into which set of categories?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hysteria, phobia, mania, and epilepsy 
B)  Melancholia, epilepsy, phobia, and mania 
C)  Brain fever, hysteria, phobia, and melancholia 
D)  Epilepsy, mania, melancholia, and brain fever 
A)  Hysteria, phobia, mania, and epilepsy 
B)  Melancholia, epilepsy, phobia, and mania 
C)  Brain fever, hysteria, phobia, and melancholia 
D)  Epilepsy, mania, melancholia, and brain fever

Xia has been feeling sad and lonely over the last several days. According to the ancient Chinese medical philosophy, Xia's mood is likely the result of:

Describe the ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman theories of abnormal behavior.

Discuss how and why the concept of moral treatment evolved and the problems associated with its failures, and the individuals who were instrumental in its development.

Theorists who argue that behaviors can only be abnormal relative to cultural norms, are proponents of:

_____ noted that, throughout history, societies have labeled individuals and groups abnormal in order to justify controlling or silencing them.

Which of the following individuals is regarded as the best-known figure in psychiatry and psychology?

Describe the different professions within abnormal psychology.

Philippe Pinel, a strong leader of the moral treatment movement, ordered that the chains be removed from patients because he believed that:

Which historical figures both argued that some forms of madness were divine and could be the source of great literary and prophetic gifts?

Brain pathology as an explanation for psychological disorders was systematically argued by _____.

Which of the following best describes the managed care system?

Pavlov's theory of learning focused on _____.

What phenomenon, seen in Italy as early as the fourteenth century, was attributed to a spider bite, causing people to jump around, dance wildly, tear at their clothes, and beat each other with whips?

When an observer takes into account the context or circumstances surrounding someone's behaviors to determine whether they are normal or abnormal, it means that:

What are "the four Ds" of abnormality?

_____ was a class of drugs discovered in the twentieth century that reduced hallucinations and delusions, and made it possible for many people who had been institutionalized for years to be released from asylums and hospitals.

Who were the authors of On the Psychical Mechanisms of Hysterical Phenomena published in 1893?

Most Greeks and Romans saw madness as:

Which criterion for abnormality implies that the presence of a disease is causing given behavior?

Hippocrates classified abnormal behavior into which set of categories?

Theories and Treatment of Abnormality

Assessing and Diagnosing Abnormality

The Research Endeavor

Trauma, Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Related Disorders

Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders

Mood Disorders and Suicide

Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders

Personality Disorders

Neurodevelopmental and Neurocognitive Disorders

Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders

Eating Disorders

Sexual Disorders

Substance Use and Gambling Disorders

Health Psychology

Mental Health and the Law

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Exam 1: Looking at Abnormality

Xia has been feeling sad and lonely over the last several days. According to the ancient Chinese medical philosophy, Xia's mood is likely the result of:

Describe the ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman theories of abnormal behavior.

Discuss how and why the concept of moral treatment evolved and the problems associated with its failures, and the individuals who were instrumental in its development.

Theorists who argue that behaviors can only be abnormal relative to cultural norms, are proponents of:

_____ noted that, throughout history, societies have labeled individuals and groups abnormal in order to justify controlling or silencing them.

Which of the following individuals is regarded as the best-known figure in psychiatry and psychology?

Describe the different professions within abnormal psychology.

Philippe Pinel, a strong leader of the moral treatment movement, ordered that the chains be removed from patients because he believed that:

Which historical figures both argued that some forms of madness were divine and could be the source of great literary and prophetic gifts?

Brain pathology as an explanation for psychological disorders was systematically argued by _____.

Which of the following best describes the managed care system?

Pavlov's theory of learning focused on _____.

What phenomenon, seen in Italy as early as the fourteenth century, was attributed to a spider bite, causing people to jump around, dance wildly, tear at their clothes, and beat each other with whips?

When an observer takes into account the context or circumstances surrounding someone's behaviors to determine whether they are normal or abnormal, it means that:

What are "the four Ds" of abnormality?

_____ was a class of drugs discovered in the twentieth century that reduced hallucinations and delusions, and made it possible for many people who had been institutionalized for years to be released from asylums and hospitals.

Who were the authors of On the Psychical Mechanisms of Hysterical Phenomena published in 1893?

Most Greeks and Romans saw madness as:

Which criterion for abnormality implies that the presence of a disease is causing given behavior?

Hippocrates classified abnormal behavior into which set of categories?

Theories and Treatment of Abnormality

Assessing and Diagnosing Abnormality

The Research Endeavor

Trauma, Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Related Disorders

Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders

Mood Disorders and Suicide

Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders

Personality Disorders

Neurodevelopmental and Neurocognitive Disorders

Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders

Eating Disorders

Sexual Disorders

Substance Use and Gambling Disorders

Health Psychology

Mental Health and the Law

Filters