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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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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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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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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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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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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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In the Taking Sides issue entitled "Should individuals with anorexia nervosa have the right to refuse life-sustaining treatment?" Draper (YES) suggests the following length of treatment before concluding that a patient may not be able to be cured of anorexia: |
| | A) | one year |
| | B) | five years |
| | C) | ten years |
| | D) | fifteen years. |
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In the Taking Sides issue entitled "Should individuals with anorexia nervosa have the right to refuse life-sustaining treatment?" Werth and his colleagues (NO) argue that when making a decision regarding compulsory treatment, a medical professional should evaluate the patient according to: |
| | A) | the intent of the individual's behaviors. |
| | B) | the outcome of the individual's behaviors. |
| | C) | the outcomes of other patients in similar situations. |
| | D) | the medical professional's personal beliefs about sustaining life. |
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In the Taking Sides issue entitled "Is Psychological Debriefing a Harmful Intervention for Survivors of Trauma?" Jeffrey T.Mitchell (NO) asserts that when applied appropriately and in the right time frame, CISD can be very helpful to those who have experienced trauma. In which of the following cases would CISD not be recommended? |
| | A) | narrowly escaping a serious fire |
| | B) | being held up and robbed |
| | C) | being sexually assaulted or beaten |
| | D) | being told that your friend died in a car accident |
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In the Taking Sides issue entitled "Is Psychological Debriefing a Harmful Intervention for Survivors of Trauma?" Grant J. Devilly and Peter Cotton (YES) specify the lifetime prevalence rate of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as: |
| | A) | approximately 2%. |
| | B) | approximately 8%. |
| | C) | approximately 12%. |
| | D) | approximately 16%. |
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In the Taking Sides issue entitled "Is Psychological Debriefing a Harmful Intervention for Survivors of Trauma?" Jeffrey T. Mitchell (NO) asserts that psychological debriefing is not recommended until: |
| | A) | a few days after the traumatic event. |
| | B) | one to two weeks after the traumatic event. |
| | C) | approximately a month after the traumatic event. |
| | D) | seven weeks or longer after the traumatic event. |
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In the Taking Sides issue entitled "Are Blocked and Recovered Memories Valid Phenomena?" Gleaves (YES) would disagree with which of the following statements about false memories? |
| | A) | People are more likely to create a false memory about an ordinary topic than about a disturbing topic. |
| | B) | A great amount of empirical data supports the validity of false memories. |
| | C) | A false memory occurs when a person reports having a memory of an event that is actually fictitious |
| | D) | False Memory Syndrome has yet to be accepted as a diagnosable condition in the scientific community. |
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In the Taking Sides issue entitled "Are Blocked and Recovered Memories Valid Phenomena?" Kihlstrom (NO) asserts that: |
| | A) | anecdotal claims do not provide evidence to support the validity of false memories. |
| | B) | a fair amount of research suggests that traumatic events are a likely cause of blocked memories. |
| | C) | it is rare that therapists who believe in blocked and recovered memories influence their clients during the course of therapy. |
| | D) | most claims of blocked and recovered memories do not have corroborating verification, thereby limiting the credibility of such claims. |
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In the Taking Sides issue entitled "Should All Uses of MDMA (Ecstasy) Be Prohibited?" Robert Mathias and Patrick Zickler (YES) argue that the drug is particularly harmful to: |
| | A) | learning and memory. |
| | B) | recognition of familiar objects. |
| | C) | depth perception and spatial ability. |
| | D) | emotional intelligence. |
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In the Taking Sides issue entitled "Should All Uses of MDMA (Ecstasy) Be Prohibited?" June Riedlinger and Michael Montagne (NO) argue that the drug can be effective for treating severe cases of: |
| | A) | autism. |
| | B) | schizophrenia. |
| | C) | depression. |
| | D) | Alzheimer's disease. |
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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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In the Taking Sides chapter entitled, "Is Addiction a Brain Disease?" the National Institute on Drug Abuse (YES) states when science began to study addictive 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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In the Taking Sides issue entitled "Should Memory-Dampening Drugs Be Used to Alleviate the Symptoms of Trauma?" The President's Council on Bioethics (NO) acknowledges that there are some things it is better never to have known or seen. However, the Council argues that "there may be a cost to acting compassionately for those who suffer bad memories." 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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In the Taking Sides issue entitled "Should Memory-Dampening Drugs Be Used to Alleviate the Symptoms of Trauma?" Kolber (YES) states that the memory-dampening drug propranolol is most likely to be effective in the first: |
| | A) | hour after the incident. |
| | B) | six hours after the incident. |
| | C) | twelve hours after the incident. |
| | D) | twenty-four hours after the incident. |
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In the Taking Sides issue entitled "Is Ritalin Overprescribed?" Peter R. Breggin (YES) argues that Ritalin: |
| | A) | corrects chemical imbalances. |
| | B) | disrupts normal brain function. |
| | C) | does not suppress behavior. |
| | D) | improves attention. |
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In the Taking Sides issue entitled "Is Ritalin Overprescribed?" Russell A. Barkley (NO) asserts that children with ADHD who remain on their medication through their teen years: |
