Chap 01 4e - Kearney
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
1. In East Asian cultures, expressing self-criticism is considered more acceptable than is expressing anger.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
2. Paracelsus introduced the notion of psychic or mental causes for abnormal behavior and proposed a treatment
that would become known as hypnosis.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
3. Psychopathology is a scientific study of how and why people become unique in ways that are potentially
maladaptive.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
4. The main emphasis in the dimensional perspective is on how many symptoms are present.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
5. During the Renaissance, asylums were places set aside for people with mental disorders.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
6. Research has suggested that social, political, and economic forces are completely unrelated to trends in mental
health and disorders.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
7. Problems with the deviation-from-the-norm approach include a risk of an arbitrary cut-off.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
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8. Successfully defining psychopathology involves characterizing thoughts, movements, and intentions.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
9. During the Stone Ages, episodes of mass madness such as tarantism were reported in Europe.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
10. Research suggests that the same causal factors are responsible for anxiety-related symptoms, whether those
symptoms are characterized as mild, moderate, or severe.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
11. The modern approach to psychopathology includes accepting those with a mental disorder as people who need
professional attention.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
12. One disadvantage of the deviation-from-the-norm criterion for mental disorders is that cultures differ in how
they define what is normal.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
13. Social workers study mental problems to see how disorders develop and continue as well as how they can be
prevented or alleviated.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
14. Hippocrates asserted that mental disorders are caused by brain disorders.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
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15. In Europe, treatment during the Middle Ages focused on confinement and exorcism.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
16. A Mind That Found Itself was a highly influential book because it provided the basis for the mental hygiene
movement.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
17. Exorcism involves cutting a hole in a person’s skull to help release a harmful spirit.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
18. Early attempts at treating psychopathology involved a predominant belief in the supernatural.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
19. The humane type of care emphasized during the reform movement was sometimes referred to as moral
treatment.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
20. Your textbook describes normal behavior as behavior that characterizes most people.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
21. Statistical methods would be used to assess psychopathology based on the criterion of survival of the fittest.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
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22. Experts view the normalcy of emotions, thoughts, or behaviors as a matter of degree.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
23. Addressing emerging problems while they are still manageable and before they become resistant to intervention
describes tertiary prevention.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
24. According to your text, a maladaptive behavior is one that interferes with a person’s life, including the ability to
care for oneself, to have good relationships with others, and to function well at school or at work.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
25. A person’s overall mood is also known as their emotional state.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
26. Throughout ancient Greece and Rome, physicians emphasized which approach to learning about the causes of
psychopathology?
a. theoretical
b. spiritual
c. scientific
d. theological
ANSWER: c
27. When mental health professionals say that behaviors exist on a continuum, they are describing
a. the possible magnitude of a potential problem behavior.
b. how they believe a disorder developed.
c. how many similar behaviors exist in a population.
d. the extent to which nature and nurture affect the behavior.
ANSWER: a
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
1. In East Asian cultures, expressing self-criticism is considered more acceptable than is expressing anger.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
2. Paracelsus introduced the notion of psychic or mental causes for abnormal behavior and proposed a treatment
that would become known as hypnosis.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
3. Psychopathology is a scientific study of how and why people become unique in ways that are potentially
maladaptive.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
4. The main emphasis in the dimensional perspective is on how many symptoms are present.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
5. During the Renaissance, asylums were places set aside for people with mental disorders.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
6. Research has suggested that social, political, and economic forces are completely unrelated to trends in mental
health and disorders.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
7. Problems with the deviation-from-the-norm approach include a risk of an arbitrary cut-off.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
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8. Successfully defining psychopathology involves characterizing thoughts, movements, and intentions.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
9. During the Stone Ages, episodes of mass madness such as tarantism were reported in Europe.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
10. Research suggests that the same causal factors are responsible for anxiety-related symptoms, whether those
symptoms are characterized as mild, moderate, or severe.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
11. The modern approach to psychopathology includes accepting those with a mental disorder as people who need
professional attention.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
12. One disadvantage of the deviation-from-the-norm criterion for mental disorders is that cultures differ in how
they define what is normal.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
13. Social workers study mental problems to see how disorders develop and continue as well as how they can be
prevented or alleviated.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
14. Hippocrates asserted that mental disorders are caused by brain disorders.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
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Chap 01 4e - Kearney
15. In Europe, treatment during the Middle Ages focused on confinement and exorcism.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
16. A Mind That Found Itself was a highly influential book because it provided the basis for the mental hygiene
movement.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
17. Exorcism involves cutting a hole in a person’s skull to help release a harmful spirit.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
18. Early attempts at treating psychopathology involved a predominant belief in the supernatural.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
19. The humane type of care emphasized during the reform movement was sometimes referred to as moral
treatment.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
20. Your textbook describes normal behavior as behavior that characterizes most people.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
21. Statistical methods would be used to assess psychopathology based on the criterion of survival of the fittest.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
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22. Experts view the normalcy of emotions, thoughts, or behaviors as a matter of degree.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
23. Addressing emerging problems while they are still manageable and before they become resistant to intervention
describes tertiary prevention.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
24. According to your text, a maladaptive behavior is one that interferes with a person’s life, including the ability to
care for oneself, to have good relationships with others, and to function well at school or at work.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
25. A person’s overall mood is also known as their emotional state.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
26. Throughout ancient Greece and Rome, physicians emphasized which approach to learning about the causes of
psychopathology?
a. theoretical
b. spiritual
c. scientific
d. theological
ANSWER: c
27. When mental health professionals say that behaviors exist on a continuum, they are describing
a. the possible magnitude of a potential problem behavior.
b. how they believe a disorder developed.
c. how many similar behaviors exist in a population.
d. the extent to which nature and nurture affect the behavior.
ANSWER: a
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