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| 1 | An earlier version of the DSM included sex addiction as a descriptor under the more general diagnosis of sexual disorders (not otherwise specified), but this was dropped due to concerns over: |
 | A) | stigmatizing normal sexual behaviors. |
| B) | insurance coverage for extensive treatment. |
| C) | a lack of scientific evidence supporting the diagnosis. |
| D) | the overall growth of diagnosable pathologies in the DSM. |
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| 2 | Sex addiction, is not even included in the appendix of the DSM-5, which is composed of conditions: |
| A) | included in prior editions. |
| B) | warranting further study. |
| C) | for which there is no pharmacological treatment. |
| D) | that may respond best to participant-guided 12-step programs. |
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| 3 | Prior to the establishment of the ADHD diagnosis, hyperactive and impulsive children might have been labeled as having “minimal brain dysfunction,” which suggests that the basis for their disruptive behavior was: |
| A) | childhood illness. |
| B) | physical trauma. |
| C) | an underlying neurological problem. |
| D) | poor parenting. |
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| 4 | The most common medications to treat ADHD are: |
| A) | antipsychotics. |
| B) | stimulants. |
| C) | sedatives. |
| D) | steroids. |
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| 5 | In the Taking Sides chapter entitled, “Is Gender Identity Disorder a Mental Illness?” the Traditional Values Coalition (YES) criticizes the “Gender Bill of Rights” which includes all of the following EXCEPT: |
| A) | The right to control and change one’s body. |
| B) | The right to change one’s own body as a means of expressing a self-defined gender identity. |
| C) | The right to freedom from psychiatric diagnosis or treatment solely on the basis of gender identity of role. |
| D) | The right to health insurance coverage to cover the cost of sex reassignment. |
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| 6 | In the Taking Sides chapter entitled, “Is Gender Identity Disorder a Mental Illness?” the Traditional Values Coalition (YES) asserts that groups such as the Human Rights Campaign and GenderPac are pushing hard to have transsexualism removed from the DSM in much the same way that which other condition was normalized in the 1970s? |
| A) | Homosexuality |
| B) | Sado-masochism |
| C) | Transvestism |
| D) | Fetishism |
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| 7 | Stephen Joseph, who believes that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been overdiagnosed and overtreated, makes the distinction between therapists helping those with PTSD and who must be like car mechanics fixing a problem and therapists helping people facilitate posttraumatic growth, who must be like: |
| A) | those who build cars. |
| B) | surgeons. |
| C) | gardeners. |
| D) | teachers. |
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| 8 | The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, which does not believe that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been overdiagnosed and overtreated, notes that the percentage of people who experience at least one trauma in their lives is between: |
| A) | 10 and 20 percent. |
| B) | 30 and 40 percent. |
| C) | 50 and 60 percent. |
| D) | 70 and 80 percent. |
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| 9 | According to positive psychologists, approximately how much of our happiness can be attributed to genetics? |
| A) | 10% |
| B) | 40% |
| C) | 50% |
| D) | 80% |
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| 10 | All of the following are mentioned strategies used to increase personal happiness EXCEPT: |
| A) | Savoring |
| B) | Kindness |
| C) | Love |
| D) | Hope |
| E) | Relationships |
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| 11 | Steven Moffic, who believes that we still need psychiatrists, thinks that the hope for the future of psychiatry lies in: |
| A) | the combination of medication and psychotherapy. |
| B) | the traditional methods established by Freud and Jung. |
| C) | integration of the best of the past in new ways. |
| D) | remaining on the cutting edge of discoveries constantly being made by research. |
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| 12 | Steven Balt, whose position is not that psychiatrists are unnecessary but rather that they need to change their approach to mental health, puts forth the idea that what psychiatrists do might legitimately be called: |
| A) | the practice of medicine. |
| B) | witchcraft. |
| C) | common sense. |
| D) | pseudoscience. |
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| 13 | Professor Sahakian and Dr. Morein-Zamir, who believe that “smart drugs” should be used to enhance cognitive functioning, express concern over the use of off-label prescriptions, referring to the prescription of a medication: |
| A) | for a generic rather than name-brand medication. |
| B) | by someone who is not a medical doctor. |
| C) | that describes a class of medications rather than a specific
drug. |
| D) | for a condition not described in the approved labeling. |
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| 14 | Professor Helia Garrido Hull, who does not believe that “smart drugs” should be used to enhance cognitive functioning, begins her discussion by using a fictional example of a man desiring to become “something greater than his own nature allowed”; the work to which she refers is: |
