Question 1

What is "mass madness"?

Accepted Answer

A)  An exhibition of disordered behavior by a group of people that appears to be caused by hysteria 
B)  A reaction to the harsh and inhumane treatment of the mentally ill during the Middle Ages 
C)  A reference to the increased incidence of schizophrenia seen 16 years after a flu epidemic 
D)  A reaction to hallucinogenic compounds taken as part of religious rituals in ancient Egypt 
A)  An exhibition of disordered behavior by a group of people that appears to be caused by hysteria 
B)  A reaction to the harsh and inhumane treatment of the mentally ill during the Middle Ages 
C)  A reference to the increased incidence of schizophrenia seen 16 years after a flu epidemic 
D)  A reaction to hallucinogenic compounds taken as part of religious rituals in ancient Egypt A

Question 2

The ancestral roots of what we now know as psychoanalysis can be traced back to

Accepted Answer

A)  the study of hypnosis. 
B)  early beliefs in demonology and possession. 
C)  the discovery of the cause of general paresis. 
D)  Dorothea Dix. 
A)  the study of hypnosis. 
B)  early beliefs in demonology and possession. 
C)  the discovery of the cause of general paresis. 
D)  Dorothea Dix. A

Question 3

Which one of the following increased the availability of treatment for the mentally ill in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  Dorothea Dix 
B)  Benjamin Rush 
C)  Emil Kraepelin 
D)  Philippe Pinel 
A)  Dorothea Dix 
B)  Benjamin Rush 
C)  Emil Kraepelin 
D)  Philippe Pinel A

Question 4

Kraepelin is credited with

Accepted Answer

A)  discovering that penicillin was an effective treatment for malaria. 
B)  determining the cause of senile dementia. 
C)  identifying different types of mental disorders. 
D)  writing the first edition of the DSM. 
A)  discovering that penicillin was an effective treatment for malaria. 
B)  determining the cause of senile dementia. 
C)  identifying different types of mental disorders. 
D)  writing the first edition of the DSM.

Question 5

The early asylums

Accepted Answer

A)  were primarily warehouses for the mentally ill. 
B)  were designed to be places of refuge for the mentally ill. 
C)  were designed to treat the mentally ill with physiological treatments, such as bloodletting. 
D)  were similar to the places the early Greeks used for people with mental illness. 
A)  were primarily warehouses for the mentally ill. 
B)  were designed to be places of refuge for the mentally ill. 
C)  were designed to treat the mentally ill with physiological treatments, such as bloodletting. 
D)  were similar to the places the early Greeks used for people with mental illness.

Question 6

During the late nineteenth century, alienists

Accepted Answer

A)  focused on removing evil demons from the psyche. 
B)  employed techniques such as drugging, restraint, and bleeding. 
C)  did not view mental illnesses as treatable. 
D)  incorporated moral management therapy into treatments. 
A)  focused on removing evil demons from the psyche. 
B)  employed techniques such as drugging, restraint, and bleeding. 
C)  did not view mental illnesses as treatable. 
D)  incorporated moral management therapy into treatments.

Question 7

Which of the following approaches to treatment focuses almost exclusively on physical well-being?

Accepted Answer

A)  Moral management 
B)  Mental hygiene 
C)  Humanitarian 
D)  Deinstitutionalization 
A)  Moral management 
B)  Mental hygiene 
C)  Humanitarian 
D)  Deinstitutionalization

Question 8

According to your textbook, which mental disorder received the most attention from early scholars?

Accepted Answer

A)  Phobias 
B)  Depression 
C)  Schizophrenia 
D)  Multiple personality disorder 
A)  Phobias 
B)  Depression 
C)  Schizophrenia 
D)  Multiple personality disorder

Question 9

__________________is the process of moving mental patients from the hospital to the community.

Accepted Answer

Deinstitut

Question 10

In the early nineteenth century, psychiatrists were referred to as

Accepted Answer

A)  alienists. 
B)  lunatics. 
C)  soothsayers. 
D)  purgatists. 
A)  alienists. 
B)  lunatics. 
C)  soothsayers. 
D)  purgatists.

Question 11

The physicians of the Nancy School

Accepted Answer

A)  opposed the use of hypnotism. 
B)  demonstrated the power of suggestion. 
C)  found that hypnotism was not effective in the treatment of any mental illnesses. 
D)  believed that hysteria was the result of brain degeneration. 
A)  opposed the use of hypnotism. 
B)  demonstrated the power of suggestion. 
C)  found that hypnotism was not effective in the treatment of any mental illnesses. 
D)  believed that hysteria was the result of brain degeneration.

Question 12

How did people in the Middle Ages think that possession and mental illness were related?

Accepted Answer

People who experienced physica

Question 13

The moral management treatment

Accepted Answer

A)  focused on the physiological problems that mental patients supposedly had rather than their mental state. 
B)  focused on the symptoms that mental patients had rather than on their moral character. 
C)  focused on warehousing and punishing mental patients, so that they would choose to become well. 
D)  focused on the moral and spiritual development of mental patients rather than their disorder. 
A)  focused on the physiological problems that mental patients supposedly had rather than their mental state. 
B)  focused on the symptoms that mental patients had rather than on their moral character. 
C)  focused on warehousing and punishing mental patients, so that they would choose to become well. 
D)  focused on the moral and spiritual development of mental patients rather than their disorder.

Question 14

According to Hippocrates, mental disorders were part of which three general categories?

