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Thomas Szasz

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

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Wolves

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A person who suffered from the form of mass madness called lycanthropy may have believed him/herself to be possessed by:

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A trephine is:

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A stone instrument used to cut away a circular section of the skull during the Stone Age.

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According to theorist Jerome Frank, all forms of therapy have which three essential features?

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a sufferer, a healer, and a series of contacts between healer and sufferer

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Mental instability

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Emotions, thoughts, and behaviors that are psychologically abnormal are called all but which of the following?

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Syphilis

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General paresis, an irreversible disorder that causes physical and mental symptoms including paralysis and delusions of grandeur, was found to be caused by:

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Specific Circumstances

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Judgments of abnormality depend on ______ as well as cultural norms.

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Dorothea Dix

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The Boston schoolteacher who made humane care a public and political concern in the 19th century America was:

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The 2011 federal insurance parity law is concerned with:

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Providing equal coverage for mental and medical problems.

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Deinstitutionalization

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The policy of releasing patients from public mental hospitals was known as:

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The role of a clinical practitioner in abnormal psychology is to:

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detect, asses, and treat abnormal pattern of functioning.

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Unshakable sadness

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Which was one of the different mental states described by ancient Greeks and Romans?

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Before the 1950s, almost all outpatient care for psychological disturbances took the form of:

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Private psychotherapy

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Mesmerism

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The treatment mechanism associated with touching a troubled area of a patient's body with a special rod was:

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Unstable

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Which of the following terms was the earliest used to describe those who we now refer to as having a "mental disorder?"

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Which of the following is true regarding the "four Ds" of abnormality?

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No single definition of abnormality has won acceptance, but the "four Ds" tends to illustrate the common feature of many definitions.

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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?

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The shaman would perform a more extreme form of exorcism, such as whipping or starving the person.

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Bedlam

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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?

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The work of Dorothea Dix led to the establishment of many _______ around the country.

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State Hospitals

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The term "eugenic sterilization" refers to which of the following?

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A political policy of preventing those who suffer from mental illness from reproducing.

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At present, which single viewpoint dominates the clinical field as the psychoanalytic perspective once did?

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None of the answer are correct

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Which 19th century perspective held the view that abnormal psychological functioning has a physical causes?

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Somatogenic

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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 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?

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Dangerous

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Hippocrates believed that abnormal behavior was caused by:

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Imbalance in bodily fluids

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One of the most prominent forerunners to modern community mental health program was at Gheel, which was located in:

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Belgium

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According to research conducted on eccentric people, which of the following statement is true?

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They have fewer emotional problems than the general population.

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The French physician ______ was associated with asylum reform at La Bicetre.

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Philippe Pinel

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Today, the dominant form of insurance coverage for mental health patient is:

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managed care programs

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The job of a ________ is to gather information systematically so that they may describe, predict, and explain the phenomena they study.

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Clinical Scientist

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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:

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2011

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The area of psychology concerned with the study and enhancement of positive feelings, traits, and abilities is:

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Positive psychology

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Trying to correct the social condition that give rise to psychological problems and identifying individuals who are at risk for developing emotional problems is known as:

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Prevention

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The ________ perspective views the chief causes of abnormal functioning as psychological.

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Psychogenic

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what percentage of current psychology graduate students are female?

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75%

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The "four Ds" of abnormality are:

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Deviance, distress, dysfunction, and danger.

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Before the 1950s, psychotherapy was offered only by:

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Psychiatrists

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In the middle ages in Europe, people who suffered the bite of a "wolf spider" believed that the only way to rid themselves of the resulting symptoms was to do a dance called a:

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Tarantella

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Which German physician was the first to specialized in mental illness and is now considered the founder of modern study of psychopathology?

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Johann Weyer

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_________ is generally defined as a procedure designed to change abnormal behavior into more normal behavior.

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Treatment

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The main difference between a psychiatrist and psychologist is:

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A psychiatrist is a medical doctor who can provide therapy; a psychologist is NOT a medical doctor but can provide therapy.

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Gestalt therapy was developed by:

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Frederick (Fritz) Perls

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According to Carl Roger, a child who did not receive unconditional positive regard in early life is likely to acquire:

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Condition of worth

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Cognitive therapists guide clients to challenge their own dysfunctional:

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thoughts

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Depression has been linked to low activity of the neurotransmitters _______ and ______.

