Question 1

The rights that an individual maintains while serving a Community Treatment Order include all of the following except the right to:

Accepted Answer

A)  Review the findings of incapacity. 
B)  Appeal to the courts each time a CTO is issued or reviewed. 
C)  Request re-examination. 
D)  Have family members as character witnesses. 
A)  Review the findings of incapacity. 
B)  Appeal to the courts each time a CTO is issued or reviewed. 
C)  Request re-examination. 
D)  Have family members as character witnesses.

Question 2

All of the following people may refuse to be a subject in a research project except:

Accepted Answer

A)  A patient involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital after being found not guilty by reason of insanity. 
B)  A prisoner convicted of a felony. 
C)  A college student required to participate in research as part of a psychology class. 
D)  All of the above may refuse to participate in research. 
A)  A patient involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital after being found not guilty by reason of insanity. 
B)  A prisoner convicted of a felony. 
C)  A college student required to participate in research as part of a psychology class. 
D)  All of the above may refuse to participate in research.

Question 3

Violence in discharged mental patients is usually attributable to:

Accepted Answer

A)  The natural tendency of most mental patients to be violent 
B)  Their failure to take their medication 
C)  Environmental conditions that elicited and set the stage for violence 
D)  A predictable personality structure characterized by high impulsivity and low harm avoidance 
A)  The natural tendency of most mental patients to be violent 
B)  Their failure to take their medication 
C)  Environmental conditions that elicited and set the stage for violence 
D)  A predictable personality structure characterized by high impulsivity and low harm avoidance

Question 4

Discuss three factors that have been involved in the development of the insanity defence.

Accepted Answer

The development of the insanity defense

Question 5

According to your textbook, which of the following provinces has not implemented some form of community treatment orders?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ontario 
B)  British Columbia 
C)  New Brunswick 
D)  Manitoba 
A)  Ontario 
B)  British Columbia 
C)  New Brunswick 
D)  Manitoba

Question 6

Which of the following statements is true regarding the relationship between mental illness and dangerousness?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most mentally ill people are violent at some point during their illness. 
B)  More crimes are committed by mentally ill people than any other group. 
C)  Among mentally ill people, violence is most common among those with schizophrenia. 
D)  Substance abusers are much more likely to commit crimes than people with mental illness. 
A)  Most mentally ill people are violent at some point during their illness. 
B)  More crimes are committed by mentally ill people than any other group. 
C)  Among mentally ill people, violence is most common among those with schizophrenia. 
D)  Substance abusers are much more likely to commit crimes than people with mental illness.

Question 7

Scott Simmie, along with Boyle and Vincent, wrote two series of newspaper articles in The Toronto Star that gave recommendations on:

Accepted Answer

A)  How to improve home care in Canada. 
B)  Solutions to society's problems with people who have serious and chronic mental illness. 
C)  How people with serious and chronic mental illness are feeling less and less stigmatized by society. 
D)  Steps to take when dealing with a mentally disordered friend or family member. 
A)  How to improve home care in Canada. 
B)  Solutions to society's problems with people who have serious and chronic mental illness. 
C)  How people with serious and chronic mental illness are feeling less and less stigmatized by society. 
D)  Steps to take when dealing with a mentally disordered friend or family member.

Question 8

The parents of Glen Race, a 26-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia who was wanted for three murders, argued that their son's killing spree could have been prevented if:

Accepted Answer

A)  Deinstitutionalization had not recently occurred in Nova Scotia 
B)  Nova Scotia adhered to the M'Naghten Rules 
C)  Nova Scotia had community treatment orders 
D)  Glen's prior capable wish was approved 
A)  Deinstitutionalization had not recently occurred in Nova Scotia 
B)  Nova Scotia adhered to the M'Naghten Rules 
C)  Nova Scotia had community treatment orders 
D)  Glen's prior capable wish was approved

Question 9

According to California law, which of the following situations is not protected by the client's right to privileged communication?

