Chapter 1 intro

what is the most important purpose of psychology?

• change

• control

• describe

• explain

which is not an example of a cognitive process?

• thinking

• emotions

• crying

• memory

who described mental illness as a "personal, social, & ethical problems in living"?

• Tom Cruise

• Thomas Szasz

• Sigmund Freud

• Wilhelm Wundt

which of the following are myths about people with mental disorders?

• they are violent people

• they are sick all the time

• they are possessed

• they are weak people

The four D's of abnormal behavior include all of the following except...

• Danger

• Deviance

• Distress

• Dismissive

which of the following was not a proponent of humane treatment of people with mental illness

• Benjamin Rush

• Phillipe Pinel

• St Vincent de Paul

• Sigmund Freud

Which of the following are current empirically based treatments?

• Cognitive Behavior Therapy

• Exposure Therapy

• Magnetic Therapy

• Motivational Interviewing

Who is known as the saint of the Mentally Ill

• St. Faustina

• St. Dymphna

• St. Joan of Arc

• St. Bernadette

Who is the roman god of Sleep?

• Morpheus

• Eros

• Hypnos

• Juno

before scientific psychology people believed that mental illness was caused by

• Roman/ Greek Gods

• the moon

• an imbalance of the four humors

• Evil Spirits/ demons