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Serotonin; norepinephrine

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Huntington's disease has been traced to a loss of cells in the:

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basal ganglia

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In science, the perspectives used to explain phenomena are known as:

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Paradigms

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_______ theorists believe that people are motivated mainly by a need to have relationships with others and that severe problems in the relationships between children and their caregivers may lead to abnormal development.

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Object relations

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In which of the paradigms of abnormal psychology is the role of the therapist thought to be that of a teacher?

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The behavioral model

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The example of a young boy developing a fear of sand because there is a sandbox in the yard where a dog barks and lunges demonstrates a principle of:

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Classical conditioning

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The oldest and most famous of the modern psychological models is the _______ model.

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Psychodynamic

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Which is not one of the three types of biological treatment used today?

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Insulin coma

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According to Freud, the id operates in accordance with the ______ principle.

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Pleasure

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According to psychodynamic theorists, when people behave with their therapist the way they interacted with their parents, they are demonstrating:

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Transference

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________ are chemicals released by endocrine glands into the bloodstream.

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Hormones

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Which is an inaccurate statement about the role of genes in abnormal behavior?

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Genes probably play no part in mental disorder.

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Which of the following minority group of individuals in the United States are more likely to stop therapy sooner than white Americans?

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All of the answers are correct

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What is the main difference between group therapy and a self-help group?

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In group therapy there is a trained therapist who leads the interaction, while a self-help group is conducted by people who share a similar problem without the help of a professional clinician.

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Which model of abnormality rests on the deterministic assumption that no symptom or behavior is "accidental" and that all behavior is determined by past experiences?

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The psychodynamic experiences

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The basic premise of family therapy is:

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The entire family is viewed as the unit of treatment, even if only one of the members receives a clinical diagnosis.

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Which contemporary psychodynamic approach holds that therapists are key figures in the lives of patients--figures whose reactions and beliefs should be included in the therapy?

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Relational psychoanalytic therapy

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Albert Bandura argued that in order to feel happy and function effectively, people must develop a positive sense of:

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Self-efficacy

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According to Freud, _______ is a condition in which the id, ego, and superego do not mature properly and are frozen at an early stage of development.

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fixation

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Which of the following psychological difficulties are more highly reported by those in the American Indian population as compared with white Americans?

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All the above

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Which of the following would be the type of prevention that seeks to provide effective treatment as soon as it is needed so that moderate or severe disorders do not become long-term problems?

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Tertiary prevention

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The ________ helps to regulate emotions and memory.

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Hippocampus

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Behavioral therapists base their explanations and treatments of mental abnormality on principles of:

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learning

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Which perspective is the most controversial in the clinical field of mental abnormality?

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Evolutionary

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Cybertherapy raises concern about all the following except:

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Legal obligation to pay for services

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According to Freud, the ________ is the psychological force that represents a person's conscience.

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Superego

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The tiny space between the nerve ending of one neuron and the dendrite of the other is the:

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synapse

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A behavioral treatment in which clients with phobias gradually learn to react calmly instead of with intense fear of object they dread is known as:

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Systematic desensitization

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According to psychodynamic model, someone who unconsciously refuses to fully participate in therapy is said to be demonstrating:

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Resistance

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________ therapy suggests that people have two options with their lives - to face up to our own "being" and to give meanings to our lives or to shrink and hide from that responsibility.

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Existential

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One of the main differences between group therapy and self-help group is the presence in group therapy of:

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A professional therapist

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Psychotropic medications were developed in the _______, and since then have greatly changed the outlook for a number of mental disorders. Today they are used widely, either alone or with other forms of psychotherapy.

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1950s

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When a 3-year-old boy climbed over a barrier at the Brookfield Zoo in Illinois in 1996 and fell into a gorilla compound, clinical theorists had a field day interpreting which of the events that took place after the boy fell?

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A 160-pound gorilla picked up the boy, protected him, and carried him to rescue workers unharmed.

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According to Aaron Beck's cognitive theory, one illogical process regularly found in depression is _______, the drawing of broad negative conclusions on the basis of a single insignificant event.

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Overgeneralization

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According to the _____ model, human beings are driven to self-actualize, or to fulfill their natural potential for goodness and growth.

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Humanistic

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Some research has suggested that _____ has been linked to exposure to certain viruses during childhood or before birth.

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Schizophrenia

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Which of the following is not described by your text as being a part of the cerebrum?

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Hypothalamus

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