Test Canvas - Abnormal Psychology (170-198 Answer Key)

170. Multiple Choice: Which of the following statements BES... Question Points: 0 Which of the following statements BEST reflects the current care for people with less severe disturbances? Answer Many are treated by generalists who specialize in a number of different types of disorders. Private insurance companies are likely to cover outpatient treatment. It is difficult to find treatment for someone experiencing a “problem in living.” Private psychotherapy is available only to the wealthy. 171. Multiple Choice: Problems with marital, family, peer, ... Question Points: 0 Problems with marital, family, peer, work, school, or community relationships would be MOST similar to: Answer the sorts of problems Freud treated. other problems in living. problems treated in specialized treatment centers. other problems treated with antipsychotics. 172. Multiple Choice: Suicide prevention, substance abuse t... Question Points: 0 Suicide prevention, substance abuse treatment, and eating disorder clinics are MOST similar to which kind of market? Answer Whole Foods, a large market that offers many different types of food Sweet Cupcakes, a store that specializes in only one type of food Corner Market, a Mom and Pop store that carries rather old-fashioned food New York Deli, a high-end market that serves only the wealthy 173. Multiple Choice: The approach to therapy for mental il... Question Points: 0 The approach to therapy for mental illness in which a person pays a psychotherapist for services is called: Answer sociological therapy. the medical approach. private psychotherapy. the community mental health approach. 174. Multiple Choice: Surveys suggest that about what propo... Question Points: 0 Surveys suggest that about what proportion of adults in the United States receive psychological therapy in a typical year? Answer 1/100 1/15 1/6 1/1000 175. Multiple Choice: If you are a typical person undergoin... Question If you are a typical person undergoing therapy in the United States, your therapy will last for Answer a year, with weekly sessions. Points: 0 about 100 hours. fewer than five sessions. 24 hours, in an inpatient facility. 176. Multiple Choice: A significant change in the type of c... Question Points: 0 A significant change in the type of care offered now compared to the time Freud was practicing is that: Answer fewer patients are suffering from anxiety and depression. fewer patients receive outpatient treatment. people are more likely to receive treatment for “problems in living.” there are fewer specialized programs focused on treating only one type of problem. 177. Multiple Choice: Efforts to address the needs of child... Question Points: 0 Efforts to address the needs of children who are at risk for developing mental disorders (babies of teenage mothers, children of those with severe mental disorders) are categorized as: Answer positive psychology. psychoanalysis. eco-anxiety treatment. prevention. 178. Multiple Choice: Efforts to help people develop person... Question Points: 0 Efforts to help people develop personally meaningful activities and healthy relationships are a part of: Answer eco-anxiety treatment. a somatogenic approach to treatment. the clinical practice of positive psychology. eccentric's level of creativity. 179. Multiple Choice: Which of the following pairs of words... Question Answer Points: 0 Which of the following pairs of words best describes the current emphasis in mental health? prevention and positive psychology promotion and public psychology perfection and primary psychology people and professional psychology 180. Multiple Choice: A psychologist focuses on optimism, w... Question Points: 0 A psychologist focuses on optimism, wisdom, happiness, and interpersonal skill. The psychologist is most likely: Answer a psychoanalyst. a positive psychologist. a community mental health worker. a rehabilitation specialist. 181. Multiple Choice: If your university had a first-year p... Question If your university had a first-year program designed to ease the transition from high school to college and to decrease the dropout rates, that program would have elements MOST similar to: Answer mental health prevention programs. positive psychology programs. Points: 0 deinstitutionalization programs. outpatient therapy. 182. Multiple Choice: If your university had a program desi... Points: 0 Question If your university had a program designed to help students achieve their full potential, physically, educationally, and spiritually, that program would have elements MOST similar to: Answer mental health prevention programs. positive psychology programs. deinstitutionalization programs. outpatient therapy. 183. Multiple Choice: Immigration and differences in birth ... Question Points: 0 Immigration and differences in birth rates among minority groups in the United States have caused psychological treatment to become more: Answer hospital focused. multicultural. positive. dependent on the use of medications. 184. Multiple Choice: If you were receiving multicultural t... Question Points: 0 If you were receiving multicultural therapy, you could expect all of the following except: Answer greater sensitivity to cultural issues in therapy. a focus on the uniqueness of the issues you face. a focus on healthy feelings and actions rather than on problems. sensitivity to the traditions of your particular culture. 