Besides being famous for murdering many people, what else do Jeffrey Dahmer, Seung Hui Cho, Eric Harris, and Dylan Klebold have in common?
a. Their aberrant thoughts and behaviors appear to have gone unrecognized or were ignored.
b. They were all teenagers when they committed their heinous acts.
c. They were all sexually abused by people they trusted when they were young.
d. All of them had previous criminal records.
Question 2What is a concordance rate?
a. It is the likelihood that both members of a twin pair will show the same characteristic.
b. It is the variance of conditions influencing brain structure neurodevelopment.
c. It is the association between early developmental delay and later development of schizophrenia.
d. It is the negative expectancy occurrences associated with negative symptoms.
Question 3Addington v. Texas was a Supreme Court ruling on civil commitment. It changed the standard of proof such that ____.
a. the judge or jury had to be 51 percent certain of the evidence to decide in favor of commitment
b. the standard was set at a lower level of certainty than in criminal cases
c. commitment could occur only if there was evidence beyond a reasonable doubt
d. the judge or jury had to be 90 percent certain of the evidence to decide in favor of commitment
Question 4Expressed emotion has been shown to have which relationship to schizophrenia?
a. Families with high expressed emotion are most likely to see relapse in their schizophrenic members.
b. Families with high expressed emotion are least likely to see relapse in their schizophrenic members.
c. High expressed emotion causes schizophrenic thought disturbance in children.
d. High expressed emotion is a genetically determined trait in schizophrenics with positive symptoms.
Question 5An attorney says this to a judge in a civil commitment case: Your honor, the Supreme Court in 1979 ruled that we cannot deny people their liberty by committing them to mental institutions involuntarily unless we have 'clear and convincing evidence' that they are mentally ill and potentially dangerous. To what Supreme Court ruling is the attorney referring?
a. Addington v. Texas
b. Tarasoff v. Board of Regents of the University of California
c. Wyatt v. Stickney
d. Jackson v. Indiana
Question 6Laura is 17 and has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Her father often says to her, You never tell me what's going on in your life. You keep secrets and therefore, make terrible mistakes in judgment. I want what's best for you, but you must change your attitude and start behaving like a human being The father's comments best illustrate which factor in schizophrenia?
a. diathesis-stress c. cognitive impairment
b. expressed emotion d. double-bind communications
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