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Questions and Answers
  • 1. 

    Which of these drugs is a Beta blocker?

    • A.

      Inderal

    • B.

      Serax

    • C.

      Klonopin

    • D.

      Buspar

    Correct Answer
    A. Inderal
  • 2. 

    Which of these is not a Somatoform Disorder?

    • A.

      Multiple Personality Disorder

    • B.

      Munchausen's Syndrome

    • C.

      Hypochondriasis

    • D.

      Body Dysmorphic Disorder

    Correct Answer
    A. Multiple Personality Disorder
  • 3. 

    Which of these is not a type of multiple intelligence as theorized by Howard Gardner?

    • A.

      Intrapersonal

    • B.

      Musical

    • C.

      Visual-Spatial

    • D.

      Verbal

    Correct Answer
    D. Verbal
  • 4. 

    Which of these sleep disorders is not an example of a dyssomnia?

    • A.

      Narcolepsy

    • B.

      Sleepwalking Disorder

    • C.

      Hypersomnia

    • D.

      Insomnia

    Correct Answer
    B. Sleepwalking Disorder
  • 5. 

    Which of these well-known defendants was not found not guilty by reason of insanity or temporary insanity?

    • A.

      Mark David Chapman

    • B.

      Lorena Bobbitt

    • C.

      John Hinkley Jr.

    • D.

      Francine Hughes

    Correct Answer
    A. Mark David Chapman
  • 6. 

    Which state became the first to pass a bill that called for the sterilization of people with mental disorders?

    • A.

      Rhode Island

    • B.

      South Carolina

    • C.

      Maine

    • D.

      Indiana

    Correct Answer
    D. Indiana
  • 7. 

    Who discovered the effectiveness of using Lithium to treat mental disorders in 1949?

    • A.

      John Cade

    • B.

      Lewis Terman

    • C.

      Fritz Perls

    • D.

      Martin Seligman

    Correct Answer
    A. John Cade
  • 8. 

    Who is best known for naming dementia praecox, what we now call schizophrenia?

    • A.

      Leon Festinger

    • B.

      Dietrich Doerner

    • C.

      James Cattell

    • D.

      Emil Kraepelin

    Correct Answer
    D. Emil Kraepelin
  • 9. 

    Who is considered the father of behaviorism?

    • A.

      John Watson

    • B.

      Raymond Moody

    • C.

      Paul Slovic

    • D.

      Jean Piaget

    Correct Answer
    A. John Watson
  • 10. 

    Which psychologist was the son of German film and stage celebrities and was encouraged to become an actor?

    • A.

      Hermann Ebbinghaus

    • B.

      Hans Eysenck

    • C.

      Gustav Fechner

    • D.

      Ernst Weber

    Correct Answer
    B. Hans Eysenck
  • 11. 

    Whose theories of psychosocial development did the idea of the "identity crisis" derive from?

    • A.

      B.F. Skinner

    • B.

      Erik Erikson

    • C.

      Carl Jung

    • D.

      William James

    Correct Answer
    B. Erik Erikson

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