185. Multiple Choice: “What the #%*$!! is going on? T... Question Points: 0 “What the #%*$!! is going on? The insurance company says I have to stop my anger management program now!” The client who says this is most likely voicing concern about a: Answer managed care program. private psychotherapist. community mental health agency. sociocultural resource center. 186. Multiple Choice: Which of the following is not a commo... Question Points: 0 Which of the following is not a common feature of managed care programs? Answer limited pool of practitioners for patients to choose from preapproval for treatment by the insurance company ongoing reviews and assessments patient choice in number of sessions therapy can last 187. Multiple Choice: Parity laws for insurance coverage of... Question Answer Parity laws for insurance coverage of mental health treatment mandate that: physicians and psychologists must have the same level of education. coverage for mental and physical problems must be reimbursed equally. the number of sessions allowed for treatment of mental and physical treatment must be equal. patients must be allowed to choose the therapist they want for treatment. Points: 0 188. Multiple Choice: Which of the following sequences is c... Question Answer Which of the following sequences is correct in terms of prominence of mental health treatments in the United States during the twentieth century and beyond? Points: 0 sociocultural, biological, psychoanalytic, behavioral psychoanalytic, biological, cognitive, sociocultural humanistic, sociocultural, biological psychoanalytic biological, humanistic, psychoanalytic, sociocultural 189. Multiple Choice: Which of the following statements is ... Question Points: 0 Which of the following statements is TRUE about the participation of women in the mental health professions? Answer There are more women in social work than in counseling professions. Women are least often found in medicine and most often found in social work. The professions with the highest percentage of women is counseling. The majority of psychiatrists and clinical psychologists are men. 190. Multiple Choice: A physician who offers psychotherapy ... Question Points: 0 A physician who offers psychotherapy is called a: Answer psychiatrist. clinical psychologist. psychodiagnostician. psychoanalyst. 191. Multiple Choice: One major difference between psychiat... Question Points: 0 One major difference between psychiatrists and clinical psychologists is that psychiatrists: Answer went to medical school. must work in a medical setting. are allowed to do psychotherapy. have more training in mental illness. 192. Multiple Choice: The specialty that presently has the ... Question Points: 0 The specialty that presently has the largest number of practitioners is: Answer psychiatry. psychiatric social work. psychology. counseling. 193. Multiple Choice: A psychiatrist receives three to four... Question Points: 0 A psychiatrist receives three to four years of training in the treatment of abnormal functioning after medical school; this training is called a(n): Answer residency. internship. practicum. community mental health tour. 194. Multiple Choice: Imagine a person who works in a menta... Points: 0 Question Imagine a person who works in a mental hospital analyzing various treatment protocols to see how multicultural factors impact success rates. This person is most likely a: Answer clinical researcher. clinical psychologist. psychiatrist. psychiatric social worker. 195. Multiple Choice: A person is hard at work trying to di... Question Points: 0 A person is hard at work trying to discover which combination of environmental and genetic factors produces schizophrenia. Most likely, the person is a: Answer clinical researcher. psychiatric social worker. family therapist. counseling psychologist. 196. Multiple Choice: Which of the following is the MOST ac... Question Points: 0 Which of the following is the MOST accurate conclusion about the state of abnormal psychology in the United States currently? Answer There is no single definition of abnormality, no one theoretical understanding of the causes of mental illness, and no single best treatment. We do know what mental illness is, but we don't understand what causes it, or the best way to treat it. We haven't advanced much beyond the demonology era. Now we understand what causes mental illness and how best to treat it; plus, we can define it. 197. Multiple Choice: The most accurate summary of the fiel... Points: 0 The most accurate summary of the field of abnormal psychology at the present time is that clinical psychologists generally: Question Answer accept one definition of abnormality, and practice one form of treatment. do not accept one definition of abnormality, but practice one form of treatment. accept one definition of abnormality, but practice more than one form of treatment. do not accept one definition of abnormality, and practice more than one form of treatment. 198. Multiple Choice: One who studies the history of the fi... Question Points: 0 One who studies the history of the field of abnormal psychology most likely would compare our current understanding of abnormal behavior to a book that: Answer hasn't even been begun. has received a title, but no text. is in the process of being written. is completed, and needs only to be read to be understood. Select: All None Delete Points Select by Type: - Question Type - Update  Hide Question Details ←OK