Question 1

1-23.What is "mass madness"?

Accepted Answer

A) An exhibition of disordered behavior by a group of people that appears to be caused by hysteria 
B) A reaction to the harsh and inhumane treatment of the mentally ill during the Middle Ages 
C) A reference to the increased incidence of schizophrenia seen 16 years after a flu epidemic 
D) A reaction to hallucinogenic compounds taken as part of religious rituals in ancient Egypt

Question 2

1-63.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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

1-39.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 4

1-41."Bedlam" in London was one of several hospitals for the mentally ill in different countries that

Accepted Answer

A) treated the mentally ill with physiological treatments. 
B) exhibited their patients for profit. 
C) viewed themselves as religious houses for the demonically possessed. 
D) allowed patients a lot of freedom.

Question 5

1-13.Plato was one of the first to argue for

Accepted Answer

A) medical treatment of mental illness. 
B) demonic possession in mental illness. 
C) different punishments for mentally disturbed individuals. 
D) the use of bleeding as a treatment for mental illness.

Question 6

1-95.A catharsis is

Accepted Answer

A) a type of hypnosis. 
B) an emotional release. 
C) the part of the brain where the unconscious exists. 
D) a type of hysteria.

Question 7

1-26.In 1983,a large group of West Bank Palestinian girls showed signs of illness.Some thought they were poisoned,but later it was discovered that psychological factors played a key role in most cases.This incident best illustrates

Accepted Answer

A) St.Vitus's dance. 
B) exorcism. 
C) lycanthropy. 
D) mass madness.

Question 8

1-94.Freud is the first to describe the ________: that the mind could contain information of which it is unaware,but by which it is still affected.

Accepted Answer

A) catharsis 
B) unconscious 
C) hysteria 
D) operant conditioning

Question 9

1-15.One of Aristotle's major contributions to psychology was

Accepted Answer

A) his belief that dreams explained most mental disorders. 
B) his theory that psychological disorders were due to psychological rather than physical factors. 
C) his description of personality traits. 
D) his description of consciousness.

Question 10

1-34.Johann Weyer,in the early 1500s,

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A) was a popularly accepted writer who argued that mental illness was due to demon possession. 
B) was a popularly accepted writer who argued that mental illness was due to imbalances in the four humors. 
C) wrote a book that was condemned by many,arguing that many witches were actually mentally ill. 
D) wrote a book that was scorned by many,arguing that mental illness was due to bodily magnetism.

Question 11

1-30.People in the Middle Ages

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A) believed that mentally ill people were witches. 
B) believed that witches were mentally ill. 
C) believed that mentally ill witches should be treated differently than other types of witches. 
D) believed that most witches and mentally ill people were possessed by demons,but in different ways.

Question 12

Prayer,incantations,and noise-making were all techniques for

Accepted Answer

A) altering a person's brain functioning. 
B) improving a person's dreams. 
C) helping a person become possessed by good spirits. 
D) exorcising demons.

Question 13

1-100.A behavioral psychologist would be most likely to use

Accepted Answer

A) hypnotism. 
B) observational techniques. 
C) free association. 
D) dream analysis.

Question 14

3-10.Why was the discovery of the malarial treatment for general paresis important?

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Question 15

1-83.Which one of the following is credited with developing a classification system for mental disorders?

Accepted Answer

A) Dix 
B) Pinel 
C) Alzheimer 
D) Kraepelin

Question 16

Each of the following is one of the "four humors" EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) blood. 
B) phlegm. 
C) phrenitis. 
D) bile.

Question 17

1-75.The rationale behind deinstitutionalization was

Accepted Answer

A) a belief that physicians could better medicate and give physical treatment to patients in their own homes. 
B) a concern that prolonged hospitalization could keep patients from being able to adjust to and function in the outside world. 
C) a belief that most mental patients were faking and would cease to do so if they were not "rewarded" by allowing them to stay in the hospital. 
D) a concern that mental hospitals were such unpleasant places that for mental patients,living on their own could only be better.

Question 18

1-96.Free association and dream analysis

Accepted Answer

A) are techniques typically used in hypnotized subjects. 
B) provide insight into the workings of the unconscious. 
C) were developed in the early 1800s. 
D) have been used extensively in behavioral therapy.

Question 19

1-58.The demise of moral management occurred for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) research showed that it had never been effective. 
B) the rise of the moral hygiene movement put a focus on patient well-being. 
C) the rise of biological explanations diminished the importance of the social environment. 
D) hospital facilities got so large that it was difficult to maintain the staff-patient relationships necessary for moral management.

Question 20

Describe classical conditioning.

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Exam 2: Historical and Contemporary Views of Abnormal Behavior