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Chapter 1 Introduction: Definitional and Historical Considerations and Canada's Mental Health System
Question type: True/False
1)It is easy to remain objective when studying abnormal psychology.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Introduction
Difficulty: Medium
2)There is no single defining characteristic of abnormal behaviour.
Answer: True
Section Reference: What Is Abnormal Behaviour?
Difficulty: Easy
3)The Psy.D. approach is based on the scientist-practitioner model.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Focus on Discovery 1.1
Difficulty: Hard
4)All psychologists would like to be able to prescribe medication.
Answer: False
Section Reference: What Is Abnormal Behaviour?
Difficulty: Easy
5)Demons thought to cause abnormal behaviour could be released by trepanning.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Early Demonology
Difficulty: Easy
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Davison, Abnormal Psychology, Fifth Canadian Edition Testbank 6)Hippocrates believed that abnormal behaviour was the result of brain pathology.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Somatogenesis
Difficulty: Medium
7)In the Middle Ages, mental illness was often mistaken for witchcraft.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Witchcraft and Mental Illness
Difficulty: Easy
8)Pinel was the first to remove chains from the mentally ill in asylums.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Moral Treatment
Difficulty: Medium
9)Today more care is provided in psychiatric units of general hospitals than in psychiatric hospitals.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Canadian Perspectives 1.2
Difficulty: Easy
10)The most recent research data shows that stays in psychiatric hospitals in Canada are typically longer than in psychiatric units of general hospitals.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Canadian Perspectives 1.2
Difficulty: Hard 2 / 4
Davison, Abnormal Psychology, Fifth Canadian Edition Testbank
11) Mesmer believed that one person could change another’s behaviour.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Psychogenesis
Difficulty: Medium
12) Lobotomies were never performed in Canada.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Canadian Perspectives 1.3
Difficulty: Hard
13) Mental illness can affect anyone.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Current Attitudes Toward People with Psychological Disorders
Difficulty: Easy
14) Most people with psychological disorders can never be cured of their illness.
Answer: False
Section Reference: The Public Perception
Difficulty: Hard
15) The media shapes our perception of the dangerousness of people with mental illness.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Anti-Stigma Campaigns
Difficulty: Medium
16) Most Canadians see mental health issues as separate from medical problems.
Answer: False
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Davison, Abnormal Psychology, Fifth Canadian Edition Testbank
Section Reference: Mental Health Literacy
Difficulty: Medium
17) Anxiety Disorders carry the heaviest burden.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Cost of Mental Health Problems
Difficulty: Medium
18) Psychological treatment is fully covered by Medicare.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Transformations in Canada’s Mental Health System – Romanow Report
Difficulty: Easy
19) Women seek mental health care more than men.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Help-Seeking and the Perceived Need for Help
Difficulty: Easy
20) When mental health care is universally accessible, people with low SES seek care at equal rates to people with high SES.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Help-Seeking and the Perceived Need for Help
Difficulty: Medium
21) Focusing on prevention may help more than focusing on treatment on mental illness.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Community Psychology and Prevention
Difficulty: Medium
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