| A) | Atlas Shrugged. |
| B) | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. |
| C) | Frankenstein. |
| D) | 2001: A Space Odyssey. |
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| 15 | Elise Donovan, who believes that memory-dampening drugs should be used to prevent and treat trauma in combat soldiers, reports that the primary pharmacological agent that has been examined for treatment of PTSD is: |
| A) | methylphenidate. |
| B) | dextroamphetamine. |
| C) | paroxetine. |
| D) | propranolol. |
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| 16 | The President’s Council on Bioethics, which does not believe that memory-dampening drugs should be used to prevent and treat trauma in combat soldiers, argues that by allowing people suffering from terrible memories to take memory-dampening drugs, we: |
| A) | compromise the truthfulness of how they remember the memory. |
| B) | protect them from developing the debilitating symptoms of PTSD. |
| C) | decrease their feelings of autonomy. |
| D) | violate the religious beliefs of some individuals. |
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| 17 | In the Taking Sides chapter entitled, “Is Addiction a Brain Disease?” the National Institute on Drug Abuse (YES) states that the initial decision to take drugs is: |
| A) | mostly voluntary. |
| B) | genetically reinforced. |
| C) | hormonally reinforced. |
| D) | socially prompted. |
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| 18 | In the Taking Sides chapter entitled, “Is Addiction a Brain Disease?” the National Institute on Drug Abuse (YES) states that when science began to study addict behavior in the 1930s, people addicted to drugs were thought to be: |
| A) | mentally retarded. |
| B) | psychiatrically disordered. |
| C) | morally flawed. |
| D) | socially inept. |
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| 19 | Over the past few decades, research reports have emerged about the effectiveness of marijuana in treating severe pain and: |
| A) | nausea. |
| B) | inflammation. |
| C) | low white blood cell counts. |
| D) | loss of muscle tissue. |
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| 20 | For some people with serious mental illness such as depression, using cannabis poses an increased risk of developing: |
| A) | seizures. |
| B) | Parkinson’s disease. |
| C) | schizophrenia. |
| D) | Tourette’s syndrome. |
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| 21 | California State Senator Leland Yee and Attorney Steven F. Gruel, who believe that research confirms that violent video games are harmful to minors, maintain at the beginning of their article that the First Amendment to the Constitution does not protect: |
| A) | the publication of pornographic materials. |
| B) | depictions of violence against police officers. |
| C) | video games as opposed to printed matter. |
| D) | materials harmful to minors. |
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| 22 | Patricia A. Millett, who does not believe that research confirms that violent video games are harmful to minors, criticizes the meta-analysis offered by Yee and Gruel because: |
| A) | it was based on studies that used invalid measures of aggression. |
| B) | the underlying studies making up the meta data were not
identified. |
| C) | the studies considered games that were outdated, not those currently available. |
| D) | no control groups were studied. |
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| 23 | In the Taking Sides issue entitled “Must Mentally Ill Murderers Have a Rational Understanding of Why They Are Being Sentenced to Death?” Nathaniel Quarterman (No) and the authors of the amici curiae (Yes) would agree on all of the following statements except: |
| A) | Panetti knows that he murdered Joe and Amanda Alvarado. |
| B) | Panetti knows what he did was wrong. |
| C) | Panetti understands that he will be executed by the state. |
| D) | Panetti understands why he will be executed by the state. |
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| 24 | In the Taking Sides issue entitled “Must Mentally Ill Murderers Have a Rational Understanding of Why They Are Being Sentenced to Death?” Nathaniel Quarterman (No) states that a capital convict differs from a capital defendant in that a capital convict: |
| A) | has substantially fewer rights. |
| B) | has substantially greater rights. |
| C) | may not submit a legal appeal regarding his or her sentence to die. |
| D) | falls under federal jurisdiction rather than state jurisdiction. |
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| 25 | In the Taking Sides chapter entitled, “Does Research Confirm that Abortion is a Psychologically Benign Experience?” the APA Task Force on Mental Health and Abortion (YES) based its conclusions on a review of: |
| A) | all empirical studies published in English in peer-reviewed
journals post-1989. |
| B) | all theoretical papers and editorials published in English in
scholarly journals post-1989. |
| C) | all medical records and psychiatric records of women seeking professional help in the American health care system post-1989. |
| D) | all medical records and psychiatric records of women seeking professional help in the American and European health care systems post-1989. |
