MIDTERM EXAM Flashcards
(10 cards)
A male college student begins feeling sad and lonely. Although still able to attend classes and work at his job, he finds himself feeling down much of the time and worries about what is happening to him. Which part of the definition of abnormality applies to his situation?
A.) Personal distress
B.) Cultural factors
C.) Impaired functioning
D.) Violation of societal norms
A.) Personal distress
Which of the following degrees is earned by a psychiatrist?
A.) Ph. D.
B.) Ed. D.
C.) M.D.
D.) Psy.D.
C.) M.D
A psychiatrist is a medical doctor (an M.D. or D.O.) who specializes in mental health, including substance use disorders. Psychiatrists are qualified to assess both the mental and physical aspects of psychological problems.
The scientific study of psychological disorders is called
A.) Psychoanalysis
B.) Psychopathology
C.) Pseudoscience
D.) Parapsychology
B.) Psychopathology
After college graduation, two of your friends are interested in careers in the helping professions. Anna wants to become a psychiatrist. Carl plans on becoming a psychologist. Since you are taking a course in abnormal psychology, they ask you for career advice. You would tell.
A.) Anna to apply to medical school and Carl to study psychology at the graduate level
B.) Carl to apply to medical school and Anna to study psychology at the graduate level
C.) Both of them to apply to medical school
D.) Both of them to apply to graduate school
A.) Anna to apply to medical school and Carl to study psychology at the graduate level
As used by clinical psychologists, the term “presenting problem” is used to indicate problems that
A.) The patient thinks is most severe
B) First brought the individual to therapy
C.) The therapist thinks is most severe
D.) has lasted longest amount of time
B) First brought the individual to therapy
In an attempt to rid the body of the excessive humors thought to cause psychological disorders, physicians throughout history have used treatments such as
A.) Bloodletting
B.) Induced seizures
C.) Exorcism
D.) Drilling through the skull
A.) Bloodletting
The first significant supporting evidence for the biological cause of a mental disorder in the 19th century is
A.) Malaria
B.) Syphilis
C.) Alzheimer’s disease
D.) Parkinson’s disease
C.) Alzheimer’s disease
Moral therapy declined as a treatment for mentally ill patients because
A.) The number of patients in mental institutions also declined.
B.) The number of people available to staff the mental hospital patients
C. New biological-based treatment became available
D. There was an increase in mental hospital patients
D. There was an increase in mental hospital patients
The historical belief that the movement and/or positions of the moon, the stars, and the planets influence human behavior is
A.) Graphology
B.) Parapsychology
C.) Astrology
D. Astronomy
C.) Astrology
