Test Canvas - Abnormal Psychology (1-36 Answer Key)

Test Canvas: Abnormal Psychology Create Question Reuse Question Upload Questions Question Settings Description Instructions Total Questions 198 Total Points 40 Select: All None Delete Select by Type: Points - Question Type - Update  Hide Question Details 1. Multiple Choice: __________ argues that societies inve... Question Points: 1 __________ 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. Answer Carl Rogers Jerome Frank Thomas Szasz Dick Gregory Correct Feedback Correct. Incorrect Feedback Incorrect. The correct answer is C. 2. Multiple Choice: A person who suffered from the form o... Question Points: 1 A person who suffered from the form of mass madness called lycanthropy may have believed him/herself to be possessed by: Answer bats. wolves. tigers. spiders. Correct Feedback Correct. Incorrect Feedback Incorrect. The correct answer is B. 3. Multiple Choice: A trephine is: Question Points: 1 A trephine is: Answer a trick used in hypnosis. an instrument used to remove blood from the veins. an instrument used in a 20th century lobotomy. a stone instrument used to cut away a circular section of the skull. Correct Feedback Correct. Incorrect Feedback Incorrect. The correct answer is D. 4. Multiple Choice: All forms of therapy have which three... Question All forms of therapy have which three essential features? Answer a patient, a physician, and an insurance company a client, an insurance company, and treatment goals a sufferer, a healer, and a series of contacts between healer and sufferer Points: 1 Correct Feedback Incorrect Feedback a sufferer, a healer, and managed care Correct. Incorrect. The correct answer is C. 5. Multiple Choice: Behavior that is psychologically abno... Full file at https://testbanku.eu/Test-Bank-for-Abnormal-Psychology-8th-Edition-by-Comer Points: 1 Page 3 of Question Behavior that is psychologically abnormal is called all but which of the following? Answer psychopathology emotional disturbance mental instability mental illness Correct Feedback Correct. Incorrect Feedback Incorrect. The correct answer is C. 6. Multiple Choice: General paresis, an irreversible diso... Question Points: 1 General paresis, an irreversible disorder that causes physical and mental symptoms including paralysis and delusions of grandeur, was found to be caused by: Answer the HIV virus. tuberculosis. syphilis. gonorrhea. Correct Feedback Correct. Incorrect Feedback Incorrect. The correct answer is C. 7. Multiple Choice: Judgments of abnormality depend on __... Question Points: 1 Judgments of abnormality depend on _______________ as well as on cultural norms. Answer geography specific circumstances politics our health care system Correct Feedback Correct. Incorrect Feedback Incorrect. The correct answer is B. 8. Multiple Choice: The Boston schoolteacher who made hum... Question Points: 1 The Boston schoolteacher who made humane care a public and political concern in 19th century America was: Answer Margaret Meade. Dorothea Dix. Carrie Nation. Mary Baker Eddy. Correct Feedback Correct. Incorrect Feedback Incorrect. The correct answer is B. 9. Multiple Choice: Insurance parity laws are concerned w... Question Insurance parity laws are concerned with: Answer government payment for mental health care. licensing health care providers. providing equal coverage for mental and medical problems. providing malpractice insurance for clinical mental health practitioners. Correct Feedback Incorrect Feedback Correct. Incorrect. The correct answer is C. Points: 1 10. Multiple Choice: The policy of releasing patients from... Question The policy of releasing patients from public mental hospitals was known as: Answer moral treatment. the community mental health model. Points: 1 the managed care model. deinstitutionalization. Correct Feedback Correct. Incorrect Feedback Incorrect. The correct answer is D. 11. Multiple Choice: The role of a clinical practitioner i... Question Points: 1 The role of a clinical practitioner in abnormal psychology is to: Answer detect, assess, and treat abnormal patterns of functioning. research, detect, and assess abnormal functioning. research, assess, treat, and speak about abnormal functioning. research about abnormal functioning. Correct Feedback Incorrect Feedback Correct. Incorrect. The correct answer is A. 12. Multiple Choice: Which was one of the different mental... Question Points: 1 Which was one of the different mental disorders described by ancient Greeks and Romans? Answer melancholia anorexia dyspareunia bulimia Correct Feedback Correct. Incorrect Feedback Incorrect. The correct answer is D. 13. Multiple Choice: Before the 1950s, almost all