Solutions Manual Test Bank For Abnormal Psychology Ch3

41. In the twelfth century, in the Belgian town of ________, townspeople regularly took into their homes the mentally ill visiting the shrine of Saint Dymphna for cures. Bruges  Gheel Waterloo Ostend 42. The Hospital of Saint Mary of Bethlehem, in London, earned which nickname for its deplorable conditions? Dollhaus Tollkiste Bethel Prison  Bedlam 43. During the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries, European mental hospitals humiliated mentally ill patients by:  exhibiting their conditions to the public for a fee. parading them down the streets in chains. having them sentenced to prison terms. creating deplorable conditions to keep them submissive. 44. The first Act for Regulating Madhouses, enacted in England, was created in part to: promote public sympathy for the mentally ill.  improve the deplorable conditions of mental institutions. provide jobs for poor people confined to madhouses. reduce crime by removing unstable people from the streets. 45. Who among the following maintained that abnormal behavior was caused by excessive blood in the brain? Dorothea Dix William Tuke  Benjamin Rush Philippe Pinel 46. The nineteenth-century reformation movement that included rest, relaxation, and prayer in the treatment of mental illnesses was called the: movement for moral treatment.  mental hygiene movement. deinstitutionalization movement. community mental health movement. 47. Philippe Pinel was instrumental in the moral treatment of the mentally ill in England. America. Italy.  France. 48. In the late 1700s, James was isolated from the public by his family members on account of his mental illness. His family kept him locked in a room, and brought him his meals. However, his brother began to allow him to move more freely throughout the house. In addition, he was allowed to sit outside and work in the garden. The new approach to James' caregiving is representative of the  moral treatment model. community mental health movement. managed care system. psychoanalytic perspective. 49. Philippe Pinel, a leader in the moral treatment movement, ordered that the chains be removed from patients because he believed that: their conditions were specifically the result of their separation from the rest of society.  the patients' health could be improved by restoring their dignity and tranquility. abnormal behaviors were rooted in supernatural theories and patients needed the freedom to practice their faith. patients were virtually harmless as long as they were properly medicated. 50. Which of the following individuals opened an asylum in England called The Retreat?  William Tuke Philippe Pinel Dorothea Dix Benjamin Rush 51. Tuke's idea of moral treatment meant: giving patients monetary compensation for their previous maltreatment. helping patients get social support from family members and neighbors who had previously rejected them.  restoring patients' self-restraint by treating them with respect and dignity and by encouraging them to exercise self-control. helping patients reconnect spiritually with their families and community. 52. One of America's most militant crusaders for the moral treatment of the mentally ill was Helen of Troy.  Dorothea Dix. Teresa of Avila. Florence Nightingale. 53. Many public hospitals at the turn of the twentieth century: were sufficiently staffed with professionals to provide individual attention to patients.  were no better than warehouses because of reduced funding and decline in quality of care. had slightly lower quality of care as compared to private institutions. were generally built in the city limits, to regain public support for the mentally ill. 54. Which of the following statements about Dorothea Dix is true? She was a European who experienced maltreatment first hand, and immigrated to America to escape the public's insensitivity toward the mentally ill. America rejected her efforts to improve conditions for the mentally ill, and her life was threatened several times.  She found the treatment of the mentally ill in America dehumanizing and set out on a quest to improve their condition by lobbying in different states to get laws passed. Although several new hospitals for the insane were established in America during the mid to late 1800s, she could not get them to adopt the humanitarian treatment she advocated. 55. Which of the following was an outcome of the rapid growth of the moral treatment movement? The capacity of asylums to recruit mental health professionals significantly improved.  Physicians, nurses, and other caretakers did not have enough time to give each patient the attention he or she needed. The number of patients who benefited from the moral treatment increased, and its effectiveness became unquestionable. All patients, even those whose problems were not due to a loss of dignity or tranquility, benefited from moral treatment. 56. Brain pathology as an explanation for psychological disorders was systematically argued by Wilhelm Wundt. Richard von Krafft-Ebing. Franz Anton Mesmer.  Wilhelm Griesinger. 57. ________ developed a scheme of classifying symptoms into discrete disorders that is the basis for our modern classification systems. Wilhelm Griesinger  Emil Kraepelin Richard Krafft-Ebing Jean Charcot 58. The Viennese psychiatrist credited with discovering a connection between paresis and syphilis was Emil Kraepelin.  Richard Krafft-Ebing. Alfred Adler. Wilhelm Wundt. 59. According to Franz Anton Mesmer, animal spirits were capable of penetrating and strangling the human spirit causing people to behave abnormally. people evolved from animals, and the abnormal behaviors were simply a level above animal behaviors.  the distribution of a magnetic fluid in a person could be influenced by the magnetic forces of other people, as well as by the alignments of the planets. people exhibited abnormal behaviors because of excess blood in their brains. 60. The disease, ________, has been characterized as one of the single most important discoveries underpinning modern biological theories of abnormality.  general paresis hysteria gonorrhea delirium