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CHAPTER 1
Introduction and Historical Overview
Question Type: Multiple Choice
1. In the case study of Jack, a young man with schizophrenia, how is stigma demonstrated?
a) The landlord tries to charge Jack a higher rent for the apartment.
b) The landlord refuses to rent the apartment to Jack, thinking he might be violent.
c) The landlord will rent to Jack only if Jack agrees to have an in-home aide.
d) The landlord insists on proof that Jack was properly treated and is taking medication.
Answer: b
Section Reference: Psychological Disorders and Stigmas
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Explain the meaning of stigma as it applies to people with psychological disorders.
Bloomcode: Comprehension
2. In the case study of Felicia, who was relentlessly teased for her behavior in elementary school, what led
to an improvement in her life?
a) She received adequate treatment for previously undiagnosed ADHD.
b) She was punished for her problem behaviors and they lessened.
c) She decided that, by force of will and self-control, she would change her behavior.
d) She was labeled as having a disability and expectations for her were lowered.
Answer: a
Section Reference: Psychological Disorders and Stigmas
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Explain the meaning of stigma as it applies to people with psychological disorders.
Bloomcode: Application
3. The field concerned with the nature, development, and treatment of psychological disorders is called
a) psychopathology.
b) neuropathology.
c) neuropsychology.
d) psychophysiology.
Answer: a
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Difficulty: Easy
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Learning Objective: Explain the meaning of stigma as it applies to people with psychological disorders.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
4. Students may have difficulty remaining objective when learning about psychopathology. Which of the
following factors is most likely to interfere with objectivity?
a) students’ own diagnoses
b) fears about psychopathology
c) insecurities about their own stability
d) preconceived notions about psychopathology
Answer: d
Section Reference: Psychological Disorders and Stigmas
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Explain the meaning of stigma as it applies to people with psychological disorders.
Bloomcode: Comprehension
5. Stigmas are best described as
a) knowledge about disorders.
b) negative attitudes or beliefs.
c) personal experiences.
d) discriminatory behaviors.
Answer: b
Section Reference: Psychological Disorders and Stigmas
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Explain the meaning of stigma as it applies to people with psychological disorders.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
6. What does stigma do to the people it is applied to?
a) Stigma creates a protected class so that those people cannot be discriminated against.
b) Stigma characterizes them as different from others in some essential way.
c) Stigma helps encourage them to change their behavior so that they will be accepted.
d) Stigma allows them to be discriminated against without legal recourse.
Answer: b
Section Reference: Psychological Disorders and Stigmas
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Explain the meaning of stigma as it applies to people with psychological disorders.
Bloomcode: Analysis
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7. Which of the following activities is most likely to help reduce stigma?
a) mandating medication for people with mental disorders
b) having the police respond to mental health crisis calls rather than social workers
c) educating the general public about mental disorders
d) returning to the state hospital system for people with mental disorders
Answer: a
Section Reference: Psychological Disorders and Stigmas
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Explain the meaning of stigma as it applies to people with psychological disorders.
Bloomcode: Analysis
8. How does Stephen Hinshaw describe the fight against stigma associated with mental disorders?
a) as an impossible task
b) as something that has finally been accomplished
c) as a fruitless effort to normalize the abnormal
d) as the final frontier for human rights
Answer: d
Section Reference: Psychological Disorders and Stigmas
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Explain the meaning of stigma as it applies to people with psychological disorders.
Bloomcode: Analysis
9. What is Stephen Hinshaw’s position on parents and teachers completing rating scales related to the
behavior of children?
a) Such scales lack the reliability and validity that is needed for screening purposes.
b) Such scales contribute to stigmatization by pathologizing normal childhood behaviors.
c) Such scales are a waste of time since only professionals can accurately rate behavior.
d) Such scales could be useful in prevention and early detection of mental disorders.
Answer: d
Section Reference: Psychological Disorders and Stigmas
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Explain the meaning of stigma as it applies to people with psychological disorders.
