Chapter 2 Quiz

Question 1

London’s Bethlem (Bedlam) Hospital was most famous for its humane treatment of the mentally ill

a. True
b. False

Answer 1

b. False

Question 2

Prior to the 19th century, hospitals for individuals suffering from madness were more ___ than ___

a. medicinal, customary
b. custodial, medical
c. medical, custodial
d. customary, medical

Answer 2

b. custodial, medical

Question 3

The rise of psychiatry and psychiatrists in the 19th century is closely linked to the emergence of ___

a. psychiatric outpatient departments
b. psychopharmaceuticals
c. asylums
d. psychiatric inpatient wards

Answer 3

c. asylums

Question 4

In the 18th century, the term ________ was used to describe any form of human behaviour that was perceived to be bizarre, dangerous or irrational.

a. crazy
b. mental illness
c. mental deficits
d. madness

Answer 4

d. madness

Question 5

________ is the process whereby human problems or conditions become understood as problems best treated by medical professionals.

a. medicalization
b. medical conditioning
c. medical conceptualization
d. medication

Answer 5

a. medicalization

Question 6

Psychoanalysis is a treatment system and philosophy whose origins are associated with ________.

a. Erik Erikson
b. Thomas Szasz
c. Sigmund Freud
d. Emil Kraepelin

Answer 6

c. Sigmund Freud

Question 7

________ refers to the practice of puncturing the skull with holes to rectify madness.

a. treponema
b. trepidation
c. trespassing
d. trepanning

Answer 7

d. trepanning

Question 8

Both Metrazol and insulin shock therapies utilized chemically-induced comas, rather than electric currents.

a. True
b. False

Answer 8

a. True

Question 9

________ is a surgical procedure involving the severing of the prefrontal cortex from the brain.

a. drilling
b. trepanning
c. dredging
d. lobotomy

Answer 9

d. lobotomy

Question 10

_______ refers to the process that witnessed the closing of many large, state-run hospitals in favour of community-based treatments.

a. demedicalization
b. community-based mental health
c. asylum disintegration
d. deinstitutionalization

Answer 10

d. deinstitutionalization

Question 11

According to the eugenics movement, mental illness was a hereditary disorder that could be efficiently addressed through ________.

a. institutionalization and sterilization
b. abortion and birth control
c. abortion and deinstitutionalization
d. birth control and sterilization

Answer 11

a. institutionalization and sterilization

Question 12

All of the following were procedures used to treat madness in the 18th century, except ________.

a. trepanning
b. beatings
c. counter-spells
d. psychoanalysis

Answer 12

d. psychoanalysis

Question 13

The shift from a religious to a scientific explanation of madness, and the subsequent redefinition of madness as mental illness, was precipitated by all of the following, except ________.

a. The scientific revolution
b. “enlightenment”
c. urbanization
d. deinstitutionalization

Answer 13

d. deinstitutionalization