Exam (elaborations) TEST BANK Abnormal Psychology Susan K. Fuhr

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR: PAST AND PRESENT PERSPECTIVES 1. 1 Which facet of your text's definition of "abnormal behavior" is universally Ans. D accepted? Fac a. individual disturbance of behavior or physical functioning p. 4 b. psychological distress or impaired functioning E c. a kind of disturbance that is unexpected in the culture d. None of the above apply. 1. 2 If you were a citizen of ancient Egypt, what would you be most likely to cite Ans. C as the cause of Nelson McGrath's behavior? App a. weakness of character p. 5 b. bodily illness E c. evil d. irrational thoughts & perceptions 1. 3 Evidence from cultures around 3500 to 3000 B. C. suggests that a Ans. D model would have been used to explain abnormal behavior. Fac a. medical p. 5 b. humanistic E c. rationalistic d. demonological 1. 4 How might an early Mesopotamian individual be treated if she or he Ans. C demonstrated bizarre actions, strange speech, and extremely unusual beliefs? App a. bloodletting with leeches p. 5 b. confinement to an asylum M c. trephining d. a special diet to restore bodily imbalances 1. 5 Ancient Chinese and Hebrew civilizations employed several methods in the Ans. B treatment of abnormal individuals. Which approach, however, was NOT Fac common? p. 5 a. exercise and special diet M b. special care in asylums c. faith healing d. concoctions to poison spirits and demons 1. 6 The movie "An American Werewolf in London" reflects a belief in which of Ans. A the following? App a. lycanthropy p. 5 b. hysteria E c. tarantism d. stigmata diaboli 1 1. 7 In your historical review of early approaches to understanding abnormality, to Ans. D whom would you credit the birth of the medical tradition? App a. Roman philosophers p. 5 b. Islamic scholars E c. Egyptian healers d. Greek physicians 1. 8 If you assert that humans are primarily rational beings who gain knowledge Ans. C through reasoning and recollection to discover universal truths, to whom do Con you clearly owe an intellectual debt? p. 5 a. Hippocrates M b. Avicenna * c. Plato d. Descartes 1. 9 Marc considers himself an empirical scientist of psychology, gathering and Ans. C evaluating information from perceptual experiences. Which Greek philosopher Con set forth the intellectual foundation for Marc's perspective? p. 5 a. Plato M b. Hippocrates c. Aristotle d. Galen 1. 10 Which humorous Greek is considered the father of medicine? Ans. B a. Galen Fac b. Hippocrates p. 5 c. Epictetus E d. Aristotle 1. 11 An ancient Greek was diagnosed as suffering from melancholia. This Ans. A individual was probably given a special diet as well as purgatives in order to App treat an imbalance of p. 5 a. black bile. E b. phlegm. c. yellow bile. d. blood. 1. 12 Which of the following descriptive terms would best reflect Hippocrates' Ans. C approach to abnormality? Con a. madness p. 5 b. evil E c. illness d. sinfulness 1. 13 You are Galen's medical assistant. What aspect of human psychology would Ans. D you be studying? App a. rational thinking processes p. 6 b. social behavior M c. intelligence d. temperament 2 1. 14 What sort of intervention would Epictetus most likely recommend for a Ans. A disordered individual? Fac a. a talking cure p. 6 b. laxatives and purgatives E c. prayer and faith healing d. commitment to a restful asylum 1. 15 "It's not what your boyfriend said to you that's upset you; it's the way you Ans. B interpreted his comments that is bothering you. " Which of the following Con philosophers would most heartily agree? p. 6 a. Aristotle M b. Epictetus c. Avicenna d. St. Vitus Stacy is a graduate student in clinical psychology and is learning the tools and techniques of psychotherapy. Her belief that these verbally-based methods will help her future clients is most similar to the view of the treatment of disorders. a. European Middle Ages' b. ancient Hebrews' c. ancient Egyptians' d. classical Greek and Romans' 1. 17 Aaron lives in a feudal society, marked by frequent wars and economic crises. Ans. C He also believes that abnormality is the work of the Devil. What is the most App likely year that Aaron is alive in Western Europe? p. 6 a. 120 B. C. C b. 410A. D. c. 755A. D. d. 1480 A. D. 1. 18 A magical potion made up of eye of newt, heart of a cat, and the ovary of a Ans. C goat killed on a Saturday midnight would probably be offered to a psychotic App person during what historical age? p. 6 a. Renaissance M b. classical Greco-Roman c. early European Middle Ages d. late Islamic Middle Ages The text The Canon of Med