outpatie... Question Points: 1 Before the 1950s, almost all outpatient care for psychological disturbances took the form of: Answer hospitalization. private psychotherapy. treatment at community mental health centers. treatment by social services agencies. Correct Feedback Incorrect Feedback Correct. Incorrect. The correct answer is B. 14. Multiple Choice: The treatment mechanism associated wi... Question Points: 1 The treatment mechanism associated with touching a troubled area of a patient's body with a special rod was: Answer trephination. exorcism. mesmerism. hypnotism. Correct Feedback Correct. Incorrect Feedback Incorrect. The correct answer is C. 15. Multiple Choice: Which of the following terms was the ... Question Which of the following terms was the earliest used to describe those who we now refer to as "mentally ill?" Answer "crazy" Points: 1 unbalanced madness unstable Correct Feedback Correct. Incorrect Feedback Incorrect. The correct answer is D. 16. Multiple Choice: Which of the following is true regard... Question Points: 1 Which of the following is true regarding the "four Ds" of abnormality? Answer Most clinicians agree on what qualifies under each of "the four Ds." Every culture has generally identical criteria of what constitutes abnormality. An individual can only be diagnosed with a mental illness if (s)he has all "four Ds." None of the "four Ds" is, by itself, an adequate gauge of psychological abnormality. Correct Feedback Correct. Incorrect Feedback Incorrect. The correct answer is D. 17. Multiple Choice: According to ancient views of abnorma... Question Points: 1 According to ancient views of abnormality, if a standard exorcism failed to rid a person of their abnormal behaviors, which of the following steps would be taken? Answer The shaman would perform a more extreme exorcism, such as whipping or starving the person. The person would be burned alive because they were believed to be "beyond saving." The person would be cast out of the society with no means for survival. The person would be accepted by society as being a marked child of "God," and their abnormal behavior would now be celebrated. Correct Feedback Correct. Incorrect Feedback Incorrect. The correct answer is A. 18. Multiple Choice: Which of the following terms, which h... Question Points: 1 Which of the following terms, which has come to mean "a chaotic uproar" derived its name from a London hospital where mentally ill patients were treated in horrendous ways? Answer Bedlam Hysteria Furor Turmoil Correct Feedback Correct. Incorrect Feedback Incorrect. The correct answer is A. 19. Multiple Choice: The work of Dorothea Dix led to the e... Question Points: 1 The work of Dorothea Dix led to the establishment of many _____________ around the country. Answer psychiatric surgery centers American asylums state hospitals clinical practices Correct Feedback Incorrect Feedback Correct. Incorrect. The correct answer is C. 20. Multiple Choice: The term "eugenics" refers to which o... Question The term "eugenics" refers to which of the following? Answer A public policy of providing free medication to those who suffer from mental illness. A political policy of preventing those who suffer from mental illness from reproducing. A private policy of linking mental illness to religion for the purpose of promoting a different religion. The practice of diagnosing all patients with the same illness, regardless of symptoms, so that Points: 1 Correct Feedback Incorrect Feedback insurance companies will provide payment for services. Correct. Incorrect. The correct answer is B. 21. Multiple Choice: At present, which single viewpoint do... Points: 1 Question At present, which single viewpoint dominates the clinical field as the psychoanalytic perspective once did? Answer Gestalt behavioral cognitive None of the answers are correct. Correct Feedback Correct. Incorrect Feedback Incorrect. The correct answer is D. 22. Multiple Choice: Which 19th century perspective held t... Question Points: 1 Which 19th century perspective held the view that abnormal psychological functioning has physical causes? Answer psychogenic somatogenic psychotropic moral Correct Feedback Correct. Incorrect Feedback Incorrect. The correct answer is B. 23. Multiple Choice: Roman is a loner. He lives in a cabin... Question Points: 1 Roman is a loner. He lives in a cabin in the woods with no running water or electricity. While he manages to survive this way, living so far from the closest city makes it very hard for him to get and keep gainful employment. He is often unhappy with his situation, yet feels that he can do nothing to change it and has lived this way for years. Roman's behavior