Bloomcode: Application
10. Which of the following organizations has a website that is intended to provide a forum where people
with psychological disorders can find support?
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a) Treatment Advocacy Center
b) Mind Freedom International
c) Autism Speaks
d) National Institute on Mental Health
Answer: b
Section Reference: Psychological Disorders and Stigmas
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Explain the meaning of stigma as it applies to people with psychological disorders.
Bloomcode: Comprehension
11. Which of the following describes a characteristic of mental disorders as they are understood in the
text?
a) Mental disorders are statistically uncommon.
b) Mental disorders involve inherently dangerous behavior.
c) Mental disorders have a known neurological basis.
d) Mental disorders involve disability and dysfunction.
Answer: d
Section Reference: Defining Psychological Disorder
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Understand the characteristics that define psychological disorder.
Bloomcode: Analysis
12. Why is defining mental disorder solely on the basis of personal distress problematic?
a) High levels of distress and suffering are normal in modern society.
b) Some mental disorders do not involve personal distress.
c) It ignores the suffering of the family members of disturbed people.
d) It does not apply to physiological disorders.
Answer: b
Section Reference: Defining Psychological Disorder
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Understand the characteristics that define psychological disorder.
Bloomcode: Analysis
13. Who, among the following, is experiencing personal distress that might indicate that they have a
mental disorder?
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a) Jasmine is experiencing personal distress because of the death of her mother.
b) Hubert is experiencing personal distress because he cannot pay his bills.
c) Because of a change in work schedule, Paulette is experiencing personal distress.
d) Larry is experiencing personal distress because his anxiety prevents him from dating.
Answer: d
Section Reference: Defining Psychological Disorder
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Understand the characteristics that define psychological disorder.
Bloomcode: Analysis
14. DSM-5’s definition of mental disorder includes which of the following criteria?
a) The disorder involves clinically significant difficulties in psychological functions.
b) The disorder is a culturally specific reaction to an event.
c) The disorder is the result of deviance or conflict with societal norms.
d) The disorder affects the individual’s internal state but no other aspects of life.
Answer: a
Section Reference: Defining Psychological Disorder
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Understand the characteristics that define psychological disorder.
Bloomcode: Analysis
15. Cindy is an accomplished lawyer who sought psychological help in dealing with the stresses of
balancing work and family responsibilities. Which of the following characteristics of mental disorders
applies best to Cindy?
a) harmful dysfunction
b) violation of social norms
c) personal distress
d) disability
Answer: c
Section Reference: Defining Psychological Disorder
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Understand the characteristics that define psychological disorder.
Bloomcode: Evaluation
16. What does the DSM-5 definition of dysfunction assume?
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a) The brain and behavior are independent of each other.
b) The brain impacts behavior, but behavior does not impact the brain.
c) Behavior impacts the brain, but the brain does not impact behavior.
d) The brain impacts behavior and behavior impacts the brain.
Answer: d
Section Reference: Defining Psychological Disorder
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Understand the characteristics that define psychological disorder.
Bloomcode: Analysis
17. Why was exorcism used on people who demonstrated odd behavior?
a). to restore balance among the humors
b) to punish the individual
c) to cast out evil spirits
d) to remove damaged parts of the brain
Answer: c
Section Reference: Early History of Psychopathology
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Understand how the causes and treatments of psychological disorders have changed
over the course of history.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
18. Hippocrates’ early views on mental health contributed to an enduring emphasis on'
a) natural causes.
b) spirituality.
c) humors.
d) classification.
Answer: a
Section Reference: Early History of Psychopathology
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Understand how the causes and treatments of psychological disorders have changed
over the course of history.
Bloomcode: Analysis
19. Hippocrates suggested which of the following treatments for mental disorders?
a) trephining
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b) flogging
c) prayer and chants by faith healers
d) care in choosing food and drink
Answer: d
Section Reference: Early History of Psychopathology
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Understand how the causes and treatments of psychological disorders have changed
over the course of history.
