Psychopathology: Science and Practice
latest questions and verified answers
1. The scientific study of mental difficulties or disorders, including their causes, symptoms,
assessment, diagnosis, and treatment, is called:
A. psychotherapy
B. psychopathology
C. psychometrics
D. psychophysics
B. psychopathology
2. Which set of features is most commonly cited across definitions of psychopathology?
A. The Four Ds
B. The Big Five
C. The Three Humors
D. The Two Cultures
A. The Four Ds
3. In 'the Four Ds,' the term referring to discomfort and upset experienced by the individual is:
A. deviance
B. distress
C. dysfunction
D. danger
B. distress
4. Stated and unstated rules for proper conduct that grow from a particular culture are called:
A. values
B. norms
C. laws
D. syndromes
B. norms
5. Thomas Szasz argued that the deviations society labels as psychopathology are essentially:
A. chemical imbalances
B. problems in living
C. demonic possession
D. genetic mutations
,B. problems in living
6. The ongoing process of self-reflection in which clinicians continually examine their own
beliefs and cultural identities is termed:
A. intersectionality
B. cultural humility
C. deinstitutionalization
D. standardization
B. cultural humility
7. Weeks (2015) estimated that roughly what proportion of people may be classic, full-time
eccentrics?
A. 1 in 50
B. 1 in 500
C. 1 in 5,000
D. 1 in 50,000
C. 1 in 5,000
8. A procedure designed to change pathological behavior into healthier behavior is the text's
definition of:
A. assessment
B. diagnosis
C. treatment
D. prevention
C. treatment
9. According to the text, the three essential features of all forms of therapy are a sufferer, a
series of therapeutic contacts, and:
A. a prescription
B. a trained, socially accepted healer
C. a hospital
D. a diagnosis
B. a trained, socially accepted healer
10. Trephination and exorcism were treatments associated with which view of pathological
behavior?
A. the somatogenic view
B. ancient and demonological views
, C. moral treatment
D. psychoanalysis
B. ancient and demonological views
11. Hippocrates taught that illness had natural causes rooted in:
A. the four humors
B. unconscious conflict
C. evil spirits
D. social norms
A. the four humors
12. During the Middle Ages in Europe, the dominant explanation for psychopathology returned
to:
A. the four humors
B. demonology
C. moral treatment
D. somatogenic causes
B. demonology
13. Johann Weyer is identified in the text as:
A. the father of American psychiatry
B. the first mental health physician
C. the founder of moral treatment
D. the creator of the asylum crib
B. the first mental health physician
14. Pinel in France and Tuke in England are most associated with which reform?
A. deinstitutionalization
B. moral treatment
C. eugenics
D. psychoanalysis
B. moral treatment
15. Benjamin Rush is described in the text as:
A. the father of American psychiatry
B. the first mental health physician
C. a Boston schoolteacher
D. the founder of psychoanalysis
latest questions and verified answers
1. The scientific study of mental difficulties or disorders, including their causes, symptoms,
assessment, diagnosis, and treatment, is called:
A. psychotherapy
B. psychopathology
C. psychometrics
D. psychophysics
B. psychopathology
2. Which set of features is most commonly cited across definitions of psychopathology?
A. The Four Ds
B. The Big Five
C. The Three Humors
D. The Two Cultures
A. The Four Ds
3. In 'the Four Ds,' the term referring to discomfort and upset experienced by the individual is:
A. deviance
B. distress
C. dysfunction
D. danger
B. distress
4. Stated and unstated rules for proper conduct that grow from a particular culture are called:
A. values
B. norms
C. laws
D. syndromes
B. norms
5. Thomas Szasz argued that the deviations society labels as psychopathology are essentially:
A. chemical imbalances
B. problems in living
C. demonic possession
D. genetic mutations
,B. problems in living
6. The ongoing process of self-reflection in which clinicians continually examine their own
beliefs and cultural identities is termed:
A. intersectionality
B. cultural humility
C. deinstitutionalization
D. standardization
B. cultural humility
7. Weeks (2015) estimated that roughly what proportion of people may be classic, full-time
eccentrics?
A. 1 in 50
B. 1 in 500
C. 1 in 5,000
D. 1 in 50,000
C. 1 in 5,000
8. A procedure designed to change pathological behavior into healthier behavior is the text's
definition of:
A. assessment
B. diagnosis
C. treatment
D. prevention
C. treatment
9. According to the text, the three essential features of all forms of therapy are a sufferer, a
series of therapeutic contacts, and:
A. a prescription
B. a trained, socially accepted healer
C. a hospital
D. a diagnosis
B. a trained, socially accepted healer
10. Trephination and exorcism were treatments associated with which view of pathological
behavior?
A. the somatogenic view
B. ancient and demonological views
, C. moral treatment
D. psychoanalysis
B. ancient and demonological views
11. Hippocrates taught that illness had natural causes rooted in:
A. the four humors
B. unconscious conflict
C. evil spirits
D. social norms
A. the four humors
12. During the Middle Ages in Europe, the dominant explanation for psychopathology returned
to:
A. the four humors
B. demonology
C. moral treatment
D. somatogenic causes
B. demonology
13. Johann Weyer is identified in the text as:
A. the father of American psychiatry
B. the first mental health physician
C. the founder of moral treatment
D. the creator of the asylum crib
B. the first mental health physician
14. Pinel in France and Tuke in England are most associated with which reform?
A. deinstitutionalization
B. moral treatment
C. eugenics
D. psychoanalysis
B. moral treatment
15. Benjamin Rush is described in the text as:
A. the father of American psychiatry
B. the first mental health physician
C. a Boston schoolteacher
D. the founder of psychoanalysis