may be considered all but which of the following? Answer deviant dysfunctional dangerous distressful Correct Feedback Incorrect Feedback Correct. Incorrect. The correct answer is C. 24. Multiple Choice: Hippocrates believed that abnormal be... Question Points: 1 Hippocrates believed that abnormal behavior was caused by: Answer evil spirits. blood clots. bone splinters. imbalance in bodily fluids. Correct Feedback Correct. Incorrect Feedback Incorrect. The correct answer is D. 25. Multiple Choice: One of the most prominent forerunners... Question One of the most prominent forerunners to the modern community mental health program was at Gheel, which was located in: Answer Belgium. Germany. Spain. England. Correct Feedback Points: 1 Correct Correct. Incorrect Feedback Incorrect. The correct answer is A. 26. Multiple Choice: According to research conducted on ec... Question According to research conducted on eccentric people, which of the following statements is true? Points: 1 Answer They have fewer emotional problems than the general population. They know they are different and usually wish to be more like others around them. They visit their physicians an average of once every three months. Most are unhappy, malcontented individuals who feel that life treats them very badly. Correct Feedback Correct. Incorrect Feedback Incorrect. The correct answer is A. 27. Multiple Choice: The French physician __________ was a... Question Points: 1 The French physician __________ was associated with asylum reform at La Bicêtre. Answer Jean Esquirol Philippe Pinel William Tuke Johann Weyer Correct Feedback Correct. Incorrect Feedback Incorrect. The correct answer is B. 28. Multiple Choice: Today, the dominant form of insurance... Question Points: 1 Today, the dominant form of insurance coverage for mental health patients is: Answer Medicare. managed care. private insurance. Social Security. Correct Feedback Correct. Incorrect Feedback Incorrect. The correct answer is B. 29. Multiple Choice: The job of a ______________ is to gat... Question Points: 1 The job of a ______________ is to gather information systematically so that they may describe, predict, and explain the phenomena they study. Answer clinical phenomenologist clinical scientist clinical practitioner clinical psychometrist Correct Feedback Correct. Incorrect Feedback Incorrect. The correct answer is B. 30. Multiple Choice: A federal parity law, requiring insur... Question Points: 1 A federal parity law, requiring insurance companies to provide equal coverage for mental and medical problems, was enacted in the United States of America in: Answer 1973. 1985. 2004. 2011. Correct Feedback Correct. Incorrect Feedback Incorrect. The correct answer is B. 31. Multiple Choice: The area of psychology concerned with... Points: 1 Question The area of psychology concerned with the study and enhancement of positive feelings, traits, and abilities is: Answer psychoanalysis. Gestalt psychology. positive psychology. humanistic psychology. Correct Feedback Correct. Incorrect Feedback Incorrect. The correct answer is C. 32. Multiple Choice: Trying to correct the social conditio... Question Points: 1 Trying to correct the social conditions that give rise to psychological problems and identifying individuals who are at risk for developing emotional problems is known as: Answer positive psychology. trephination. triage. prevention. Correct Feedback Incorrect Feedback Correct. Incorrect. The correct answer is D. 33. Multiple Choice: The ___________ perspective views the... Question Points: 1 The ___________ perspective views the chief causes of abnormal functioning as psychological. Answer moral somatogenic psychogenic positive Correct Feedback Correct. Incorrect Feedback Incorrect. The correct answer is C. 34. Multiple Choice: What percentage of current psychology... Question Points: 1 What percentage of current psychology graduate students are female? Answer 40% 28% 72% 37% Correct Feedback Correct. Incorrect Feedback Incorrect. The correct answer is C. 35. Multiple Choice: The "four Ds" of abnormality are: Question Points: 1 The "four Ds" of abnormality are: Answer deviance, dysfunction, disturbance, and danger. danger, dread, deviance, and disturbance. deviance, distress, dysfunction, and danger. dysfunction, disturbance, delirium, and danger. Correct Feedback Correct. Incorrect Feedback Incorrect. The correct answer is C. 36. Multiple Choice: Before the 1950s, psychotherapy was o... Question Before the 1950s, psychotherapy was offered only by: Answer neurologists. hypnotists. Points: 1 psychiatrists. psychotherapists. Correct Feedback Correct. Incorrect Feedback Incorrect. The correct answer is C.