EARLY VIEWS Flashcards
traditionally, mental disorders were treated as diseases caused primarily by what?
A) psychosocial factors
B) biological factors
C) sociocultural factors
D) biopsychosocial factors
B) biological factors
who was largely responsible for the shift of the under-standing of mental disorders from the work of supernatural forces to problems in the human body
A) Edwin Smith
B) Hippocrates
C) Plato
D) Galen
B) Hippocrates
who classified all mental disorders into three
general categories—mania, melancholia, and phrenitis (brain fever)—and gave detailed clinical descriptions of the specific disorders included in each category
A) Edwin Smith
B) Hippocrates
C) Plato
D) Galen
B) Hippocrates
studied individuals with mental disturbances who had committed criminal acts and how to deal with them
A) Edwin Smith
B) Hippocrates
C) Plato
D) Galen
C) Plato
who viewed psychological phenomena as responses of the whole organism, reflecting its internal state and natural appetites
A) Edwin Smith
B) Hippocrates
C) Plato
D) Galen
C) Plato
_______ is credited with paving the way for the modern view of psychiatry. His classification schema is still cited today in contemporary writings as seminal in the evolu-tion of diagnostic classification systems. He also identified manic depression as a major category of depression
A) Pinel
B) Kraepelin
C) Weyer
D) Hildegard
B) Kraepelin
who made original contributions concerning the anatomy of the nervous system based on dissections of animals
A) Edwin Smith
B) Hippocrates
C) Plato
D) Galen
D) Galen
who took a scientific approach to the field, dividing the causes of psychological disorders into physical and mental categories
A) Aristotle
B) Hippocrates
C) Plato
D) Galen
D) Galen
the doctrine of the four humors was seen as the best known earlier paradigm for explaining personality. Elements of the material world combined to form four essential bodily fluids, which were then combined in different proportions within different individuals and a persons temperament was determined by what?
A) the combination of humors
B) the dominant humor
C) the dominant fluid
D) the phlegmatic humor
B) the dominant humor
who emphasized the importance of individual differences in intellectual and other abilities and took into account sociocultural influences in shaping thinking and behavior
A) Aristotle
B) Hippocrates
C) Plato
D) Galen
C) Plato
this person held the view that “thinking” as directed would eliminate pain and help attain pleasure
A) Aristotle
B) Hippocrates
C) Plato
D) Galen
A) Aristotle
where was one of the earliest developed civilizations in which medicine and attention to mental disorders introduced
A) Japan
B) England
C) India
D) China
D) china
The emergence of humanism brought about changes in all of the following EXCEPT
A) scientific questioning.
B) an increase in the belief in supernatural causes of behavior.
C) fewer superstitious beliefs about demonic possession.
D) more humane treatment.
B) an increase in the belief in supernatural causes of behavior.
During the latter part of the Middle Ages and the early Renaissance, scientific questioning reemerged and a movement emphasizing the importance of specifically human interests and concerns began, a movement that can be loosely referred to as _________
A) psychodynamic perspective
B) self actualisation
C) behavioural therapy
D) humanism
D) humanism
what was the purpose of early asylums?
A) B) to remove from the community troublesome individuals who could not care for themselves
B) to remove from the community troublesome individuals who could not care for themselves
C) To provide exorcisms
D) To offer biological approaches to the treatment of mental disorders
B) to remove from the community troublesome individuals who could not care for themselves.
