Chapter One: Quiz

CHAPTER ONE: QUIZ

1. What was not thought to be a basis for mental illness in ancient China?

A. Demonic possession B. Trauma C. Yin and Yang imbalances D. Imbalances of the four humors

2. The most common theories on mental illness in ancient and Middle Ages times were based on what causative factor of these diseases?

A. Spiritual or religious issues B. Poor diet C. Psychological stressors D. Heredity

3. Which therapy for mental illness was popularized in the 1940s and 1950s but is no longer in use today?

A. Psychotropic medications B. Electroshock therapy C. Frontal lobotomy D. Psychoanalysis

4. What treatment strategy for treating mental illness is used most prominently today?

A. Psychotropics B. Electroshock therapy C. Psychoanalysis D. Insulin coma

5. Psychoanalysis was first developed at the turn of twentieth century. What was not a feature of this therapy concept?

A. Repressed sexual desires B. Subconsciousness represented in dreams C. Psychosexual developmental levels D. Behavioral modification of abnormal behaviors

6. Which method of classifying mental diseases was first used in the US?

A. Medical 203 B. US Census C. International Classification of Diseases D. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual I

7. What is the main issue that makes the DSM a controversial book for psychiatrists, psychologists, and patients?

A. It is not reliable diagnostically. B. It makes no distinction about severity. C. It results in overdiagnoses. D. It is culturally biased.

8. Which paradigm in psychology has some of its thinking based on the functional MRI scan as part of diagnostic testing?

A. Humanistic B. Behavioristic C. Biologic D. Psychodynamic

9. What is not true about cultural influences on mental health treatment?

A. Some cultures avoid treatment until the symptoms are severe. B. Cultures are not much different in the stigmatization of mental illness. C. Some cultures prefer primary care providers or natural healers to treat their mental disorder. D. Discrimination is a factor in receiving adequate mental health services.

10. What is a true statement about treatment preferences among different ethnic and racial groups?

A. Asians tend to express themselves emotionally to a greater degree so they seek mental health services more readily. B. African Americans are more likely to choose medications for the management of their mental symptoms. C. African Americans do not involve their families in their mental health

treatment. D. Most ethnic groups will prefer a mental health provider of their own race or ethnic group.