Question 1

Suppose a friend says to you, "I feel really lousy today, and I don't know why. You're taking abnormal psych-what do you think?" If, after a conversation, your friend feels better about things, have you provided psychological therapy? Why or why not? Include the essential features of therapy in your answer.

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Question 2

Psychological abnormality may include deviance, distress, dysfunction, and danger. First, explain what these terms mean regarding psychological abnormality. Second, provide an example of a time when each aspect of abnormality would not be considered abnormal.

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Question 3

Hippocrates attempted to treat mental disorders by:

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A)   hypnotizing patients.
B)   chaining patients to walls.
C)   correcting underlying physical pathology.
D)   encouraging patients to speak about past traumas.E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 4

Bernheim and Liébault used hypnotic suggestion to induce hysterical disorders in "normal" people, providing support for which perspective of abnormality?

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A)   psychogenic
B)   somatogenic
C)   demonological
D)   socioculturalE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 5

A medical researcher develops a drug that decreases symptoms of depression and other "mood" disorders. The general term for this type of drug is:

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A)   psychogenic.
B)   somatogenic.
C)   psychotropic.
D)   somatotropic.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 6

A significant change in the type of care offered now compared to the time Freud was practicing is that:

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A)   fewer patients are suffering from anxiety and depression.
B)   fewer patients receive outpatient treatment.
C)   people are more likely to receive treatment for "problems in living."
D)   there are fewer specialized programs focused on treating only one type of problem.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 7

If a university had a program designed to help students achieve their full potential, physically, educationally, and spiritually, that program would have elements MOST similar to:

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A)   mental health prevention programs.
B)   positive psychology programs.
C)   deinstitutionalization programs.
D)   outpatient therapy.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 8

The specialty that presently has the largest number of practitioners is:

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A)   psychiatry.
B)   social work.
C)   psychology.
D)   counseling.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 9

Which "new diagnosis" would someone experiencing overwhelming concern about where the safest neighborhoods and schools are located be MOST likely to receive?

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A)   eco-anxiety
B)   terrorism terror
C)   crime phobia
D)   cyber fearE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 10

Psychoanalysis, as Freud developed it, was a form of what we now would call:

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A)   mesmerism.
B)   outpatient therapy.
C)   community psychology.
D)   Kraepelinism.E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 11

Psychoanalysis was developed as a form of:

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A)   moral therapy.
B)   outpatient therapy.
C)   behavioral therapy.
D)   somatogenic therapy.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 12

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

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A)   mental problems had a biological basis.
B)   demonology was a cause of mental illness.
C)   mental illness should be treated humanely and with respect.
D)   the cause of mental illness was immoral behavior.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 13

The procedure that a priest or other powerful person might perform to drive evil spirits from a person is called _____.

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Question 14

In the 1600s, Pilgrims in Europe who sought "psychic healing" would have been MOST likely to go to:

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A)   Bethlehem Hospital in London.
B)   Gheel, Belgium.
C)   La Bicêtre in Paris.
D)   Athens, Greece.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 15

_____ argues that societies invent the concept of mental illness so that they can control people whose unusual patterns of functioning upset or threaten the social order.

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A)   Carl Rogers
B)   Jerome Frank
C)   Thomas Szasz
D)   Dick GregoryE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 16

One cause of the increase in homeless individuals in recent decades has been the:

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A)   policy of deinstitutionalization.
B)   use of psychotropic medication.
C)   decrease in the use of private psychotherapy.
D)   move to the community mental health approach.E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 17

Those who suffered from the form of mass madness called lycanthropy may have believed themselves to be possessed by:

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A)   bats.
B)   wolves.
C)   tigers.
D)   spiders.E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 18

Which was NOT a factor in the decline in the use of moral treatment and the rise in the use of custodial care in mental hospitals at the end of the twentieth century?

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A)   the total lack of success of moral treatment
B)   too many hospitals, resulting in funding and staffing shortages
C)   prejudice against poor, immigrant patients in hospitals
D)   lack of public and private funding for hospitalsE) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 19

Which is a component of the legacy of Dorothea Dix?

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A)   deinstitutionalization
B)   state mental hospitals
C)   federal prisons
D)   privatization of mental hospitalsE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 20

Studies show that eccentrics are more likely than those with mental disorders to say:

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A)   I feel like my behavior has been thrust on me.
B)   I'm different and I like it.
C)   I am in a lot of pain and I suffer a great deal.
D)   I wish I were not so "unique."E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Exam 1: Abnormal Psychology: Past and Present

Which is a component of the legacy of Dorothea Dix?

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If a university had a program designed to help students achieve their full potential, physically, educationally, and spiritually, that program would have elements MOST similar to:

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A significant change in the type of care offered now compared to the time Freud was practicing is that:

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Studies show that eccentrics are more likely than those with mental disorders to say:

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

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Psychoanalysis, as Freud developed it, was a form of what we now would call:

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Which "new diagnosis" would someone experiencing overwhelming concern about where the safest neighborhoods and schools are located be MOST likely to receive?

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One cause of the increase in homeless individuals in recent decades has been the:

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Hippocrates attempted to treat mental disorders by:

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Those who suffered from the form of mass madness called lycanthropy may have believed themselves to be possessed by:

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In the 1600s, Pilgrims in Europe who sought "psychic healing" would have been MOST likely to go to:

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The procedure that a priest or other powerful person might perform to drive evil spirits from a person is called _____.

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The specialty that presently has the largest number of practitioners is:

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Bernheim and Liébault used hypnotic suggestion to induce hysterical disorders in "normal" people, providing support for which perspective of abnormality?

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A medical researcher develops a drug that decreases symptoms of depression and other "mood" disorders. The general term for this type of drug is:

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Psychoanalysis was developed as a form of:

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_____ argues that societies invent the concept of mental illness so that they can control people whose unusual patterns of functioning upset or threaten the social order.

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