Question 1

Which of the following is NOT an organization established to educate and offer support to those diagnosed with a psychological disorder?

Accepted Answer

A) National Alliance on Mental Illness 
B) BringChange2Mind 
C) Patients Like Me 
D) Mad4Life

Question 2

During which psychosexual stage did Freud say the roots of depression were formed?

Accepted Answer

A) anal 
B) latency 
C) phallic 
D) oral

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of stigma?

Accepted Answer

A) A label applied to a group of people that distinguishes them from others. 
B) A label applied to a group of people that breaks the law. 
C) The label is linked to deviant or undesirable attributes by society. 
D) People with the label face unfair discrimination.

Question 4

After presenting characteristics of mental disorder,the text concludes that

Accepted Answer

A) research is needed to identify which characteristic is best. 
B) different characteristics apply to various psychopathologies. 
C) personal distress is the most useful characteristic. 
D) together the characteristics give a comprehensive definition of abnormality.

Question 5

Treatment for the mentally ill became more humane when

Accepted Answer

A) patients were provided individual attention. 
B) asylums were abolished. 
C) abnormal behavior was seen as based upon medical problems. 
D) specialty hospital wards were created for the mentally ill within general care facilities.

Question 6

The discovery of the cause of syphilis was important to the field of mental illness for which reason?

Accepted Answer

A) Syphilis was widely feared and exacerbated mental illness. 
B) It increased interest in determining biological causes for mental illness. 
C) More asylum patients were diagnosed with syphilis. 
D) It highlighted the need for valid diagnostic systems.

Question 7

The destructive beliefs and attitudes held by a society that are ascribed to groups considered different in some manner,such as people with mental illness are called

Accepted Answer

A) disorders 
B) stigmas. 
C) preconceived notions. 
D) discriminative categories.

Question 8

The psychoanalytic theory rests upon the assumption that psychopathology is the result of

Accepted Answer

A) incomplete superego development. 
B) unconscious conflicts. 
C) ego defense mechanisms. 
D) over control of the pleasure principle.

Question 9

Cindy is an accomplished lawyer who sought psychological help in dealing with the stresses of balancing work and family responsibilities.Which definition of mental disorder applies to Cindy?

Accepted Answer

A) harmful dysfunction. 
B) violation of social norms. 
C) personal distress. 
D) disability.

Question 10

Dorothea Dix is famous for

Accepted Answer

A) greatly improving the standard of care for people with mental illness. 
B) overseeing the creation of thirty-two state hospitals for the mentally ill. 
C) providing moral treatment to many people with mental illness. 
D) all of the above.

Question 11

Which of the following suggests that many "witches" condemned during the Inquisition were,in fact,mentally disordered individuals?

Accepted Answer

A) The inquisitors themselves read letters from witches. 
B) The witches were typically from lower social classes. 
C) The witches "confessed" to delusions and hallucinations. 
D) The witches were labeled insane by the courts of the times.

Question 12

The basic energy source for the psyche is the

Accepted Answer

A) id. 
B) ego. 
C) superego. 
D) Oedipus complex.

Question 13

The correct developmental order of Freud's psychosexual stages is

Accepted Answer

A) anal,oral,latency,phallic,genital 
B) oral,anal,phallic,latency,genital 
C) latency,anal,oral,genital,phallic 
D) phallic,oral,genital,anal,latency

Question 14

The following type of response to behavior results in an increased probability of the behavior occurring again.

Accepted Answer

A) positive reinforcement 
B) negative reinforcement 
C) extinction 
D) both a and b

Question 15

If you went to Josef Breuer for treatment of hysterical paralysis,which treatment would you probably NOT receive?

Accepted Answer

A) hypnosis 
B) free association 
C) talk therapy 
D) medication

Question 16

Who is associated with creating more humane environments at mental hospitals?

Accepted Answer

A) Emil Kraepelin 
B) Joseph Breuer 
C) Philippe Pinel 
D) John Watson

Question 17

Carol is trying to decide whether to drink alcohol,knowing that her parents are strongly opposed to drinking.According to Freudian theory,Carol's struggle is between her __________,which makes her want to drink,and her __________,which discourages her from drinking.

Accepted Answer

A) id; superego 
B) ego; superego 
C) id; ego 
D) superego; ego

Question 18

Elizabeth was receiving moral treatment while in an early asylum.Which of the following treatments was she LEAST likely to receive?

Accepted Answer

A) medication 
B) physical restraints 
C) purposeful activities 
D) work-related tasks

Question 19

"Moral treatment" was largely abandoned because of the development of

Accepted Answer

A) psychoanalysis. 
B) improved medications. 
C) large impersonal hospitals. 
D) scandals at retreat centers.

Question 20

Which of the following acts is (are)the closest we have gotten to true parity?

Accepted Answer

A) Federal Mental Health Parity Act 
B) Paul Wellstone Mental Health Parity Act 
C) Addiction Equity Act 
D) both b and c

Exam 1: Introduction and Historical Overview