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One who systematically gathers information in order to describe, predict, and explain abnormality is a clinical:

legalist

scientist

practitioner

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If you wanted a career in which you focus on detecting, assessing, and treating abnormal patterns of functioning, you should look into becoming a:

clinical researcher

clinical historian

clinical statistician

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A student in an abnormal psychology class receives the highest test grade in a class of 50 students This behavior is considered abnormal because

it is:

deviant

dysfunctional

distressful

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The explicit and implicit rules for proper conduct that a society establishes are referred to as:

culture

morality

conventions

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Behavior that violates legal norms is:

Answer deviant and criminal.

distressful and criminal

deviant and psychopathological

distressful and psychopathological

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The history, values, institutions, technology, and arts of a society make up that society's:

norms

culture

conventions

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Last week Elaine took an IQ test and scored extremely high According to the definition of abnormality, her behavior is an example of:

deviance

dysfunction

danger to self or others

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Brilliant scholars or champion athletes are not considered clinically abnormal because:

Answer their behaviors are valued by the culture.

their behaviors are not sufficiently deviant

there are many people who exhibit these behaviors

people who exhibit these behaviors are not unhappy

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Which of the following depressed people would be the least likely to be diagnosed with a mental disorder—because of specific circumstances?

Answer someone whose mother was depressed

someone whose husband was killed on 9/11 someone who was experiencing a chemical brain imbalance someone who was also an alcoholic

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Mario is so miserable that he can barely tolerate living According to the definition of abnormality, this description is an example of:

deviance

dysfunction

danger to self or others

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An individual has a 9-to-5 job However, this person seldom gets up early enough to be at work on time, and expresses great distress over this fact

This individual's behavior would be considered abnormal because it is:

deviant

dysfunctional and deviant

dangerous

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Which aspect of the definition of abnormality includes the inability to care for oneself and work productively?

deviance dysfunction danger to self or others

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A Secret Service agent steps in front of the President of the United States, prepared to be killed or injured if the President's safety is threatened

Psychologically speaking, the Secret Service agent's behavior is:

Answer functional, but psychologically abnormal.

functional, and not psychologically abnormal

dysfunctional, and psychologically abnormal

dysfunctional, but not psychologically abnormal

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Research shows that danger to self or others is found in:

Answer all cases of abnormal functioning.

most cases of abnormal functioning

some cases of abnormal functioning

no cases of abnormal functioning

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Despite popular misconceptions, most people with psychological problems are not:

dangerous

distressing

deviant

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Thomas Szasz's view about the idea of “mental illness” is that:

Answer most people suffer some form of psychological abnormality most of the time.

most people suffer some form of psychological abnormality at some time

the majority of abnormalities are merely “eccentricities.”

most abnormalities are simply “problems in living.”

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According to Thomas Szasz's views, the deviations that some call mental illness are really:

Answer mental illnesses.

problems in living

caused by one's early childhood experiences

eccentric behaviors with a biological cause

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A researcher spends 15 or more hours per day conducting experiments or doing library reading and records observations on color-coded index cards This person lives alone in the country, but doesn't interfere with others' lives The best description of the researcher's behavior is that it is:

abnormal

dangerous

dysfunctional

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Clinical theorist Jerome Frank would say that all forms of therapy include all of the following except a:

healer

third-party payer

sufferer who seeks relief

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One who sees abnormality as a problem in living usually refers to those seeking help with their problems in living as:

patients

trainees

clients

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Several researchers have shown that in a typical year in the United States about what percentage of adults show disturbances severe enough to need clinical treatment?

5-10%

10-15%

more than 15%

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Which of the following statements is most accurate regarding the incidence of psychological abnormality, historically and worldwide?

Answer It appears in all cultures during all time periods.

It appears in all cultures, but only during occasional time periods

It appears in only some cultures, but during all time periods in those cultures

It appears in only some cultures, and only occasionally in those cultures

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Which of the following is estimated to occur most frequently in the adult population of the United States?

schizophrenia Alzheimer's completed suicides

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The proportion of people who experience schizophrenia in the United States is nearest to the proportion who experience:

depression

Alzheimers

a personality disorder

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The practice of trephination was probably used to:

Answer remove a part of the brain.