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| 26 | In the Taking Sides chapter entitled, “Does Research Confirm that Abortion is a Psychologically Benign Experience?” the APA Task Force on Mental Health and Abortion (YES) concluded that among women who have an unplanned pregnancy the relative risk of mental health problems is no greater if they have a single elective first-trimester abortion than if they: |
| A) | have a routine medical procedure. |
| B) | have a major surgical procedure. |
| C) | deliver that pregnancy. |
| D) | have a second elective first-trimester abortion. |
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| 27 | In the Taking Sides chapter entitled “Is the Use of Aversive Treatment an Inhumane Intervention for Psychologically Disordered Individuals?” Laurie Ahern & Eric Rosenthal (YES) present their argument in a formal appeal to: |
| A) | The United Nations. |
| B) | The United States Department of Justice. |
| C) | The American Psychological Association. |
| D) | The International Court of Justice. |
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| 28 | In the Taking Sides chapter entitled “Is the Use of Aversive Treatment an Inhumane Intervention for Psychologically Disordered Individuals?” Laurie Ahern & Eric Rosenthal (YES) assert that aversives alleviate symptoms: |
| A) | Only when they are administered by experienced professionals. |
| B) | Only temporarily, while they are in place. |
| C) | Only in children and adolescents. |
| D) | Only in adults. |
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| 29 | In the 1960s, so-called “interventions” to discourage homosexual urges were developed that made use of aversive conditioning techniques that included: |
| A) | sleep deprivation. |
| B) | cold-water baths. |
| C) | electric shock. |
| D) | associating sexual desire with violence. |
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| 30 | Supporters of efforts to change or suppress unwanted homosexual urges often argue that people: |
| A) | are naturally heterosexual. |
| B) | engage in homosexual activity only out of some underlying trauma. |
| C) | change over time in all sorts of ways. |
| D) | have the right to self-determination. |
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| 31 | In the Taking Sides issue entitled “Is Forced Treatment of Seriously Mentally Ill Individuals Justifiable?” James Gottstein (NO) asserts that psychiatric testimony as to a person’s dangerousness is: |
| A) | unreliable and likely to overestimate the dangerousness of
mentally ill individuals. |
| B) | reliable and likely to protect the welfare of mentally ill
individuals. |
| C) | based on nearly a century of cases involving the prediction of dangerousness. |
| D) | is best done by experts in the field of forensic psychiatry. |
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| 32 | In the Taking Sides issue entitled “Is Forced Treatment of Seriously Mentally Ill Individuals Justifiable?” Samuel Brakel (YES) refers to “atypicals,” which are: |
| A) | individuals with severe symptoms that do not correspond to the diagnostic criteria for psychosis. |
| B) | individuals with severe mental illness who have not been violent. |
| C) | neuroleptic medications that were introduced in the middle of the 20th century. |
| D) | the more recently developed antipsychotic drugs. |
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| 33 | How many children were killed at Sandy Hook? |
| A) | 6 |
| B) | 12 |
| C) | 20 |
| D) | 28 |
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| 34 | The Goldberg article was written in the immediate aftermath of what shooting? |
| A) | Dekalb, Illinois |
| B) | Aurora, Colorado |
| C) | Newton, Connecticut |
| D) | Oak Creek, Wisconsin |
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| 35 | Bryan Stevenson, who believes that “recreational” drugs should be legalized, points out that the highest rate of incarceration in the world occurs in |
| A) | Mexico. |
| B) | the United States. |
| C) | Cuba. |
| D) | Poland. |
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| 36 | Charles Stimson, who does not believe that “recreational” drugs should be legalized, begins his argument by pointing out the addictive properties of what drug? |
| A) | Marijuana |
| B) | Cocaine |
| C) | Nicotine |
| D) | Alcohol |
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| 37 | Which statement most closely aligns with Paul’s perspective? |
| A) | There is a time and place for pornography. |
| B) | Pornography is something that should be used with caution. |
| C) | Pornography is inherently harmful and causes damage to
relationships. |
| D) | Pornography has many benefits and no harm has been proven. |
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| 38 | Which statement most closely aligns with Andelloux’s perspective? |
| A) | There is a time and place for pornography. |
| B) | Pornography is something that should be used with caution. |
| C) | Pornography is inherently harmful and causes damage to
relationships. |
| D) | Pornography has many benefits and no harm has been proven. |
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| 39 | According to Jacob Sullum, the main concern of the Food and Drug Administration over Four Loko was: |
| A) | the alcohol content |
| B) | the addition of caffeine |
| C) | the marketing directed to young people |
| D) | energy drinks |
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| 40 | According to the Drug Abuse Warning Network, the number of 18-20 year olds who make alcohol-related visits to emergency rooms is approximately: |
| A) | 25,000 |
| B) | 100,000 |
| C) | 200,000 |
| D) | 300,000 |