Lesson 1 (abnormal psychology)

Question 1

Prominence of mental health treatments in the United States during the twentieth century and beyond

Answer 1

psychoanalytic, biological, cognitive, sociocultural

Question 2

Which of the following depressed people would be the least likely to be diagnosed with a mental disorder-because of the specific circumstances?
A. someone whose community was destroyed by a tornado
B.someone whose mother was depressed
C.someone who was experiencing a chemical brain imbalance
D.someone who was also an alcoholic

Answer 2

A. someone whose community was destroyed by a tornado

Question 3

Which of the following statements would offer the LEAST support for the somatogenic view of abnormal behavior?
A. Most people with depression are helped with medication
B. People with Lyme disease often have psychological symptoms
C. Alcoholism tends to run in families
D. Hypnotism has helped people giving up smoking

Answer 3

D. Hypnotism has helped people giving up smoking

Question 4

College students who drink so much that it interferes with their lives, health, and academic careers are often not diagnosed as engaging in abnormal behavior because

Answer 4

drinking is considered part of college culture

Question 5

Psychoanalysis was developed as a form of

Answer 5

outpatient therapy

Question 6

One major difference between psychiatrists and clinical psychologists is the psychiatrists

Answer 6

went to medical school

Question 7

the history, values, institution, technology, and arts of society make up that society’s

Answer 7

culture

Question 8

Johann Weyer, considered to be the founder of the modern study of psychopathology, was a physician in the ___’s.

Answer 8

1500s

Question 9

A speciality that presently has the largest number of practitioners is

Answer 9

psychiatric social work

Question 10

Mesmer became famous-or infamous- for his work with patients suffering from bodily problems with no physical basis. His patients’ disorders are termed ___.

Answer 10

hysterical