relieve pressure on the brain

allow the release of evil spirits

restore the balance among the four humors

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The use of exorcism suggests a belief that what we call mental illness was caused by:

poisons

evil spirits

psychological trauma

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A person seeking help for a psychological abnormality is made to drink bitter herbal potions and then submit to a beating, in the hope that “evil spirits” will be driven from the person's body This form of “therapy” is called:

shaman

couvade

trephination

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If you were being treated by a shaman, you would most likely be undergoing:

gender-sensitive therapy

community-based treatment

an exorcism

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Greek and Roman physicians described a person with mania as having symptoms of:

Answer paranoia and aggression.

euphoria and frenzied activity

heightened perception of surroundings

inflexible and maladaptive personality traits

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Bob experiences unshakable sadness His friends have given up trying to cheer him up because nothing works An ancient Greek physician would have labeled his condition:

hysteria

delusional

melancholia

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Roughly 2,000 years ago, a Greek or Roman physician would most likely diagnose a person experiencing an overall decline in intellectual functioning as suffering from:

delusions

melancholia

hysteria

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Dementia is a condition characterized by:

Answer general paresis.

physical ailments

a general intellectual decline

loss of contact with reality

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Margie's ability to think clearly and remember events has been deteriorating over the last several years She now has difficulty even reading anything longer than a sentence because she cannot keep track of what she is reading She is almost completely unable to function intellectually

According to Greek and Roman views, this is an example of:

hysteria

dementia

general paresis

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Jeff's left arm suddenly went numb His physician was unable to find a physical cause of the problem Jeff is apparently experiencing what the ancient Greek physicians called:

dementia

paralysis

hypochondriasis

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Sam once found a $100 bill on the sidewalk and did not turn it in to the police Recently he has become more and more convinced that the police know this and have been following him and searching his house He is certain that they mean to arrest him and put him in jail His behavior involves what the ancient Greeks referred to as:

hysteria

delusions

hallucinations

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As you are talking to your advisor, he stares at the wall and asks you if you see the ants crawling on it (there are none) Your advisor is:

displaying a neurosis

having a hallucination

displaying a hysterical symptom

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Hippocrates thought that abnormal behavior resulted from an imbalance in the four humors, one of which was:

lymph gland fluid

phlegm

cerebrospinal fluid

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Hippocrates's contribution to the development of our understanding of mental illness was the view that such conditions were the result of:

natural causes

brain pathology

spiritual deviations

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Hippocrates attempted to treat mental disorders by:

Answer hypnotizing patients.

chaining patients to walls

correcting underlying physical pathology

encouraging patients to speak about past traumas

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“Abnormal behavior is a symptom of disease, and once the disease is cured, the abnormality will cease.” Who would agree most strongly with this statement?

Hippocrates demonologists clergy of the Middle Ages

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“What this person needs to be rid of abnormal behavior is a quiet life, a vegetarian diet, exercise, and celibacy.” Who would agree most strongly with this statement?

ancient Roman physicians Henry VIII

von Krafft-Ebing

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What model of mental illness did most people hold during the Middle Ages?

the medical model the psychogenic model the demonology model

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Tarantism and lycanthropy are examples of:

Answer exorcism.

mass madness

physical pathology causing mental illness

disorders that were treated with trephination

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“The Devil made me do it!” would be a believable reason for abnormal behaviors for:

Answer clergy of the Middle Ages.

ancient Roman physicians

ancient Greek physicians

von Krafft-Ebing

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St Vitus's dance, characterized by people suddenly going into convulsions, jumping around, and dancing, was also known as:

melancholia

phlegmatism

tarantism

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“Mass madness” is a general term that includes which of the following disorders common in the Middle Ages in Europe?

lycanthropy exorcism shamanism

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Those most often in charge of treating abnormality in the Middle Ages in Europe were the:

nobility

peasants

clergy

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The first physician to specialize in mental illness was:

William Tuke

Benjamin Rush

Sigmund Freud

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The individual considered to be the “parent” of the modern study of psychopathology is:

Johann Weyer

Dorothea Dix

Emil Kraepelin

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Johann Weyer, considered to be the founder of the modern study of psychopathology, was a physician in the:

1500s

1700s

1800s

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Pilgrims in the 1500s would be most likely to go for “psychic healing” to:

Answer Bethlehem Hospital in London.

Gheel, Belgium

La Bicêtre in Paris

Athens, Greece

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In many areas, asylums of the 1500s, such as Bethlehem asylum in London, became:

tourist attractions

sheltered workshops

centers of moral treatment

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Treatment for mental illness in crowded asylums tended to be:

Answer moral therapy.

harsh and cruel

religiously based

psychogenic therapy

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The first asylum was founded in:

Answer Paris, France.

