Question 1

The study of hypnosis and its relationship to hysteria was the starting point for

Accepted Answer

A)  the medical model. 
B)  the biological classification of mental disorders. 
C)  psychoanalysis. 
D)  the mental hygiene movement.

Question 2

Who is credited with making the first major steps toward understanding the psychological factors involved in mental illness?

Accepted Answer

A)  Alois Alzheimer 
B)  Wilhelm Griesinger 
C)  Clifford Beers 
D)  Sigmund Freud

Question 3

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 4

Early writings show that the Chinese, Egyptians, Hebrews, and Greeks often attributed abnormal behavior to

Accepted Answer

A)  poor parenting. 
B)  physical disease. 
C)  demonic possession. 
D)  chemical imbalance in the brain.

Question 5

Who was one of the first physicians in the early 1500s to criticize the idea that mental illness was due to demon possession (although he did believe the moon influenced the brain)?

Accepted Answer

A)  Paracelsus 
B)  Galen 
C)  Pinel 
D)  Hippocrates

Question 6

A common treatment for mental illness during the Middle Ages in Europe was

Accepted Answer

A)  exorcism. 
B)  fresh air and supportive surroundings. 
C)  banishment. 
D)  an early form of psychoanalytic dream interpretation.

Question 7

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 8

Which of the following served to publicize the plight of the mentally ill in the mid 1940s?

Accepted Answer

A)  The publication of "A Mind That Found Itself" 
B)  The publication of "The Snake Pit" 
C)  The research funded by the National Institutes of Mental Health 
D)  The passage of the Community Health Services act

Question 9

Chung Ching wrote two well-known medical works around A.D. 200 and has been referred to as the ____________ of China.

Accepted Answer

A)  Aristotle 
B)  Galen 
C)  Plato 
D)  Hippocrates

Question 10

What contribution to our thinking about abnormal behavior did Freud and
Breuer make?

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Question 11

Which of the following contributed to the virtual absence of moral management by the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  The fact that it was rarely effective in treating the mentally ill 
B)  The shrinking of the size of most mental hospitals 
C)  Society's displeasure with the idea that mentally ill people were morally inferior 
D)  Advances in biomedical science

Question 12

The emergence of humanism brought about changes in all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  an increase in the belief in supernatural causes of behavior. 
B)  scientific questioning. 
C)  more humane treatment. 
D)  fewer superstitious beliefs about demonic possession.

Question 13

The insanity associated with general paresis

Accepted Answer

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 14

The "neurasthenia" recognized in the 1800s resembles today's diagnosis of

Accepted Answer

A)  anxiety. 
B)  schizophrenia. 
C)  bipolar disorder. 
D)  depression.

Question 15

The fact that episodes of mass madness peaked at the time of the Black Death illustrates that

Accepted Answer

A)  mass hysteria usually has a biological basis. 
B)  mental and physical illnesses commonly occur together. 
C)  phenomena that impact the society and its structure may also affect mental health. 
D)  mental illnesses really are caused by imbalances in the four bodily humors.

Question 16

Shackling a patient to a wall with little food or heat would be most typical of

Accepted Answer

A)  the hospitals run by Philippe Pinel. 
B)  the sanatoriums of Alexandria, Egypt. 
C)  the early asylums in Europe. 
D)  the treatment advocated by Hippocrates.

Question 17

A psychologist who takes a behavioral perspective would focus on

Accepted Answer

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

Question 18

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

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Question 19

Mesmer was a proponent of

Accepted Answer

A)  humanitarianism. 
B)  community mental health clinics. 
C)  the mental hygiene movement. 
D)  the power of animal magnetism.

Question 20

Which of the following was a form of treatment that addressed a patient's social, individual, and occupational needs?

Accepted Answer

A)  Moral management 
B)  The treatments provided at the Geel Shrine 
C)  Anton Mesmer's approach to treating the mentally ill 
D)  The treatment started by the Nancy School

Exam 2: Historical and Contemporary Views of Abnormal Behavior