Exam 1: An Overview of Psychopathology and Changing Conceptualizations of Mental Illness

Sam complains of muscular tension and a constant, nagging sense of worry or apprehension. These complaints reflect ______ of generalized anxiety disorder.

Keiko is Japanese and lives in Kyoto. Kristin is Danish and lives in Copenhagen. Which statement is MOST accurate with respect to whether these women carry the serotonin-related gene?

The number of individuals in mental hospitals in the U.S. has decreased substantially since the 1950s.

What is meant by the notion that mental illness is a social construction? How does cross-cultural research suggest that psychopathology is universal rather than a social construction?

Which catchphrase BEST captures psychopathologists' current understanding of the origins of mental illness?

During any given year, approximately ______ of the American population experiences a diagnosable mental illness.

The French philosopher ______ argued that the reflexes and involuntary actions of organisms were based on mechanical principles similar to those in machines.

Empirically based treatments in psychology are BEST seen as ______ to evidence-based medicine.

Nobel Prize winner ______ demonstrated that a sensory stimulus, such as a sound, would produce salivation when it was paired with food.

With respect to Galen's notion of spirits, the brain is to ______ spirits as the ______ is to natural spirits.

At the level of the spinal cord, sensory information is conveyed by the ______ root, whereas motor information is conveyed by the ______ root.

John Watson suggested that the proper study of psychology is both behavior and the mind.

Disorders as diverse as major depression, generalized anxiety disorder, and schizophrenia may be treated with drugs called ______ medications.

Emotion-focused therapy is one example of a(n) ______ therapy.

Very roughly, the beginning of the movement toward the humane, or "moral," treatment of those with mental disorders may be dated to approximately ______.

The textbook credits 17th-century doctor Thomas Willis with being the first to use the word psychology in English.

______ is the study of psychological dysfunctions that a person experiences in terms of distress or impairment in functioning.

The notion that psychopathology is socially constructed is consistent with each of the following statements EXCEPT this one:

According to the text, the discovery of psychotropic drugs allowed for those with mental illnesses to live more independently. Considering deinstitutionalization, the discovery of these drugs MOST likely occurred in the ______.

Psychoanalysis was developed by Freud and based on