Bloomcode: Analysis
20. Hippocrates influenced the treatment of mental disorders by
a) distinguishing medicine from religion and magic.
b) debunking the notion that the four humors were related to disorders.
c) reforming mental hospitals.
d) suggesting that mental disorders were divine punishment.
Answer: a
Section Reference: Early History of Psychopathology
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Understand how the causes and treatments of psychological disorders have changed
over the course of history.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
21. During the Dark Ages, what is the best treatment that a person with a mental disorder could hope for?
a) to be cared for by monks in a monastery
b) to be chained in an asylum
c) to be tried and possibly condemned for witchcraft
d) to undergo trephining or some other surgery
Answer: a
Section Reference: Early History of Psychopathology
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Understand how the causes and treatments of psychological disorders have changed
over the course of history.
Bloomcode: Analysis
22. During the 14th century, how did English law treat people with mental disorders?
a) It treated them as criminals.
b) It viewed them as apostates.
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c) It allowed them to be hospitalized.
d) It required them to go to workhouses.
Answer: c
Section Reference: Early History of Psychopathology
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Understand how the causes and treatments of psychological disorders have changed
over the course of history.
Bloomcode: Application
23. In what century were old leprosy hospitals in England first converted into asylums for people with
psychological disorders?
a) 15th century
b) 16th century
c) 17th century
d) 18th century
Answer: a
Section Reference: Early History of Psychopathology
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Understand how the causes and treatments of psychological disorders have changed
over the course of history.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
24. Which treatment did Benjamin Rush favor for people with mental disorders?
a) rest and relaxation
b) crude psychosurgery
c) removing some of the individual’s blood
d) a healthy diet and exercise
Answer: c
Section Reference: Early History of Psychopathology
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Understand how the causes and treatments of psychological disorders have changed
over the course of history.
Bloomcode: Application
25. The word lunacy is associated with a theory espoused by Paracelsus, who attributed odd behavior to
a) the effects of a full moon.
b) drinking witches’ brew.
c) a misalignment of the moon and stars.
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CHAPTER 1
Introduction and Historical Overview
Question Type: Multiple Choice
1. In the case study of Jack, a young man with schizophrenia, how is stigma demonstrated?
a) The landlord tries to charge Jack a higher rent for the apartment.
b) The landlord refuses to rent the apartment to Jack, thinking he might be violent.
c) The landlord will rent to Jack only if Jack agrees to have an in-home aide.
d) The landlord insists on proof that Jack was properly treated and is taking medication.
Answer: b
Section Reference: Psychological Disorders and Stigmas
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Explain the meaning of stigma as it applies to people with psychological disorders.
Bloomcode: Comprehension
2. In the case study of Felicia, who was relentlessly teased for her behavior in elementary school, what led
to an improvement in her life?
a) She received adequate treatment for previously undiagnosed ADHD.
b) She was punished for her problem behaviors and they lessened.
c) She decided that, by force of will and self-control, she would change her behavior.
d) She was labeled as having a disability and expectations for her were lowered.
Answer: a
Section Reference: Psychological Disorders and Stigmas
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Explain the meaning of stigma as it applies to people with psychological disorders.
Bloomcode: Application
3. The field concerned with the nature, development, and treatment of psychological disorders is called
a) psychopathology.
b) neuropathology.
c) neuropsychology.
d) psychophysiology.
Answer: a
Section Reference: Psychological Disorders and Stigmas
Difficulty: Easy
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Learning Objective: Explain the meaning of stigma as it applies to people with psychological disorders.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
4. Students may have difficulty remaining objective when learning about psychopathology. Which of the
following factors is most likely to interfere with objectivity?
a) students’ own diagnoses
b) fears about psychopathology
c) insecurities about their own stability
d) preconceived notions about psychopathology
Answer: d
Section Reference: Psychological Disorders and Stigmas
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Explain the meaning of stigma as it applies to people with psychological disorders.
Bloomcode: Comprehension
5. Stigmas are best described as
a) knowledge about disorders.
b) negative attitudes or beliefs.
c) personal experiences.
d) discriminatory behaviors.