Accepted Answer

A)  A 10-year-old client is being physically abused and asks the therapist not to tell anyone. 
B)  A client is threatening to injure his wife because he is angry at her behaviour, but he asks the therapist to help him get over his anger and not to talk to his wife about his threats. 
C)  A client is suing a therapist for malpractice but does not want the therapist to discuss his treatment in court. 
D)  None of the above are protected by the client's right to privileged communication 
A)  A 10-year-old client is being physically abused and asks the therapist not to tell anyone. 
B)  A client is threatening to injure his wife because he is angry at her behaviour, but he asks the therapist to help him get over his anger and not to talk to his wife about his threats. 
C)  A client is suing a therapist for malpractice but does not want the therapist to discuss his treatment in court. 
D)  None of the above are protected by the client's right to privileged communication

Question 10

When subjects in research studies are told about the potential risks and are free to decline participation, it is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  Informed consent 
B)  Freedom of choice 
C)  Parens patriae 
D)  Mens rea 
A)  Informed consent 
B)  Freedom of choice 
C)  Parens patriae 
D)  Mens rea

Question 11

The HCR-20 is used for the purpose of predicting risk for:

Accepted Answer

A)  Telapse 
B)  Psychopathy 
C)  Violence 
D)  Harassment 
A)  Telapse 
B)  Psychopathy 
C)  Violence 
D)  Harassment

Question 12

How do civil and criminal commitment differ, and under what conditions would each be utilized?

Accepted Answer

Civil commitment and criminal commitment

Question 13

Human subjects committees and institutional review boards for reviewing the ethics of proposed experiments are made up of:

Accepted Answer

A)  Behavioural scientists 
B)  Citizens of the community 
C)  Lawyers 
D)  All of the above 
A)  Behavioural scientists 
B)  Citizens of the community 
C)  Lawyers 
D)  All of the above

Question 14

How did the Globe and Mail journalist André Picard (2008) describe the Canadian health care system?

Accepted Answer

A)  A patchwork that has left millions in the shadows 
B)  A comprehensive system that needs continuum or treatment 
C)  A system unevenly distributed across the country 
D)  An expansive and poorly managed system 
A)  A patchwork that has left millions in the shadows 
B)  A comprehensive system that needs continuum or treatment 
C)  A system unevenly distributed across the country 
D)  An expansive and poorly managed system

Question 15

Psychologists are said to "hold the privilege" for communications between themselves and their clients.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The "leash law" (so-called because critics claimed that the mentally ill would be dragged away by police) is another name for:

Accepted Answer

A)  Brian's Law 
B)  M'Naghten Rules 
C)  Not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder (NCRM
D)  
D)  Actus reus 
A)  Brian's Law 
B)  M'Naghten Rules 
C)  Not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder (NCRM
D)  
D)  Actus reus

Question 17

What is the Riel phenomenon?

Accepted Answer

A)  Clients' resistance to the insanity defence 
B)  Claiming insanity when there is clear evidence to the contrary 
C)  Misidentification of the self 
D)  Being wrongly executed 
A)  Clients' resistance to the insanity defence 
B)  Claiming insanity when there is clear evidence to the contrary 
C)  Misidentification of the self 
D)  Being wrongly executed

Question 18

According to an article by Viljoen and colleagues (2003), only medical practitioners (not psychologists) are qualified to provide court-ordered assessments:

Accepted Answer

A)  Under the Youth Criminal Act 
B)  Under the dangerous offender legislation 
C)  Of fitness and criminal responsibility 
D)  Of intellectual functions related to legal determinations 
A)  Under the Youth Criminal Act 
B)  Under the dangerous offender legislation 
C)  Of fitness and criminal responsibility 
D)  Of intellectual functions related to legal determinations

Question 19

Neuroscience has been used to help reduce people's prison sentences, as:

Accepted Answer

A)  Neurologists give good testimony about the way the brain does or does not control impulses 
B)  Providing jurors with visual evidence (i.e., brain scans) helps them understand that there is an underlying problem with the person's brain 
C)  Most jurors do not understand science, but due to social desirability agree with the evidence presented 
D)  Neuroscience does not help reduce people's sentences - it is inadmissible in court 
A)  Neurologists give good testimony about the way the brain does or does not control impulses 
B)  Providing jurors with visual evidence (i.e., brain scans) helps them understand that there is an underlying problem with the person's brain 
C)  Most jurors do not understand science, but due to social desirability agree with the evidence presented 
D)  Neuroscience does not help reduce people's sentences - it is inadmissible in court

Question 20

What condition could lawyers have argued that Louis Riel had suffered from when he led the Northwest Rebellion?

Accepted Answer

A)  Megalomania 
B)  Schizophrenia 
C)  Bipolar disorder 
D)  Psychopathy 
A)  Megalomania 
B)  Schizophrenia 
C)  Bipolar disorder 
D)  Psychopathy

The rights that an individual maintains while serving a Community Treatment Order include all of the following except the right to:

All of the following people may refuse to be a subject in a research project except:

Violence in discharged mental patients is usually attributable to:

Discuss three factors that have been involved in the development of the insanity defence.

