For what was Homewood Retreat in Guelph, Ontario famous?
a) It provided private rooms for wealthy patients.
b) It was the first private asylum in Ontario.
c) It was the first place to employ moral treatment techniques.
d) It was the first asylum to employ psychiatrists.
Question 2Incidence refers to:
a) the likelihood that a disorder will be found in another culture.
b) the number of people who contract a disorder for the first time in a given time period.
c) the proportion of a population that has a disorder now.
d) the likelihood that a person will have a disorder given that they have a particular characteristic.
Question 3Anxious people are more likely than non-anxious people to perceive a threat when:
a) An actual threat is present
b) They are prompted to be alert to potential threats
c) The threat is ambiguous
d) Anxious people are no more likely to perceive threats than non-anxious people
Question 4Positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement differ in that:
a) Only positive reinforcement results in a subsequent increase in the response
b) Only negative reinforcement can be combined with observational learning
c) Only positive reinforcement is involved in instrumental learning
d) Only negative reinforcement removes an aversive stimulus
Question 5Cultural bias is problematic in assessment in that:
a) Most psychological tests have been rendered invalid when used with different cultures
b) A lack of awareness of cultural factors can create difficulties in reaching conclusions from assessment
c) Clinicians cannot be aware of different cultures in evaluation
d) Cultural differences cloud objectivity
Question 6What was the purpose of the Private Lunatic Asylums of 1853?
a) To ensure the right to privacy for asylum inmates.
b) To ensure inmate confidentiality through more stringent record keeping policies.
c) To establish separate facilities for wealthy lunatics.
d) To provide home monitoring for wealthy mental patients.
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