chapter 1 quiz 1 studyguide

Question 1

Which mental illness is identified as “a major contributor to the global burden of disease” by the National
Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)?

Answer 1

Depression

Question 2

Which of the following terms refers to the scientific study of people who are atypical or unusual, with the
intent to be able to reliably predict, explain, diagnose, identify the causes of, and treat maladaptive
behavior?

Answer 2

a. Abnormal psychology

b. Psychopathology

Question 3

Stacy’s daughter has recently been diagnosed with severe MDD and GAD. Stacy hasn’t told anyone about
her daughter’s diagnosis out of fear that others will judge or reject her because of her daughter’s
condition, or even blame her for it. This is an example of:

Answer 3

Courtesy stigma

Question 4

The leader of the moral treatment movement was ______ who advocated for more respect, moral
guidance, and humane treatment of individuals will mental illness.

Answer 4

Phillipe Pinel

Question 5

What are the three forms of stigma?

Answer 5

Public stigma, label avoidance and self-stigma

Question 6

What is point prevalence?

Answer 6

The percentage of a population that has the disorder at a specific point in time.

Question 7

Which of the following are examples of group hysteria or mass madness seen during the middle ages?

Answer 7

a. Lycanthropy

c. Tarantism

Question 8

. _________ ________ is when an individual chooses to avoid or stop seeking or receiving care in order to
avoid harmful, belittling, and/or discriminatory labels.

Answer 8

c. Label avoidance

Question 9

. __________ indicates the percentage of a population that has a disorder at any point during a given
period of time, typically the past year.

Answer 9

c. Period prevalence

Question 10

. At which of Freud’s psychosexual stages does neither sex pay attention to the opposite sex?

Answer 10

c. Latency stage

Question 11

11. Which of the following is NOT a defense mechanism?

Answer 11

a. Transference

Question 12

Which of the following is a form of stigma?

Answer 12

a. Public stigma
b. Label avoidance
c. Self-stigma
d. Courtesy stigma
e. All of the above

E IS THE ANSWER

Question 13

Tristan is diagnosed with ADHD and panic disorder. This is an example of _______.

Answer 13

e. Comorbidity

Question 14

14. An employer at Costco is interviewing Josh, who has been diagnosed with a personality disorder. Josh is
    well-rounded, hard-working, and kind, but the employer is worried about hiring Josh after he disclosed his
    disorder to them. The employer ultimately does not hire Josh due to their concerns about his disorder.
    Which form of stigma is this?

Answer 14

b. Public stigma

Question 15

Andrew has anxiety and hasn’t been able to leave the house lately. He tells himself, “why try to go
outside? I am not normal enough to be around other people.” Andrew’s thoughts are an example of
which type of stigma?

Answer 15

d. Self-stigma

Question 16

Which of the following mental health professionals have the appropriate training to prescribe
medications?

Answer 16

Psychiatrist

Psychiatric Nurse Practioner

Question 17

If a person refuses to believe that they have a terminal illness even after the doctor has given them a
diagnosis, which kind of defense mechanism are they using?

Answer 17

Denial

Question 18

Which stage of Freud’s psychosexual stages of personality development involves fixation with the
opposite gender parent, also known as the Oedipus/Electra complex?

Answer 18

d. Phallic stage

Question 19

What percentage of youth in state and local juvenile justice systems have at least one mental disorder?

Answer 19

70%

Question 20

_______ refers to when an individual’s condition leaves them unable to function socially, occupationally,
or in other important aspects of their everyday life

Answer 20

Impairment

Question 21

What is psychiatric or mental health epidemiology?

Answer 21

The study of the frequency of occurrence of mental disorders in a population.

Question 22

Psychological dysfunction refers to a breakdown in which of the following?

Answer 22

b. Cognition, emotion, and/or behavior

Question 23

What was the name of the method developed by Josef Breuer (1842-1925), which utilizes hypnotism to
enable patients to speak about previously upsetting experiences to free patients from their symptoms of
hysteria?

Answer 23

Cathartic method

Question 24

4. Which defense mechanism involves avoiding emotion by instead turning attention towards rational and
   practical aspects of the situation?

Answer 24

Intellectualization

Question 25

. If a man is dancing in the streets in the middle of the day, he is exhibiting signs of:

Answer 25

Deviance

Question 26

Amanda lost her husband of 15 years. She spends her days suffering and crying herself to sleep every

night. She has not been attending any social functions for weeks and does not maintain her personal
hygiene. What is Amanda experiencing?

Answer 26

a. Distress

b. Impairment

Question 27

Which defense mechanism defined below matches the definition of reaction formation?

Answer 27

When an impulse is repressed and then expressed by its opposite.

Question 28

Which defense mechanism subverts an individual’s socially unacceptable desires with socially acceptable
behavior to deal with a problem?

Answer 28

Sublimation

Question 29

What is the definition of etiology?

Answer 29

The cause(s) of a disorder

Question 30

Which of the following mental health professions can a person pursue with only a Bachelor of Science
(B.S.)?

Answer 30

d. Drug Abuse and/or Alcohol Counselor

Question 31

An example of the defense mechanism displacement is __________

Answer 31

Taking out your frustration with your boss on your partner and kids when you get home from
work

Question 32

. Mesmerism is ____

Answer 32

c. An early form of hypnosis

Question 33

What are naming systems called, such as ones that help professionals structure the understanding of
mental disorders in a meaningful way?

Answer 33

Nomenclature

Question 34

Which psychologist believed magnetism was the cure to mental illness and put his patients into a
trancelike state?

Answer 34

Anton Mesmer

Question 35

. Which technique was used to create an opening in the skull to release evil spirits in prehistoric times?

Answer 35

Trephination

Question 36

A person who is unable to experience pleasure has a breakdown in which quality of dysfunction?

Answer 36

. Emotion

Question 37

Which statement most accurately describes lycanthropy?

Answer 37

The idea that an individual is being possessed by wolves or other animals.

Question 38

According to Freud, the personality has three parts. Which part of the personality did he believe
attempted to mediate desires against the demands of reality?

Answer 38

Ego

Question 39

Which term describes the anticipated course a mental disorder will take?

Answer 39

Prognosis

Question 40

Ally has migraines that come and go. For the past year, she has been getting migraines unpredictably and
for alternating periods of time. What course pattern would be classified for Ally’s migraines?

Answer 40

Episodic

Question 41

Who instigated the mental hygiene movement in 1841?

Answer 41

Dorothea Dix

Question 42

According to Hippocrates, black bile originated from which organ?

Answer 42

The spleen

Question 43

Which of the following is the correct order of Freud’s psychosexual stages of personality development?

Answer 43

Oral Stage, Anal Stage, Phallic Stage, Latency Stage, Genital Stage

Question 44

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in
the U.S. What percentage of those that have committed suicide had an underlying mental illness?

Answer 44

90%

Question 45

Which of the following is not a component of psychological disorders as defined by the DSM 5?

Answer 45

Disgrace

Question 46

During what period did patients begin to be treated more humane?

Answer 46

The 18th-19th Century

Question 47

How did Roman physicians such as Asclepiades treat mental disorders?

Answer 47

Massages, warm baths, and by practicing the concept contrariis contrarius (“opposite by
opposite”)

Question 48

Who said that the mentally ill should not face punishment because they were not responsible for their
actions?

Answer 48

Plato

Question 49

Who among the following would be affected by courtesy stigma?

Answer 49

Parent(s) of the person with the disorder

A friend or significant other of the person with the disorder