Accepted Answer

A)  Schizophrenia, mania, and melancholia. 
B)  Schizophrenia, mania, and phrenitis. 
C)  Melancholia, mania, and phrenitis. 
D)  Melancholia, mania, and anxiety. 
A)  Schizophrenia, mania, and melancholia. 
B)  Schizophrenia, mania, and phrenitis. 
C)  Melancholia, mania, and phrenitis. 
D)  Melancholia, mania, and anxiety.

Question 15

According to early beliefs, what would characterize an individual with an excess of blood?

Accepted Answer

A)  Depression 
B)  Schizophrenia 
C)  Irritability 
D)  Cheerfulness 
A)  Depression 
B)  Schizophrenia 
C)  Irritability 
D)  Cheerfulness

Question 16

Which of the following occurred in the late twentieth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  The establishment of large inpatient facilities for the mentally ill 
B)  A movement of the mentally ill from institutions to the community 
C)  Dramatic increases in the cost of caring for the mentally ill 
D)  The inpatient mentally ill population doubled 
A)  The establishment of large inpatient facilities for the mentally ill 
B)  A movement of the mentally ill from institutions to the community 
C)  Dramatic increases in the cost of caring for the mentally ill 
D)  The inpatient mentally ill population doubled

Question 17

What was moral management? What caused its near abandonment in the second part of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

Moral management was a broad treatment t

Question 18

One of Aristotle's major contributions to psychology was

Accepted Answer

A)  his belief that dreams explained most mental disorders. 
B)  his theory that psychological disorders were due to psychological rather than physical factors. 
C)  his description of personality traits. 
D)  his description of consciousness. 
A)  his belief that dreams explained most mental disorders. 
B)  his theory that psychological disorders were due to psychological rather than physical factors. 
C)  his description of personality traits. 
D)  his description of consciousness.

Question 19

The demise of moral management occurred for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  research showed that it had never been effective. 
B)  the rise of the moral hygiene movement put a focus on patient well-being. 
C)  the rise of biological explanations diminished the importance of the social environment. 
D)  hospital facilities got so large that it was difficult to maintain the staff-patient relationships necessary for moral management. 
A)  research showed that it had never been effective. 
B)  the rise of the moral hygiene movement put a focus on patient well-being. 
C)  the rise of biological explanations diminished the importance of the social environment. 
D)  hospital facilities got so large that it was difficult to maintain the staff-patient relationships necessary for moral management.

Question 20

"Bedlam" in London was one of several hospitals for the mentally ill in different countries that

Accepted Answer

A)  treated the mentally ill with physiological treatments. 
B)  exhibited their patients for profit. 
C)  viewed themselves as religious houses for the demonically possessed. 
D)  allowed patients a lot of freedom. 
A)  treated the mentally ill with physiological treatments. 
B)  exhibited their patients for profit. 
C)  viewed themselves as religious houses for the demonically possessed. 
D)  allowed patients a lot of freedom.

What is "mass madness"?

The ancestral roots of what we now know as psychoanalysis can be traced back to

Which one of the following increased the availability of treatment for the mentally ill in the United States?

Kraepelin is credited with

The early asylums

During the late nineteenth century, alienists

Which of the following approaches to treatment focuses almost exclusively on physical well-being?

According to your textbook, which mental disorder received the most attention from early scholars?

__________________is the process of moving mental patients from the hospital to the community.

In the early nineteenth century, psychiatrists were referred to as

The physicians of the Nancy School

How did people in the Middle Ages think that possession and mental illness were related?

The moral management treatment

According to Hippocrates, mental disorders were part of which three general categories?

According to early beliefs, what would characterize an individual with an excess of blood?

Which of the following occurred in the late twentieth century?

What was moral management? What caused its near abandonment in the second part of the nineteenth century?

One of Aristotle's major contributions to psychology was

The demise of moral management occurred for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

"Bedlam" in London was one of several hospitals for the mentally ill in different countries that

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Exam 2: Historical and Contemporary Views of Abnormal Behavior

What is "mass madness"?

The ancestral roots of what we now know as psychoanalysis can be traced back to

Which one of the following increased the availability of treatment for the mentally ill in the United States?

Kraepelin is credited with

The early asylums

During the late nineteenth century, alienists

Which of the following approaches to treatment focuses almost exclusively on physical well-being?

According to your textbook, which mental disorder received the most attention from early scholars?

__________________is the process of moving mental patients from the hospital to the community.

In the early nineteenth century, psychiatrists were referred to as

The physicians of the Nancy School

How did people in the Middle Ages think that possession and mental illness were related?

The moral management treatment

According to Hippocrates, mental disorders were part of which three general categories?

According to early beliefs, what would characterize an individual with an excess of blood?

Which of the following occurred in the late twentieth century?

What was moral management? What caused its near abandonment in the second part of the nineteenth century?

One of Aristotle's major contributions to psychology was

The demise of moral management occurred for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

"Bedlam" in London was one of several hospitals for the mentally ill in different countries that

Abnormal Psychology: an Overview

Causal Factors and Viewpoints

Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis

Stress and Physical and Mental Health

Panic, Anxiety, and Their Disorders

Mood Disorders and Suicide

Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders

Eating Disorders and Obesity

Personality Disorders

Substance-Related Disorders

Sexual Variants, Abuse, and Dysfunctions

Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders

Neurocognitive Disorders

Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence

Therapy

Contemporary and Legal Issues in Abnormal Psychology

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