Deck 3: Human Services in Historical Perspective

Question 1

As a result of the Industrial Revolution, the vast majority of poor people found themselves well provided with the necessities of life.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The Works Progress Administration, the Civilian Conservation Corps, and Aid to Dependent Children were established during the administration of:

A)President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
B)President John Kennedy
C)President Lyndon Johnson
D)Pope Innocent III
E)President Herbert Hoover

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Deinstitutionalization was implemented more because of financial concerns than for treatment reasons.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

In 1772, Phillipe Pinel, the French physician:

A)wrote a famous document predicting world overpopulation
B)was executed for torturing mental patients
C)invented a technique for torturing mental patients
D)humanized an asylum in Paris by removing the chains from patients and provided adequate food and clothing.
E)became the first Prime Minister of France who helped close down all ill-run state hospitals.

Question 5

According to the textbook, which decade has been widely referred to as the 'third mental health revolution"?

A)1980s
B)1970s
C)1960s
D)1930s
E)none of the above

Question 6

The word asylum refers to a place of refuge that provides protection, shelter, and security.

Question 7

The Englishman Herbert Spencer was primarily responsible for developing the ideas which became known as "Social Darwinism."

Question 8

Throughout the Middle Ages, a major power struggle existed between the Church and the Military.

Question 9

Monasteries often served as sanctuaries, refuges, and places of treatment for the mentally ill.

Question 10

The concept of laissez-faire economy was developed by:

A)Herbert Spencer.
B)Charles Darwin.
C)Adam Smith.
D)Jane Addams.
E)Dorothea Dix.

Question 11

One of the earliest public asylums and the one most typical of the overall character of these institutions was St.Mary's of Bethlehem.

Question 12

Trephining is:

A)a primitive medical treatment
B)a hole cut from the skull allowing evil spirits a route to escape.
C)the process of electrifying the cerebral cortex of the brain.
D)both (a) and (b) are correct
E)none of the above

Question 13

Animism is:

A)an early medical treatment.
B)the belief that spirits inhabit inanimate objects such as rocks, trees, or rivers.
C)the state religion of early Greek civilization.
D)the belief that diseases are caused by organic or physical problems.

Question 14

The Community Mental Health Act was signed into law during the administration of Franklin D.Roosevelt.

Question 15

Sigmund Freud worked directly in large psychiatric institutions and treated many of the inmates.

Question 16

No single description would adequately encompass the diversity of roles in generalist human service workers.

Question 17

The Elizabethan Poor Law established a system that provided direct cash payments and good jobs to the poor.

Question 18

The Settlement House Movement was primarily a drug rehabilitation program.

Question 19

The Inquisition was:

A)a religious tribunal established under Pope Innocent III.
B)given the responsibility to punish crimes associated with witchcraft.
C)often seen as administering cruel and harsh punishments.
D)all of the above
E)none of the above

Question 20

During the Middle Ages, those individuals deemed illegitimately unfit for work came to be known as the unworthy poor.

Question 21

During the 1500's, under Henry VIII of England, the government formally took over the human services functions formerly provided by the Church.

Question 22

The great diversity of cultural backgrounds existing in our society has caused a reexamination of the role of Western and non-western treatment strategies.

Question 23

The paraprofessional or generalist human services worker movement resulted in a renewed interest in environmental factors as opposed to intrapsychic factors in causing maladaptive behaviors.

Question 24

The paraprofessional or generalist human services worker movement initiated a reexamination of professional roles.

Question 25

The early Greek physician, Hippocrates (460-377 B.C.) believed that supernatural spirits were the chief cause of human disease.

Question 26

The Industrial Revolution brought about a new social philosophy known as "survival of the strong".

Question 27

Current population trends indicate a decrease in the rate of immigration into the United States

Question 28

The term "graying of America" suggests:

A)a population trend of increased inter-racial marriages.
B)the growing population of people in our society 65 years and older.
C)environmental depletion of the ozone layer of the atmosphere. $\bar{x}$ the rise of extremist hate groups
D)none of the above

Question 29

Historically, human services have been focused on client populations in need of basic services such as food or shelter.

Question 30

The settlement house movement was a reflection of early human services philosophy.