The study by Spanos et al., based on the Hillside Strangler Ken Bianchi, showed that
a) people without dissociative identity disorder can adopt multiple personalities if a situation demands it.
b) dissociative identity disorder is always the same from person to person .
c) dissociative identity disorder does not sway a jury when used as part of an insanity defense.
d) malingering cannot be detected by psychiatrists.
Question 2A contemporary of Pinel's in England who started a Quaker religious retreat for the mentally ill was
A) Dorothea Dix. B) John Wesley. C) William Tuke. D) Benjamin Rush.
Question 3Dr. Jones believes that different alters appear during adulthood after the suggestion of a therapist. This is consistent with
a) psychoanalytic theory.
b) behavioral theory.
c) social role enactment.
d) self-fulfilling prophecy.
Question 4If you went to Josef Breuer for treatment of hysterical paralysis, which treatment would you probably NOT receive?
a) hypnosis
b) free association
c) talk therapy
d) medication
Question 5Phillipe Pinel
A) believed that mental illness was purely a physiological phenomena, and could only be treated by
physical means such as bloodletting.
B) believed that mental illness was due to possession by demons and exorcism was the only useful
treatment.
C) believed that mental patients were ill and needed to be treated as suchwith kindness and caring.
D) believed that mental patients needed to choose rationality over insanity, so treatment was aimed at
making their lives as patients uncomfortable.
Question 6According to the neuroscience paradigm, mental disorders are likely the result of
a) an abundance of receptors on the postsynaptic neuron.
b) excesses of different neurotransmitters, such as dopamine.
c) deficiencies in different neurotransmitters, such as serotonin.
d) all of the above.
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