Answer: b
Section Reference: Psychological Disorders and Stigmas
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Explain the meaning of stigma as it applies to people with psychological disorders.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
6. What does stigma do to the people it is applied to?
a) Stigma creates a protected class so that those people cannot be discriminated against.
b) Stigma characterizes them as different from others in some essential way.
c) Stigma helps encourage them to change their behavior so that they will be accepted.
d) Stigma allows them to be discriminated against without legal recourse.
Answer: b
Section Reference: Psychological Disorders and Stigmas
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Explain the meaning of stigma as it applies to people with psychological disorders.
Bloomcode: Analysis
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7. Which of the following activities is most likely to help reduce stigma?
a) mandating medication for people with mental disorders
b) having the police respond to mental health crisis calls rather than social workers
c) educating the general public about mental disorders
d) returning to the state hospital system for people with mental disorders
Answer: a
Section Reference: Psychological Disorders and Stigmas
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Explain the meaning of stigma as it applies to people with psychological disorders.
Bloomcode: Analysis
8. How does Stephen Hinshaw describe the fight against stigma associated with mental disorders?
a) as an impossible task
b) as something that has finally been accomplished
c) as a fruitless effort to normalize the abnormal
d) as the final frontier for human rights
Answer: d
Section Reference: Psychological Disorders and Stigmas
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Explain the meaning of stigma as it applies to people with psychological disorders.
Bloomcode: Analysis
9. What is Stephen Hinshaw’s position on parents and teachers completing rating scales related to the
behavior of children?
a) Such scales lack the reliability and validity that is needed for screening purposes.
b) Such scales contribute to stigmatization by pathologizing normal childhood behaviors.
c) Such scales are a waste of time since only professionals can accurately rate behavior.
d) Such scales could be useful in prevention and early detection of mental disorders.
Answer: d
Section Reference: Psychological Disorders and Stigmas
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Explain the meaning of stigma as it applies to people with psychological disorders.
Bloomcode: Application
10. Which of the following organizations has a website that is intended to provide a forum where people
with psychological disorders can find support?
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a) Treatment Advocacy Center
b) Mind Freedom International
c) Autism Speaks
d) National Institute on Mental Health
Answer: b
Section Reference: Psychological Disorders and Stigmas
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Explain the meaning of stigma as it applies to people with psychological disorders.
Bloomcode: Comprehension
11. Which of the following describes a characteristic of mental disorders as they are understood in the
text?
a) Mental disorders are statistically uncommon.
b) Mental disorders involve inherently dangerous behavior.
c) Mental disorders have a known neurological basis.
d) Mental disorders involve disability and dysfunction.
Answer: d
Section Reference: Defining Psychological Disorder
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Understand the characteristics that define psychological disorder.
Bloomcode: Analysis
12. Why is defining mental disorder solely on the basis of personal distress problematic?
a) High levels of distress and suffering are normal in modern society.
b) Some mental disorders do not involve personal distress.
c) It ignores the suffering of the family members of disturbed people.
d) It does not apply to physiological disorders.
Answer: b
Section Reference: Defining Psychological Disorder
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Understand the characteristics that define psychological disorder.
Bloomcode: Analysis
13. Who, among the following, is experiencing personal distress that might indicate that they have a
mental disorder?
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a) Jasmine is experiencing personal distress because of the death of her mother.
b) Hubert is experiencing personal distress because he cannot pay his bills.
c) Because of a change in work schedule, Paulette is experiencing personal distress.
d) Larry is experiencing personal distress because his anxiety prevents him from dating.
Answer: d
Section Reference: Defining Psychological Disorder
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Understand the characteristics that define psychological disorder.
Bloomcode: Analysis
14. DSM-5’s definition of mental disorder includes which of the following criteria?
a) The disorder involves clinically significant difficulties in psychological functions.
b) The disorder is a culturally specific reaction to an event.
c) The disorder is the result of deviance or conflict with societal norms.
d) The disorder affects the individual’s internal state but no other aspects of life.
