Chin Lee is a 45-year-old Asian American who is being evaluated by a physician who works for the ...

Chin Lee is a 45-year-old Asian American who is being evaluated by a physician who works for the company that employs Mr. Lee. Mr. Lee reports a number of medical complaints.
 
  What does the physician need to keep in mind
  when evaluating these symptoms?
   a) The symptoms are probably reflections of a need to establish contact
   with deceased relatives.
   b) Asian Americans have low levels of seeking help for mental health problems.
   c) Medical complaints are frequently found when individuals have experienced a break with reality and are searching for an explanation.
   d) The presentation of such symptoms by a person of Asian descent usually indicates that he believes he has committed an unpardonable offense.

Question 2

Ethnic identity:
 
  a) Involves belief and emotional styles.
   b) Involves descent and heritage.
   c) Influences a person's self-concept and sense of belonging and willingness to seek help.
   d) Influences a person's belief system and ability to seek treatment.

Question 3

When we are around someone we dislike intensely we often bend over backward to be nice to this individual. Which defense mechanism is illustrated here?
 
  a) denial
  b) projection
  c) sublimation
  d) reaction formation

Question 4

Which of the following is the best description of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule?
 
  a) a therapeutic interview
   b) a standardized interview
   c) an unstructured interview
   d) a self-administered questionnaire

Question 5

Men and women were compared for their levels of disgust reactions to a gross photograph. This would be a(n) __________ study.
 
  a) case
  b) correlational
  c) experimental
  d) epidemiological

Question 6

What would not be considered a road block in racial and ethnic minority groups seeking treatment for mental health problems?
 
  a) availability of service
   b) overdiagnosis
   c) lack of insurance
   d) resistance

Question 7

Which of the following is an essential first step in introducing order into discussions concerning the nature, causes, and treatment of maladaptive behavior?
 
  a) etiology
   b) diagnosis
   c) research
   d) classification