Unit 1 Psychology

A court case has established that individuals with psychological conditions who are incompetent to stand trial

cannot be forced to take psychotropic medications to make them competent to stand trial.

A client has threatened to kill his neighbor. The clinician now has to determine their next course of action. This example relates to:

duty to warn

If a client is unable to determine right from wrong at the time of a crime, prosecuting them would violate the:

M’Naghten rule

In Riggins v. Nevada, the Supreme Court ruled that patients have:

a right to refuse treatment

Because a psychological disorder may lessen a person’s ability to understand his or her behavior and criminal intent, it is difficult to prove

mens rea

Dr. Smith is working with Susan, a client who is heavily involved with body-piercing.  Susan enjoys it, but Dr. Smith thinks the amount is so excessive, she considers it abnormal behavior.  Which definition of abnormality is Dr. Smith employing?

culturally inappropriate

Hypnosis, free association and dream analysis, and balance of the id, ego, and superego is part of which theory?

Psychoanalytic

Which theory reflected the belief that normal functioning of the brain required a balance of four bodily fluids?

Humoral Theory

The scientist-practitioner model of psychology focuses on:

psychologists’ use of scientific principles to study with treatments are most effective and to decide which treatment to use.

The scientific study of psychological disorders is called:

psychopathology