Answer: a
Section Reference: Defining Psychological Disorder
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Understand the characteristics that define psychological disorder.
Bloomcode: Analysis
15. Cindy is an accomplished lawyer who sought psychological help in dealing with the stresses of
balancing work and family responsibilities. Which of the following characteristics of mental disorders
applies best to Cindy?
a) harmful dysfunction
b) violation of social norms
c) personal distress
d) disability
Answer: c
Section Reference: Defining Psychological Disorder
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Understand the characteristics that define psychological disorder.
Bloomcode: Evaluation
16. What does the DSM-5 definition of dysfunction assume?
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a) The brain and behavior are independent of each other.
b) The brain impacts behavior, but behavior does not impact the brain.
c) Behavior impacts the brain, but the brain does not impact behavior.
d) The brain impacts behavior and behavior impacts the brain.
Answer: d
Section Reference: Defining Psychological Disorder
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Understand the characteristics that define psychological disorder.
Bloomcode: Analysis
17. Why was exorcism used on people who demonstrated odd behavior?
a). to restore balance among the humors
b) to punish the individual
c) to cast out evil spirits
d) to remove damaged parts of the brain
Answer: c
Section Reference: Early History of Psychopathology
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Understand how the causes and treatments of psychological disorders have changed
over the course of history.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
18. Hippocrates’ early views on mental health contributed to an enduring emphasis on'
a) natural causes.
b) spirituality.
c) humors.
d) classification.
Answer: a
Section Reference: Early History of Psychopathology
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Understand how the causes and treatments of psychological disorders have changed
over the course of history.
Bloomcode: Analysis
19. Hippocrates suggested which of the following treatments for mental disorders?
a) trephining
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b) flogging
c) prayer and chants by faith healers
d) care in choosing food and drink
Answer: d
Section Reference: Early History of Psychopathology
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Understand how the causes and treatments of psychological disorders have changed
over the course of history.
Bloomcode: Analysis
20. Hippocrates influenced the treatment of mental disorders by
a) distinguishing medicine from religion and magic.
b) debunking the notion that the four humors were related to disorders.
c) reforming mental hospitals.
d) suggesting that mental disorders were divine punishment.
Answer: a
Section Reference: Early History of Psychopathology
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Understand how the causes and treatments of psychological disorders have changed
over the course of history.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
21. During the Dark Ages, what is the best treatment that a person with a mental disorder could hope for?
a) to be cared for by monks in a monastery
b) to be chained in an asylum
c) to be tried and possibly condemned for witchcraft
d) to undergo trephining or some other surgery
Answer: a
Section Reference: Early History of Psychopathology
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Understand how the causes and treatments of psychological disorders have changed
over the course of history.
Bloomcode: Analysis
22. During the 14th century, how did English law treat people with mental disorders?
a) It treated them as criminals.
b) It viewed them as apostates.
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c) It allowed them to be hospitalized.
d) It required them to go to workhouses.
Answer: c
Section Reference: Early History of Psychopathology
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Understand how the causes and treatments of psychological disorders have changed
over the course of history.
Bloomcode: Application
23. In what century were old leprosy hospitals in England first converted into asylums for people with
psychological disorders?
a) 15th century
b) 16th century
c) 17th century
d) 18th century
Answer: a
Section Reference: Early History of Psychopathology
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Understand how the causes and treatments of psychological disorders have changed
over the course of history.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
24. Which treatment did Benjamin Rush favor for people with mental disorders?
a) rest and relaxation
b) crude psychosurgery
c) removing some of the individual’s blood
d) a healthy diet and exercise
Answer: c
Section Reference: Early History of Psychopathology
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Understand how the causes and treatments of psychological disorders have changed
over the course of history.
Bloomcode: Application
25. The word lunacy is associated with a theory espoused by Paracelsus, who attributed odd behavior to
a) the effects of a full moon.
b) drinking witches’ brew.
c) a misalignment of the moon and stars.
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