Question 1

Dr.Sebasatian has been working with a group of extremely disturbed individuals.He believes that he has discovered a new mental disorder.Which of the following should NOT affect how he decides to label these new patients?

Accepted Answer

Will the label describe the behaviors he observed?

Question 2

__________ is an eating disorder marked by recurring patterns of bingeing and purging.

Accepted Answer

Bulimia nervosa

Question 3

Gary is a 25-year-old male who lives with his parents.Most days he sits around watching television or playing video games on-line with his friends.Which criterion of mental disorders is he exhibiting?

Accepted Answer

Impairment

Question 4

A key idea in the discussion on the universality versus diversity in psychiatric diagnoses was that

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many psychiatric disorders are similar across cultures.

Question 5

Jenny's son received his mumps,measles,and rubella vaccine approximately 6 months ago.Shortly after his 2nd birthday,she noted that he is showing many of the classic signs of autism.Her belief that the vaccine caused his autism is

Accepted Answer

an example of illusory correlation.

Question 6

Haley comes into work everyday.She is attractive and well-dressed.In fact,she appears quite normal.However,she may be considered abnormal if she experiences

Accepted Answer

subjective distress.

Question 7

What cultural malady might Freud attribute to unresolved issues of the phallic stage?

Accepted Answer

Koro

Question 8

Nakarra has just been diagnosed with anorexia nervosa.In what area will the label be the LEAST informative for psychologists?

Accepted Answer

In terms of the ability to identify the causes of her behavior

Question 9

You just read in the papers that the crime rate in your community rose nearly 450 percent over the last 2 years.What is the most likely explanation for such a dramatic increase?

Accepted Answer

A change in the way crime rate was assessed

Question 10

The suggestion that abnormal behavior is the result of physical illness describes the

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medical model.

Question 11

Which of the following might be a treatment for mental disorders following the medical model?

Accepted Answer

The use of leeches

Question 12

Dr.Brown has been invited to speak at a prestigious psychological conference on the topic of autism.He will talk on the current scientific knowledge regarding this disorder.What is a key point you would expect him to make based on the authors' discussion of the disorder in the chapter?

Accepted Answer

The apparent surge in autism diagnoses is linked to important changes in the diagnostic criteria.

Question 13

Jessica just found out that her boyfriend has been diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder.As he is about to enter her apartment,he takes off his shoes.She interprets that as evidence for his condition.Who would promote this assumption?

Accepted Answer

Labeling theorist

Question 14

What psychiatrist has claimed that "mental illness is a myth" and that the labels used to identify the various forms of mental illness are nothing more than a means of social control?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Szasz

Question 15

The prevalence of a disorder refers to

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the percentage of persons who exhibit the symptoms of a particular disorder.

Question 16

During the 1960s and 1970s,the government developed a policy of __________,which released psychiatric patients and closed mental hospitals.

Accepted Answer

deinstitutionalization

Question 17

The medical model suggests that

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mental illnesses are caused by biological factors.

Question 18

Fred and George have both been diagnosed as bipolar.When Fred is in a manic episode,he paints incredible scenes of death and destruction.When George is in a manic episode,he shops until his credit cards have reached their limit.What do the differences in their behavior reflect?

Accepted Answer

Family resemblance view of mental disorders

Question 19

Which is NOT a culture-bound syndrome?

Accepted Answer

Schizophrenia

Question 20

__________ are scholars who argue that psychiatric diagnoses exert powerful negative effects on people's perceptions and behaviors.

Accepted Answer

Labeling theorists

Quiz 13: Psychological Disorders