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1. Question: Philippe Pinel was instrumental in the moral treatment of people with mental illness in
2. Question: Historically, which three types of theories have been used to define abnormal behavior?
3. Question: When determining abnormality, behaviors, thoughts, and are
4. Question: The study of abnormal psychology is the study of people who suffer mental, emotional, and often physical pain. This is also referred to as
5. Question: Which individual argued that hysteria was caused by degeneration in the brain?
6. Question: Which of the following statements about Dorothea Dix is true?
7. Question: In addition to treating anxiety, benzodiazepines are commonly used to help people
8. Question: Sandy was born with a flat face, a small nose, protruding lips and tongue, and slanting eyes. These features were a result of chromosome 21 being present in triplicate. Sandy was most likely born with
9. Question: Martha was distraught when she discovered her husband had been involved with another woman and had a child with the other She constantly tries to understand why her husband cheated on her, thinking thoughts such as “I’m so stupid for not realizing what was going on,” and, “I should have been more attentive to his needs.” Which type of cognition is Martha most likely exhibiting?
10. Question: Studies have suggested that the presence of at least one short allele on the serotonin transporter gene may increase an individual’s chance of developing
11. Question: A major class of anxiety-reducing drugs, , appears to reduce the symptoms of anxiety without interfering substantially with an individual’s ability to function in daily life. The most frequent use of these drugs is as sleeping pills.
12. Question: Which of the following statements is true about the different drug therapies?
13. Question: Which of the following is not true about using benzodiazepines for the treatment of anxiety?
14. Question: The set of symptoms of a diagnosis that tend to occur together is called a(n)
15. Question: Mark takes a test to measure his general level of anxiety. After taking the test, Mark realizes that the test contains questions only on the physical symptoms of anxiety and no questions on the cognitive symptoms, which are equally important aspects of the phenomenon of anxiety. In this case, the test appears to lack
16. Question: In a mental status exam, when a clinician takes note of how coherently and quickly a client speaks, the clinician is primarily assessing the client’s
17. Question: Assessment is inherently a process of pieces of information about an
18. Question: Jason was taking a test to measure his general level of When he glanced over the test, the questions seemed as though they were related to his problem. In this scenario, the test most likely had validity.
19. Question: The process of gathering information about an individual’s symptoms and the possible causes of these symptoms is referred to as
20. Question: After assessing her patient, Dr. Juarez wrote in her notes, “Mr. Marshall is a depressed and anxious ” This statement is an example of