Muslim Spain

New York

London, England

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What is the distinction of Bethlehem Hospital, founded in London in 1547?

Answer Popularly called “Bedlam,” it came to represent deplorable conditions for patients.

It was the first asylum

It was founded by Henry VIII as a place to house his numerous ex-wives

It was the first asylum where the moral treatment of patients was practiced

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Had they been able, male mental patients in the early 1800s probably would have chosen to be institutionalized in:

Answer Bethlehem Hospital, London.

Lunatics' Tower, Vienna

La Bicêtre, Paris

Val d'Isère, France

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The basis for moral treatment of asylum patients was the belief that:

Answer mental problems had a biological basis.

demonology was a cause of mental illness

mental illness should be treated with sympathy and kindness

the cause of mental illness was immoral behavior

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The person who cannot be given credit for the introduction of moral therapy was:

Jean Esquirol

Philippe Pinel

Henry VIII

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The man who brought about the reforms of moral therapy to northern England was:

Joseph Gall

William Tuke

Benjamin Rush

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The man who brought the reforms of moral therapy to the United States was:

Joseph Gall

William Tuke

Benjamin Rush

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“'Moral treatment' is the best way to deal with abnormality; even the best of us at some time may break under stress.” Who of the following would agree most strongly with this statement?

Emil Kraepelin Philippe Pinel Friedrich Anton Mesmer

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The “parent” of American psychiatry, who organized the first course in psychiatry in America, is:

Benjamin Rush

William Tuke

Sigmund Freud

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The American schoolteacher who lobbied state legislatures for laws to mandate human treatment of people with mental disorders was:

Dorothea Dix

Clifford Beers

Benjamin Rush

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Which of the following is part of the legacy of Dorothea Dix?

Answer deinstitutionalization

state mental hospitals federal prisons privatization of mental hospitals

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All of the following were advocates of “moral treatment” except for:

Benjamin Rush

William Tuke

Sigmund Freud

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The “moral treatment” movement rapidly declined in the late nineteenth century because:

Answer prejudice against those with mental disorders decreased.

fewer and fewer immigrants were being sent to mental hospitals

all patients needing treatment had been helped

hospitals became underfunded and overcrowded

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Part of the downfall of moral therapy was that:

Answer it did not work for everyone.

it was shown to be completely ineffective

too few patients were hospitalized

the development of psychogenic drugs replaced it

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Hippocrates' model of mental illness would be described as:

somatogenic

psychogenic

supernatural

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Another term for a cluster of symptoms is:

somatogenesis

psychogenesis

general paresis

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The fact that some people in the advanced stages of AIDS experience neurological damage that results in psychological abnormality supports what type of perspective about abnormal psychological functioning?

psychogenic moral deterministic

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The discovery of the link between general paresis and syphilis was made by:

Emil Kraepelin

Fritz Schaudinn

Richard von Krafft-Ebing

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The finding that syphilis causes general paresis is important because it supports the idea that:

Answer mental patients should be deinstitutionalized.

organic factors can cause mental illness

antibiotics cannot “cure” viral diseases

physicians should be the ones treating mental illnesses

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The German researcher who argued that physical factors may cause mental dysfunction, and who developed the first modern classification system for abnormal behaviors, was:

Friedrich Anton Mesmer

Emil Kraepelin

Fritz Schaudinn

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Eugenic sterilization reflects the perspective on abnormality

psychoanalytic cultural managed care

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The somatogenic treatment for mental illness that seems to have been the most successful was the use of:

psychoanalysis

various medications

insulin shock therapy

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Hypnotism is associated with all of the following except:

the somatogenic perspective

psychodynamic therapy

the late 1700s

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Mesmer became famous—or infamous—for his work with patients suffering from bodily problems with no physical basis His patients' disorders are termed:

hysterical

phlegmatic

bilious

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An otherwise “normal” person during hypnotic suggestion is made to bark, sit, and fetch like a dog The occurrence of these “abnormal” behaviors lends support to which explanation for abnormality?

somatogenic parthenogenic schizophrenegenic

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The nineteenth-century physician who argued that hysterical disorders were the result of degeneration in portions of the brain was:

Josef Breuer

Sigmund Freud

Hippolyte-Marie Bernheim

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