Reading Quiz CH1

Question 1

The scientist-practitioner model maintains that:
* People studying psychology choose in advance whether then intend to be researchers or clinicians (therapists/counselors) and obtain training appropriate to their choice.
* mental health workers should also be training in conducting research to better advance the field
* mental health worker adopt the scientific method to understand the causes and apply treatments to mental disorders.

Answer 1

• mental health worker adopt the scientific method to understand the causes and apply treatments to mental disorders.

Question 2

Experiencing psychological dysfunction OR behavior that is atypical/not culturally expected is sufficient for the diagnosis of a psychological disorder.
* True
* False

Answer 2

• False

Question 3

Juan was admitted to a psychiatric hospital after behaving bizarrely and claiming he heard voices. His family wants to know the anticipated course for his condition. In other words, they are interested the _________.
* incidence
* prognosis
* prevelance
* pathology

Answer 3

• prognosis

Question 4

Current research in the treatments of mental disorders emphasizes
* choosing the treatment approach that studies suggest is most effective regardless of the theoretical background of the treatment
* applying a single theoretical approach to treating all disorders
* treating the symptoms, regardless of the cause of a disorder, is just as effective as eliminating the cause.

Answer 4

• choosing the treatment approach that studies suggest is most effective regardless of the theoretical background of the treatment

Question 5

A therapist uses therapy to help her patients gain insight into their unconscious thoughts and motivations through free association and dream analysis, with the belief that experiencing past unconscious memories and emotions helps treat psychological disorders. What school of therapy does this psychologist use?
* Behaviorism
* Psychoanalytic
* Humanism
* Eclectic

Answer 5

• Psychoanalytic

Question 6

The belief that bizarre behavior was caused by demons, witches, and “possession” is called the
* Biological tradition
* Moral tradition
* Psychological tradition
* Supernatural tradition

Answer 6

• Supernatural tradition

Question 7

Which of the following is definition of psychological disorder, as used by the Diagnosistic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM 5)?
* A set of behaviors that interfere with the individual’s ability function and cause significant distress.
* Behavioral, psychological, or biological dysfunctions that are unexpected in their cultural context and associated with present distress and impairment in functioning, or increased risk of suffering, death, pain, or impairment.
* Biological, psychological, or sociocultural impairment in functioning leading to emotional distress or harm.
* Currently the DSM-5 does not attempt to define psychological disfunction due to subjectivity of the concept.

Answer 7

• Biological, psychological, or sociocultural impairment in functioning leading to emotional distress or harm.

Question 8

Behaviorists focus their therapeutic attention on
* learning history
* reinforcements and punishments that cause behavior
* changing reinforcements to change behavior
* all of the above

Answer 8

• all of the above

Question 9

Increasing sophistication of our scientific tools and new knowledge from cognitive science, behavioral science, and neuroscience has led to the understanding that biological, psychological, and sociocultural influences on behavior all interact to cause mental disorders. This model is called:
* the Integrative Approach
* Eclecticism
* athoretical model
* the Kitchen Sink Approach

Answer 9

• the Integrative Approach

Question 10

Psychopathology is a discipline studied by __________.
* Psychologists
* Psychiatrists
* Psychiatric Social Workers
* Marriage and Family Therapists and Counselors
* All of the above

Answer 10

• All of the above