Which of the following accurately describes the patients of Freud and Breuer after they received hypnotherapy for their psychological disorders?
a. Feelings of relief and improvement
b. Decreased emotionality while in the hypnotic state
c. Accurate posthypnotic recall
d. Increased understanding of the causes of their psychological disorder
Question 2________ demonstrated that some techniques of mesmerism were effective with several psychological disorders.
a. Philippe Pinel
b. Anton Mesmer
c. Sigmund Freud
d. Jean-Martin Charcot
Question 3Anton Mesmer, an early 18th century physician, purported to be affecting cures in patients by unblocking their flow of a bodily fluid he called animal magnetism.. In fact, any effectiveness of his methods was actually due to
a. undetectable magnetic fields.
b. chemically induced humoral balance.
c. mental telepathy.
d. the power of suggestion.
Question 4You have been asked to give a report on the mental hygiene movement and its foremost crusader, Dorothea Dix, who campaigned for more humane treatment of the insane. After mentioning all of her accomplishments, you note the unforeseen consequence of her efforts, namely,
a. a decrease in the number of mental patients in institutions, forcing many to close.
b. an increase in the number of mental patients, resulting in insufficient staff to care for them.
c. a change from custodial care to moral therapy for institutionalized patients.
d. more patients receiving psychotherapy and fewer receiving medication.
Question 5After the mid 1800s, moral therapy declined as a treatment for the mentally ill in the United States because
a. the number of patients in mental institutions also declined.
b. immigrants caused an increase in the mental hospital population.
c. the number of people available to staff mental hospitals increased.
d. new biologically based treatments became available.
Question 6After Philippe Pinel systematically introduced moral therapy as a treatment in mental hospitals in France, a similar type of treatment was first established in a U.S. hospital by
a. Benjamin Rush.
b. William Tuke.
c. Joseph von Medina.
d. Manfred Sakel.
Question 7In contrast to the asylums of the early 18th century, the psychosocial approach called moral therapy advocated all of the following EXCEPT
a. restraint and seclusion.
b. normal social interaction.
c. individual attention from the hospital staff.
d. lectures on interesting subjects for hospitalized patients.
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