Deck 3: Human Services in Historical Perspective

Question 1

The Englishman Herbert Spencer was primarily responsible for developing the ideas which became known as "social Darwinism."

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Deinstitutionalization was implemented more because of financial concerns than for treatment reasons.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The Community Mental Health Act was signed into law during the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The term "graying of America" suggests:

A) a population trend of increased interracial marriages.
B) the growing population of people in our society 65 years and older.
C) environmental depletion of the ozone layer of the atmosphere.
D) the rise of extremist hate groups.
E) none of these.

Question 5

One of the earliest public asylums and the one most typical of the overall character of these institutions was St. Mary's of Bethlehem.

Question 6

As a result of the Industrial Revolution, the vast majority of poor people found themselves well provided with the necessities of life.

Question 7

The word asylum refers to a place of refuge that provides protection, shelter, and security.

Question 8

Sigmund Freud worked directly in large psychiatric institutions and treated many of the inmates.

Question 9

Trephining is:

A) a Grecian medical treatment.
B) none of these.
C) the process of electrifying the cerebral cortex of the brain.
D) a primitive medical treatment where a hole is cut from the skull to allow evil spirits a route to escape.

Question 10

Throughout the Middle Ages, a major power struggle existed between the Church and the military.

Question 11

Animism is:

A) an early medical treatment.
B) the belief that spirits inhabit inanimate objects such as rocks, trees, or rivers.
C) the state religion of early Greek civilization.
D) the belief that diseases are caused by organic or physical problems.

Question 12

Monasteries often served as sanctuaries, refuges, and places of treatment for the mentally ill.

Question 13

According to the textbook, which decade has been widely referred to as the 'third mental health revolution"?

A) 1980s
B) 1970s
C) 1960s
D) 1930s
E) none of the above

Question 14

The Works Progress Administration, the Civilian Conservation Corps, and Aid to Dependent Children were established during the administration of:

A) President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
B) President John Kennedy.
C) President Lyndon Johnson.
D) Pope Innocent III.
E) President Herbert Hoover.

Question 15

The concept of laissez-faire economy was developed by:

A) Herbert Spencer.
B) Charles Darwin.
C) Adam Smith.
D) Jane Addams.
E) Dorothea Dix.

Question 16

In 1772, Phillipe Pinel, the French physician:

A) wrote a famous document predicting world overpopulation.
B) was executed for torturing mental patients.
C) invented a technique for torturing mental patients.
D) humanized an asylum in Paris by removing the chains from patients and provided adequate food and clothing.
E) became the first Prime Minister of France who helped close down all ill-run state hospitals.

Question 17

The Elizabethan Poor Law established a system that provided direct cash payments and good jobs to the poor.

Question 18

The Inquisition was:

A) a religious tribunal established under Pope Innocent III.
B) given the responsibility to punish crimes associated with witchcraft.
C) often seen as administering cruel and harsh punishments.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.

Question 19

During the Middle Ages, those individuals deemed illegitimately unfit for work came to be known as the unworthy poor.

Question 20

The settlement house movement was primarily a drug rehabilitation program.

Question 21

Explain deinstitutionalization. Why did it become policy? What were the hopes and expectations for the mentally ill (through the community health movement) after this policy was put into place?

Question 22

No single description would adequately encompass the diversity of roles in generalist human service workers.

Question 23

Name and describe at least three types of work in which human services generalists are involved.

Question 24

The settlement house movement was a reflection of early human services philosophy.

Question 25

Current population trends indicate a decrease in the rate of immigration into the United States.

Question 26

What role did the Church play in providing mental health care in the Middle Ages?

Question 27

Historically, human services have been focused on client populations in need of basic services such as food or shelter.

Question 28

Describe the impact of the Elizabethan Poor Law. What categories did the policy identify?

Question 29

The paraprofessional or generalist human services worker movement initiated a reexamination of professional roles.

Question 30

During the 1500s, under Henry VIII of England, the government formally took over the human services functions formerly provided by the Church.

Question 31

The paraprofessional or generalist human services worker movement resulted in a renewed interest in environmental factors as opposed to intrapsychic factors in causing maladaptive behaviors.

Question 32

The early Greek physician, Hippocrates (460-377 B.C.) believed that supernatural spirits were the chief cause of human disease.

Question 33

The Industrial Revolution brought about a new social philosophy known as "survival of the strong."

Question 34

The great diversity of cultural backgrounds existing in our society has caused a reexamination of the role of Western and non-Western treatment strategies.