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With respect to Galen's notion of spirits, the brain is to ______ spirits as the ______ is to natural spirits.


A) vital; heart
B) vital; liver
C) animal; liver
D) animal; heart

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Keiko is Japanese and lives in Kyoto. Kristin is Danish and lives in Copenhagen. Which statement is MOST accurate with respect to whether these women carry the serotonin-related gene?


A) Keiko probably does not carry the gene.
B) Kristin probably carries the gene.
C) Kristin may or may not carry the gene.
D) Keiko does not carry the gene.

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Empirically based treatments in psychology are BEST seen as ______ to evidence-based medicine.


A) unrelated
B) dissimilar
C) analogous
D) identical

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The French philosopher ______ argued that the reflexes and involuntary actions of organisms were based on mechanical principles similar to those in machines.


A) Jean-Marc Ferry
B) Antoine Arnauld
C) Edmond Fleg
D) Rene Descartes

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What is meant by the notion that mental illness is a social construction? How does cross-cultural research suggest that psychopathology is universal rather than a social construction?

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Emotion-focused therapy is one example of a(n) ______ therapy.


A) existential-humanistic
B) psychodynamic
C) biological
D) cognitive behavioral

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During any given year, approximately ______ of the American population experiences a diagnosable mental illness.


A) 6%
B) 11%
C) 19%
D) 24%

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John Watson suggested that the proper study of psychology is both behavior and the mind.

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______ is the study of psychological dysfunctions that a person experiences in terms of distress or impairment in functioning.

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According to the text, the discovery of psychotropic drugs allowed for those with mental illnesses to live more independently. Considering deinstitutionalization, the discovery of these drugs MOST likely occurred in the ______.


A) 1930s
B) 1950s
C) 1970s
D) 1980s

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Nobel Prize winner ______ demonstrated that a sensory stimulus, such as a sound, would produce salivation when it was paired with food.


A) Ivan Pavlov
B) John Watson
C) B. F. Skinner
D) Aaron Beck

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Disorders as diverse as major depression, generalized anxiety disorder, and schizophrenia may be treated with drugs called ______ medications.

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The number of individuals in mental hospitals in the U.S. has decreased substantially since the 1950s.

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Psychoanalysis was developed by Freud and based on


A) the search for ideas and emotions that are in conflict on an unconscious level
B) the search for self-actualization
C) the need for individuals to receive unconditional positive regard
D) the notion that dreams are the window into the unconscious

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Which catchphrase BEST captures psychopathologists' current understanding of the origins of mental illness?


A) nature, not nurture
B) nurture, not nature
C) nature or nurture
D) nature and nurture

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Very roughly, the beginning of the movement toward the humane, or "moral," treatment of those with mental disorders may be dated to approximately ______.


A) 1700
B) 1800
C) 1900
D) 1950

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At the level of the spinal cord, sensory information is conveyed by the ______ root, whereas motor information is conveyed by the ______ root.


A) lateral; dorsal
B) ventral; lateral
C) dorsal; lateral
D) dorsal; ventral

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The textbook credits 17th-century doctor Thomas Willis with being the first to use the word psychology in English.

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Sam complains of muscular tension and a constant, nagging sense of worry or apprehension. These complaints reflect ______ of generalized anxiety disorder.


A) symptoms
B) signs
C) self-reports
D) selfies

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The notion that psychopathology is socially constructed is consistent with each of the following statements EXCEPT this one:


A) A number of languages lack words for anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia.
B) Anxiety disorders and major depression are the most common mental disorders in every nation for which data exist.
C) Mental illness is expressed in very different ways in different parts of the world.
D) The types of mental illnesses seen and their rates of occurrence vary greatly from one historical period to another.

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