Psyc 435 - Ch. 2: Historical And Contemporary Views Of Abnorma Psychology Updated Actual Questions And Correct Answers

PSYC 435 - CH. 2: HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY
VIEWS OF ABNORMA PSYCHOLOGY UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Each of the following is one of the "four humors" except ________
a. blood.
b. phlegm.
c. phrenitis.
d. bile.
Answer:
C

Question:
2. The belief in the four humors as a means of explaining temperament ________
a. is inconsistent with a biological explanation for mental illness.
b. has yet to be disproven.
c. proposed different proportions of each humor in each individual.
d. provides that first indication that ancient people recognized the significance of the brain in
determining behavior.
Answer:
C

Question:
3. The doctrine of the four humors ________
a. was an attempt to support moral management.
b. was an explanation for personality traits.
c. was an early suggested treatment for melancholy.
d. was the first psychological explanation of mental disorders.
Answer:
B

Question:
4. According to early beliefs, what would characterize an individual with an excess of blood?
a. Depression
b. Schizophrenia
Answer:
D

Question:
5. Hippocrates suggested marriage as a cure for ________
a. impotence.
b. hysteria in women.
c. phrenitis (brain fever) in men.
d. melancholia.
Answer:
B

,Question:
6. According to your textbook, which mental disorder received the most attention from early scholars?
a. Phobias
b. Depression
c. Schizophrenia
d. Multiple personality disorder
Answer:
B

Question:
7. Antisocial personality problems were first written about and described by the ________
a. ancient Egyptians.
b. ancient Greeks.
c. Mesopotamians.
d. Hebrews.
Answer:
C

Question:
8. Plato was one of the first to argue for ________
a. medical treatment of mental illness.
b. demonic possession in mental illness.
c. different punishments for mentally disturbed individuals.
d. the use of bleeding as a treatment for mental illness.
Answer:
C

Question:
9. Aristotle believed that ________
a. mental disorders could be caused by psychological factors.
b. mental disorders could not be caused by psychological factors.
c. bodily fluids had nothing to do with mental illness.
d. mental illness was due to demonic possession.
Answer:
B

Question:
10. One of Aristotle's major contributions to psychology was ________
a. his belief that dreams explained most mental disorders.
b. his theory that psychological disorders were due to psychological rather than physical factors.
c. his description of personality traits.
d. his description of consciousness.
Answer:
D

, Question:
11. The physicians of Alexandria, Egypt, in the era after Alexander the Great were most likely to treat
mental patients by ________
a. putting them in prisons.
b. using brutal forms of exorcism.
c. having them make sacrifices to gods.
d. providing activities, massage, and education.
Answer:
D

Question:
12. What is Galen credited with?
a. Providing the first biological explanation for mental disorders
b. Performing the first human autopsies
c. Demonstrating that the doctrine of the four hu-
Answer:
D

Question:
13. Chung Ching wrote two well-known medical works around A.D. 200 and has been referred to as
the ____________ of China.
a. Aristotle
b. Galen
c. Plato
d. Hippocrates
Answer:
D

Question:
14. Compared to the West, in the Chinese "Dark Ages," views of mental illness ________
a. began at a more sophisticated level but regressed, like the West, to belief in supernatural forces,
although not for as long or with as negative a reaction to patients.
b. began at a less sophisticated level but regressed, like the West, to belief in supernatural forces,
although they regressed earlier and with a more negative reaction to patients.
c. were always that mental illness was due to supernatural forces. This belief is still prevalent in China.
d. were always more sophisticated than the West; the focus was always on medical causes and humane
treatment.
Answer:
A

Question:
15. Which statement about treatment of abnormal behavior in the Middle Ages is accurate?
Answer:
C