Question 1

During the early twentieth century,

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A)  more asylums and mental hospitals were established. 
B)  most of the institutionalized mentally ill received moral therapy. 
C)  hospital stays tended to be brief. 
D)  housed very few people.

Question 2

The early asylums

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A)  were primarily warehouses for the mentally ill. 
B)  were designed to be places of refuge for the mentally ill. 
C)  were designed to treat the mentally ill with physiological treatments, such as bloodletting. 
D)  were similar to the places the early Greeks used for people with mental illness.

Question 3

At the start of the twentieth century in America, public attitudes toward the mentally ill

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A)  had become enlightened and humane. 
B)  associated mental disorder with "tainted genes" and divine retribution. 
C)  had become a conviction that the mentally ill were incurable and should be executed or jailed for the rest of their lives. 
D)  were characterized by fear, horror, and ignorance.

Question 4

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

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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 5

Which of the following occurred in the late twentieth century?

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A)  The establishment of large inpatient facilities for the mentally ill 
B)  A movement of the mentally ill from institutions to the community 
C)  Dramatic increases in the cost of caring for the mentally ill 
D)  The inpatient mentally ill population doubled

Question 6

Imagine that it is 1885. A man complains of "shattered nerves." He is lacking in energy and shows low mood. Physicians specializing in mental conditions alienists) would likely consider this person

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A)  a morally deficient individual. 
B)  as suffering from neurasthenia. 
C)  as suffering from hysteria. 
D)  as untreatable because the condition was biological.

Question 7

Why was the discovery of the malarial treatment for general paresis important?

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Question 8

What is the current attitude about hospitalization of the mentally ill?

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Question 9

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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Question 10

What is trephining?

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A)  A form of treatment for schizophrenia. 
B)  The ancient study of the bumps on the skull. 
C)  A method for assessing the severity of a mental disorder. 
D)  An ancient practice in which a hole was drilled in the skull to release evil spirits.

Question 11

Who is considered to be the "father" of behaviorism?

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A)  Pavlov 
B)  Freud 
C)  Wundt 
D)  Watson

Question 12

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

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

Question 13

Exorcism is

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A)  still occasionally practiced today for the treatment of psychological problems, sometimes with fatal results. 
B)  a religious rite that is no longer used for the treatment of psychological problems. 
C)  a symbolic act that can still be useful in changing psychological functioning. 
D)  a treatment that, throughout history, was never a very popular method of treating psychological problems.

Question 14

A psychologist who takes a behavioral perspective would focus on

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A)  learning. 
B)  early experiences. 
C)  unconscious conflicts. 
D)  the role of behavioral factors.

Question 15

Compared to the West, in the Chinese "Dark Ages," views of mental illness

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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 16

Who is considered the founder of American psychiatry?

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A)  William Tuke 
B)  Dorothea Dix 
C)  Benjamin Rush 
D)  Clifford Beers

Question 17

What was Bedlam?

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Question 18

The insanity associated with general paresis

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A)  has no known physical cause. 
B)  is caused by excessive alcohol consumption. 
C)  is seen only in the aging who have compromised health. 
D)  results from an infection of the brain.

Question 19

Which of the following is credited with continuing the work of Pinel in the United States?

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A)  John Wesley 
B)  Benjamin Rush 
C)  John Connolly 
D)  Samuel Hitch

Question 20

What was the dispute between Charcot and the Nancy School? Why is this significant?

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Exam 2: Historical and Contemporary Views of Abnormal Behavior