According to your textbook, which of the following provinces has not implemented some form of community treatment orders?

Which of the following statements is true regarding the relationship between mental illness and dangerousness?

Scott Simmie, along with Boyle and Vincent, wrote two series of newspaper articles in The Toronto Star that gave recommendations on:

The parents of Glen Race, a 26-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia who was wanted for three murders, argued that their son's killing spree could have been prevented if:

According to California law, which of the following situations is not protected by the client's right to privileged communication?

When subjects in research studies are told about the potential risks and are free to decline participation, it is called:

The HCR-20 is used for the purpose of predicting risk for:

How do civil and criminal commitment differ, and under what conditions would each be utilized?

Human subjects committees and institutional review boards for reviewing the ethics of proposed experiments are made up of:

How did the Globe and Mail journalist André Picard (2008) describe the Canadian health care system?

Psychologists are said to "hold the privilege" for communications between themselves and their clients.

The "leash law" (so-called because critics claimed that the mentally ill would be dragged away by police) is another name for:

What is the Riel phenomenon?

According to an article by Viljoen and colleagues (2003), only medical practitioners (not psychologists) are qualified to provide court-ordered assessments:

Neuroscience has been used to help reduce people's prison sentences, as:

What condition could lawyers have argued that Louis Riel had suffered from when he led the Northwest Rebellion?

Introduction Definitional And Historical Considerations, And Canada’s Mental Health System

Current Paradigms and Integrative Approaches

Clinical Assessment

Classification and Diagnosis

Research Methods In The Study of Abnormal Behaviour

Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders

Somatic Symptom Disorders and Dissociative Disorders

Mood Disorders and Suicide

Psychophysiological Disorders and Health Psychology

Eating Disorders

Schizophrenia

Substance-Related Disorders

Personality Disorders

Sexual Disorders and Gender Dysphoria

Disorders of Childhood

Aging and Issues in Psychological Disorders

Outcomes And Issues In Psychological Intervention

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Exam 18: Legal and Ethical Issues

The rights that an individual maintains while serving a Community Treatment Order include all of the following except the right to:

All of the following people may refuse to be a subject in a research project except:

Violence in discharged mental patients is usually attributable to:

Discuss three factors that have been involved in the development of the insanity defence.

According to your textbook, which of the following provinces has not implemented some form of community treatment orders?

Which of the following statements is true regarding the relationship between mental illness and dangerousness?

Scott Simmie, along with Boyle and Vincent, wrote two series of newspaper articles in The Toronto Star that gave recommendations on:

The parents of Glen Race, a 26-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia who was wanted for three murders, argued that their son's killing spree could have been prevented if:

According to California law, which of the following situations is not protected by the client's right to privileged communication?

When subjects in research studies are told about the potential risks and are free to decline participation, it is called:

The HCR-20 is used for the purpose of predicting risk for:

How do civil and criminal commitment differ, and under what conditions would each be utilized?

Human subjects committees and institutional review boards for reviewing the ethics of proposed experiments are made up of:

How did the Globe and Mail journalist André Picard (2008) describe the Canadian health care system?

Psychologists are said to "hold the privilege" for communications between themselves and their clients.

The "leash law" (so-called because critics claimed that the mentally ill would be dragged away by police) is another name for:

What is the Riel phenomenon?

According to an article by Viljoen and colleagues (2003), only medical practitioners (not psychologists) are qualified to provide court-ordered assessments:

Neuroscience has been used to help reduce people's prison sentences, as:

What condition could lawyers have argued that Louis Riel had suffered from when he led the Northwest Rebellion?

Introduction Definitional And Historical Considerations, And Canada’s Mental Health System

Current Paradigms and Integrative Approaches

Clinical Assessment

Classification and Diagnosis

Research Methods In The Study of Abnormal Behaviour

Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders

Somatic Symptom Disorders and Dissociative Disorders

Mood Disorders and Suicide

Psychophysiological Disorders and Health Psychology

Eating Disorders

Schizophrenia

Substance-Related Disorders

Personality Disorders

Sexual Disorders and Gender Dysphoria

Disorders of Childhood

Aging and Issues in Psychological Disorders

Outcomes And Issues In Psychological Intervention

Filters