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OCR A Level Psychology Quiz
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1
What kind of drug is chlorpromazine?
Anti-anxiety
Anti-depressant
Anti-psychotic
Anti-anti
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Which area of psychology is associated with understanding issues in mental health?
Cognitive Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Individual Differences
3
What one of the major criticisms of psychiatry?
That it causes harm to the patients by removing control.
The power balance between patient and psychiatrist.
4
True/False: Reliability is concerned with whether a test produces similar results every time.
True
False
5
What other treatment became popular at this time?
Electro-convulsive therapy
Talking therapy
Insulin shock therapy
Cognitive behavioural therapy
6
Are there fewer or more types of autism in DSM-V?
Fewer
More
7
Chlorpromazine was a leap forwards in the treatment of the mentally ill. When was it created?
1950
1970
1960
1980
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How do we now define abnormality now?
Statistical infrequency
Maladaptiveness
All of the above.
Deviation from social norms
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Who classified mental illness, including mania, paranoia and hysteria in Ancient Greece?
Aristophanes
Aristotle
Hipponicus
Hippocrates
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What are researchers in this area interested in?
Treatments for mental disorders
Abnormal behaviour in individuals
All of the above.
Biological and environmental influences
11
Why did mass construction of asylums begin in the mid-nineteenth century?
Regions became responsible for care of the mentally ill.
Government became responsible for care of the mentally ill.
Because of the Madhouse Act.
All of the above.
12
How has mental health been explained in the past?
Witchcraft
Internal imbalances
All of the above
Religious experiences
13
Which method is still used?
All of the above
Insulin treatment
Lobotomies
ECT
14
Are there fewer of more types of depression in DSM-V?
Fewer
More
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True/False: Validity is concerned with whether a test measures what it intends to measure?
True
False
16
When did the focus switch from humours to observation & classification of symptoms and causes?
The Middle Ages
The Romantic period
The Renaissance period
The Victorian period
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What did 'modern' psychiatric treatment consist of?
ECT, insulin shocks and bloodletting
Lobotomies, ECT and insulin shocks
Bloodletting, trepanning and ECT
Trepanning, insulin shocks and ice baths
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What is the major concern of the anti-psychiatry movement?
How much psychiatrists get paid & how it affects motivation.
Pharmaceutical involvement in the writing of DSM-V
The focus on classification as a way of understanding.
The power balance between patient and psychiatrist.
19
When did public viewings of the mentally ill for entertainment purposes stop?
1615
1515
1815
1715
20
What is the dominant model for mental illness?
Medical model
Psychiatric model
Social model
Cognitive model
21
What did 'Care in the community' begin to change?
Terminology and accuracy of diagnosis
Terminology and stigma
Terminology and jobs in the sector
Terminology and access to funding
22
Who was responsible for a humanitarian approach to caring for the mentally ill?
The Quackers
The Quakers
The Catholic Church
The Church of England
23
One of the oldest medical documents shows an understanding of depression, from what year?
1450 BCE
1500 BCE
1400 BCE
1550 BCE
24
When was the Madhouse Act brought in, in the UK?
1874
1574
1774
1674
25
How many disorders are characterized in the current DSM-V?
127
157
257
227
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What does DSM stand for?
Depression, Schizophrenia and Mania
Diagnosing the Sick and Mental
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Abnormality
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
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Why did the 'Care in the Community' movement come about?
Because of the patients' rights
To reduce stigma
To reintegrate asylum patients
Because of the government
