Question 1

Due to the importance of battling stigma in the area of mental illness, which of the following has NOT occurred?

Accepted Answer

A) The American Psychological Association launched a new journal called Stigma and Health 
B) The Mental Health Commission of Canada is spreading the Opening Minds (OM)Anti-Stigma Initiative 
C) The Canadian Psychological Association has released a position paper on the impact of stigma on help-seeking behaviours 
D) Extensive research, especially by Patrick Corrigan, is underway on understanding stigma

Question 2

Why don't university students seek help for mental health issues?

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Question 3

Who regulates and has jurisdiction over the practice of psychology in Canada?

Accepted Answer

A) The Federal Government 
B) The Provincial Governments 
C) The College of Psychologists 
D) None of the above; the practice is not regulated.

Question 4

The first theory of deviant behaviour attributed the behaviour to

Accepted Answer

A) demonic possessions. 
B) dysfunctional learning experiences. 
C) excessive black bile. 
D) hypochondria.

Question 5

___________ was a 17ᵗʰ century physician who is credited with advocating an empirical approach to classification and diagnosis, which influenced Griesinger, and later Kraepelin.

Accepted Answer

A) Sydenham 
B) Galen 
C) Darwin 
D) Breuer

Question 6

Which of the following students would be most likely to endorse the view that having a mental illness is a sign of weakness?

Accepted Answer

A) Anne, a nursing major and president of the university's blood drive campaign 
B) Bill, a biochemistry major and member of the seismology club on campus 
C) Carla, an accounting major and member of a sorority 
D) Dean, an education major and member of the university's soccer team

Question 7

The Women's Health Study conducted in Ontario found that women with a psychiatric disorder were more likely to seek professional help if they:

Accepted Answer

A) Could speak with a female therapist. 
B) Had several comorbid disorders. 
C) Had a middle class or higher socioeconomic status. 
D) Received explicit assurances that their problems would be kept confidential.

Question 8

What was the main goal of deinstitutionalization?

Accepted Answer

A) To accommodate the civil rights of mental health patients. 
B) To shift the care of patients to services in the community. 
C) To destigmatize mental illness. 
D) To integrate mental patients into the community.

Question 9

Transvestism (i.e., cross-dressing for sexual pleasure)was used in the textbook to make the point that:

Accepted Answer

A) The same behaviour both can and cannot meet criteria for abnormality. 
B) Behaviours that distress other people can automatically be considered abnormal. 
C) Even atypical behaviours may not necessarily reflect a disability. 
D) Both A and C.

Question 10

Jim is currently a chronic patient in a provincial psychiatric hospital in Alberta, Canada. In general, what is likely the best description of his daily experience?

Accepted Answer

A) Full of physical and artistic group activities 
B) Mentally stimulating with a focus on individual and group therapy 
C) Monotonous and sedentary 
D) Solitary and segregated

Question 11

The York Retreat in England was an early mental hospital. A recent evaluation of records from 1880 to 1884 showed that

Accepted Answer

A) treatment was highly effective. 
B) torturous methods of treatment were routinely used. 
C) some innovative somatic therapies were developed. 
D) fewer than one-third of patients improved.

Question 12

When did deinstitutionalization begin in Canada?

Accepted Answer

A) 1950's 
B) 1960's 
C) 1970's 
D) 1980's

Question 13

Which of the following was not a trend in terms of the development of institutions in Canada?

Accepted Answer

A) Separate provisions for mentally ill and physically ill patients. 
B) Separation of the mentally ill from criminals. 
C) Segregation of the mentally ill from the wider community. 
D) Separation of mentally ill patients based on gender.

Question 14

Which of the following was NOT a result of deinstitutionalization in Canada?

Accepted Answer

A) Poverty among the deinstitutionalized 
B) Homelessness among the deinstitutionalized 
C) More beds in general hospitals 
D) Increased financial support for community mental health programs

Question 15

What is the difference between a Ph.D. and a Psy.D. program?

Accepted Answer

A) Ph.D. has more emphasis on research than Psy.D. program. 
B) Psy.D. has more emphasis on research than Ph.D. program. 
C) Psy.D. doesn't allow you to practice as a psychologist in Canada. 
D) There is no difference between the two programs.

Question 16

Autism is based on which of the following definitions of abnormal behaviour?

Accepted Answer

A) Statistical infrequency 
B) Violation of personal norms 
C) Personal distress 
D) Social distress

Question 17

Psychopathology has been dominated by the somatogenic hypothesis because of

Accepted Answer

A) the dominance of nonmedical professionals in the area. 
B) the discovery of the link between general paresis and syphilis. 
C) the general lack of other theories. 
D) the identification of brain dysfunction in schizophrenia.

Question 18

When it was believed that deviant behaviour was caused by being possessed by evil spirits, two known treatments of deviant behaviour were:

Accepted Answer

A) Hanging and juices 
B) Bloodletting and hanging 
C) Exorcism and trepanning 
D) Moral treatment and juices

Question 19

The doctor of psychology degree (Psy.D.)emphasizes

Accepted Answer

A) medication based training. 
B) psychodynamic training. 
C) testing and measurement of mental illness. 
D) clinical training more than research training.

Question 20

What are some professions in abnormal psychology? How are they similar? How do they differ?

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Exam 1: Introduction: Definitional and Historical Considerations, and Canadas Mental Health