Chapter 14: Critical psychological ideas and practices

1. Compared to psychiatric treatments, psychological interventions are ___.

  1. Always more benign?
  2. Never abusive
  3. Less physically invasive
  4. More effective

Answer: C

2. Which is not associated with a categorical approach to classification?

  1. Clear dividing lines between different disorders
  2. Clear demarcation between states of health and illness
  3. Stigma attached to specific disorders
  4. A logical link with internal dysfunction

Answer: D

3. Who was the first psychiatrist to refer to schizophrenia?

  1. Emile Kraepelin
  2. Eugene Bleuler
  3. Kurt Schneider
  4. Robert Spitzer

Answer: B

4. What two conditions need to be met for a diagnostic system to be scientifically and clinically valid?

  1. Reliability and utility
  2. Predictive power and explanatory power
  3. Simplicity and reliability
  4. Reliability and flexibility 

Answer: A

5. The claims made for DSM reliability have been called ___.

  1. Exemplary medical science
  2. A complete nonsense
  3. A revolution in rhetoric and not reality
  4. Fake news

Answer: C

6. High estimates of the heritability of mental disorders ___.

  1. Can be safely assumed to be accurate
  2. Can mask major environmental influences
  3. Justify eugenic practices
  4. Are uncontroversial 

Answer: B

7. Evidence for the impact of social factors in causing mental illness makes the case for which treatments?

  1. Medication
  2. ECT
  3. Counselling
  4. Trauma-focused psychological interventions

Answer: D