| | A) | experience prolonged periods of feeling a sense of euphoria and well-being. |
| | B) | are at risk of becoming dependent on the drug. |
| | C) | are at greater risk than non-ADHD youth of abusing substances. |
| | D) | are at lower risk than non-ADHD youth of abusing substances. |
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In the Taking Sides issue entitled "Should Psychologists Prescribe Medication?" with which of these statements would both Robert Resnick (YES) and William Robiner et al. (NO) agree? |
| | A) | The Department of Defense Psychopharmacology Demonstration Project provides strong support for pushing ahead with training all psychologists to prescribe psychotropic medications. |
| | B) | In many areas of the United States people have urgent and unmet health needs due to an insufficient number of mental health professionals with prescriptive authority. |
| | C) | Because of their medical training, non-psychiatric physicians are better equipped to prescribe psychotropic medications than are psychologists. |
| | D) | Today's society has placed too much emphasis on medicine and not enough emphasis on traditional psychotherapy. |
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In the Taking Sides issue entitled "Should Psychologists Prescribe Medication?" Robiner et al. (NO) argue that non-psychiatric physicians may account for a large number of psychotropic medication prescriptions because: |
| | A) | non-psychiatric physicians may be reluctant to put their patients in the care of someone other than themselves. |
| | B) | non-psychiatric physicians have a greater understanding of mental disorders than do psychologists. |
| | C) | patients may be more comfortable dealing with their primary care physician than with a mental health specialist whom they do not know. |
| | D) | patients want to try treating their disorders with medications before resorting to psychotherapy. |
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In the Taking Sides chapter entitled, "Is it Unethical for Psychologists to Be Involved in Coercive Interrogations?" Costanzo, Gerrity, & Lykes (YES) assert that coercive interrogations are: |
| | A) | Ineffective in extracting reliable information. |
| | B) | Effective in extracting reliable information if properly administered. |
| | C) | Permissible only for the purpose of protecting national security in the face of a credible threat. |
| | D) | Permissible only when used with convicted perpetrators of terrorism. |
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In the Taking Sides chapter entitled, "Is it Unethical for Psychologists to Be Involved in Coercive Interrogations?" Costanzo, Gerrity, & Lykes (YES) state that researchers have identified a troubling perceptual bias among people who have received interrogation training. Namely, trained interrogators believe that: |
| | A) | People are telling them the truth. |
| | B) | People are lying to them. |
| | C) | People have no reason to tell the truth. |
| | D) | People have no reason to lie. |
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In the Taking Sides issue entitled "Is It Ethical to Support the Wish for Healthy Limb Amputation in People with Body Integrity Identity Disorder?" Wesley Smith (NO) calls the desire of someone with BIID to amputate a limb: |
| | A) | a neurotic obsession. |
| | B) | a psychotic delusion. |
| | C) | an example of magical thinking. |
| | D) | a symptom of borderline personality disorder. |
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In the Taking Sides issue entitled "Is It Ethical to Support the Wish for Healthy Limb Amputation in People with Body Integrity Identity Disorder?" Tim Bayne and Neil Levy (YES) compare BIID with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. According to Bayne and Levy, the significant difference between people with BIID and people with anorexia or bulimia is that: |
| | A) | people with BIID rarely have symptoms of an eating disorder. |
| | B) | people with BIID are closer to the psychotic end of the symptom spectrum than people with anorexia or bulimia. |
| | C) | people with anorexia or bulimia fail to recognize the discrepancy between their body and their body image, whereas those with BIID are fully aware of this discrepancy. |
| | D) | people with anorexia and bulimia understand that they have a psychological disorder, whereas people with BIID do not. |
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In the Taking Sides issue entitled "Does Exposure to Media Violence Promote Aggressive Behavior?" Jonathan L. Freedman (NO) suggests that the most obvious difference between violent and non-violent films is the fact that violent films are usually: |
| | A) | immoral. |
| | B) | more likely to incite aggression in young children. |
| | C) | more arousing and exciting. |
| | D) | less interesting. |
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In the Taking Sides issue entitled "Does Exposure to Media Violence Promote Aggressive Behavior?" Nancy Signorielli (YES) suggests that the lack of adequate contexts for violent behaviors portrayed in the media may transmit the lesson that violence is: |
| | A) | sanitary. |
| | B) | a punishable act. |
| | C) | a just a form of entertainment. |
| | D) | not easily glamorized. |
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In the Taking Sides issue entitled "Would Legalization of Virtual Child Pornography Reduce Sexual Exploitation of Children?" Diana E. H. Russell and Natalie J. Purcell (NO) state that the prevalence of childhood pornography sites and their positive portrayal of child pornography make pedophiles believe all of the following except: |
| | A) | child pornography is socially acceptable. |
| | B) | children enjoy having sexual intercourse with adults. |
| | C) | there are other people who have a sexual interest in children. |
| | D) | child pornography is legal. |
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In the Taking Sides issue entitled "Would Legalization of Virtual Child Pornography Reduce Sexual Exploitation of Children?" Arnold H. Loewy (YES) argues that when it comes to freedom of speech, the government: |
| | A) | should not limit freedom of speech in any way. |
| | B) | should limit freedom of speech to suppressing "very bad speech." |
| | C) | should not extend freedom of speech to flag burners or Nazis. |
| | D) | should be able to determine what speech to protect and what speech to challenge on a case by case basis. |
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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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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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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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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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