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Q:
The Brawner Rule intends to exclude _____ from using the insanity defense.
a. defendants under the influence of alcohol at the time of the offense
b. defendants with antisocial personality disorders
c. defendants under the influence of drugs at the time of the offense
d. defendants who refuse to undergo psychiatric evaluation
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) listening from a "not-knowing" position
(b) paradoxical interventions
(c) enactments
(d) reframing
(e) issuing directives
Q:
In _____, the Supreme Court ruled that insanity may continue after the criminal act, and therefore the offender could be placed in a psychiatric facility until such time when he or she is determined to have recovered from his or her afflictions.
a. United States v. Brawner
b. Durham v. United States
c. Jones v. United States
d. Vitek v. Jones
Q:
What percentage of all criminal cases uses the insanity defense?
a. 10 percent
b. about half
c. nearly 27 percent
d. less than 1 percent
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) cognitive disputation
(b) cognitive homework
(c) rational-emotive imagery
(d) shame-attacking exercises
(e) solution-focused therapy
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) change and the search for new possibilities
(b) the encouragement process
(c) family constellation
(d) gender role intervention
(e) personal priorities
Q:
What is the essential inquiry involved when the M'Naughten Rule is applied?
a. Was the act the result or the product of a mental defect?
b. Was the person able to distinguish between right and wrong at the time of the offense?
c. Was the act the result of an "irresistible impulse?"
d. Was the act the result of an addiction?
Q:
Which can best be attributed to the term "insanity?"
a. A diagnosis of insanity automatically follows a diagnosis of psychosis.
b. Insanity is a legal term and judicial determination.
c. A diagnosis of insanity is a psychiatric decision.
d. A diagnosis of insanity is ultimately determined by trained psychologists.
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) experiential therapy
(b) existential therapy
(c) person-centered therapy
(d) Gestalt therapy
(e) postmodern approaches
Q:
In her study of psychopathology and mass murder, Souza found that most of these have a history of mental illness.
a. mass murderers
b. serial killers
c. murderers
d. criminals
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) shame-attacking exercises
(b) the internal dialogue exercise
(c) the reversal technique
(d) the rehearsal experiment
(e) the exaggeration experiment
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) fictional finalism
(b) shame-attacking exercises
(c) acting "as if"
(d) lifestyle assessment
(e) teleological approach
Q:
According to Eysenck, who is more likely to be involved in antisocial behavior?
a. extroverts
b. subverts
c. introverts
d. perverts
Q:
This killer had subpar intelligence, suffered from kryptopyroluria, suffered multiple head traumas, was raised in a dysfunctional family, experienced sexual and physical abuse, had homosexual experiences at age 11, had sex with animals, and went on as an adult to kill female prostitutes. He sometimes returned to the crime scenes days later to mutilate the corpses and take trophies.
a. Ed Gein
b. Juan Cordoba
c. Joseph Kallinger
d. Arthur Shawcross
Q:
According to Eysenck, what is the foundation for criminality?
a. the over-reactive RAS
b. interactions of environmental conditions and inherited personality traits
c. financial gain
d. instrumental conditioning
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) establishing the relationship
(b) exploring the individual's dynamics
(c) working through transference neurosis
(d) encouraging insight
(e) helping with reorientation
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) total behavior
(b) choice theory
(c) existential-phenomenological orientation
(d) family systems therapy
(e) reality therapy
Q:
What did Reiss and Roth find?
a. inhibited children are less prone to violence and aggression
b. inhibited children are more prone to victimization
c. uninhibited children are more prone to victimization
d. uninhibited children are less prone to violence and aggression
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) documenting the evidence
(b) re-authoring alternative stories
(c) flooding
(d) narrative letter writing
(e) mapping the influence of the problem
Q:
In their studies of homicide offenders, Virkkunen, et al., and Linnoila, et al., found that:
a. The non-impulsive group reported higher levels of dopamine.
b. The impulsive group reported lower levels of dopamine.
c. The impulsive group reported lower levels of serotonin.
d. The non-impulsive group reported lower levels of serotonin.
Q:
What is the hormone that inhibits the secretion of stomach acid, stimulates smooth muscle, and acts as a neurotransmitter in brain functioning.
a. CSF 5-hiaa
b. lithium
c. Haldol
d. serotonin
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) power analysis and power intervention
(b) assertion training
(c) stress-management training
(d) eye movement desensitization and reprocessing
(e) exposure therapies
Q:
The role of _____ in violent crime is of growing importance in understanding the dynamics of the interactions among the forces of biology, psychological factors, and our environment.
a. neurobiology
b. sociology
c. podiatry
d. psychology
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) multimodal therapy
(b) BASIC ID
(c) technical eclecticism
(d) therapeutic flexibility and versatility
(e) quality world
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) cognitive restructuring
(b) cognitive therapy
(c) coping skills programs
(d) stress-inoculation training
(e) total behavior
Q:
The following was/were believed to be able to detect criminal predisposition
by examining bumps and abnormalities on the surface of the skull.
a. sociologists
b. phrenologists
c. criminologists
d. neurobiologists
Q:
Why is the notion of evil so difficult to define? How do scholars try to define it? How do you define it? Does your definition agree with those of the scholars? Why or why not?
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) positive orientation
(b) look for what is working
(c) exceptions to a problem
(d) small changes pave way for larger changes
(e) therapist as expert
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) layers of neurosis
(b) unfinished business
(c) genograms
(d) contact and resistance to contact
(e) energy and blocks to energy
Q:
What is a witch hunt? Describe and discuss a medieval witch hunt and a modern witch hunt.
Q:
Discuss why and how horror and "splatter" films remind us that evil, dangerous beings reside in our communities. Why do we need to be reminded?
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) empowerment and egalitarianism
(b) power analysis and power intervention
(c) choice theory
(d) social action
(e) self in relation theory
Q:
The notion of evil becomes complicated by the generally accepted belief that those who commit sins can _____ and virtually turn their lives around.
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) solution-focused brief therapy
(b) self psychology
(c) object-relations theory
(d) borderline personality
(e) narcissistic personality
Q:
The quest for power and control over the lives of others is exemplified by the case of _____, a physician and geneticist recruited into the Nazi ranks to direct the processing of concentration camp prisoners at Birkenau and Auschwitz during World War II.
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) object relations theory
(b) choice theory
(c) self psychology
(d) relational psychoanalysis
(e) interpersonal analysis
Q:
Satanic cults in the United States appear to have attracted a growing number of followers interested in the worship of _____.
Q:
A function of the early European _____ was to find ways to eradicate the problems attributed to witchcraft and sorcery.
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) collective unconscious
(b) archetypes
(c) persona
(d) shadow
(e) narrative therapy
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) nondirective
(b) ambivalence about change
(c) intrinsic motivation
(d) MI spirit
(e) change talk.
Q:
In many past cultures, and in some modern ones, _____ was generally viewed as a distinct form of possession, the controlling of a human byan evil spirit.
Q:
Erich Fromm considered evil a process and not a state.
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) polarized thinking
(b) labeling and mislabeling
(c) magnification and minimization
(d) selective abstraction
(e) externalization and deconstruction
Q:
The nature and definition of "evil" is not universal and agreed upon.
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) irrational ideas
(b) homework assignments
(c) shame-attacking exercises
(d) rational-emotive imagery
(e) dream interpretation
Q:
Satanic cults do not provide a large population of serial killers.
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) reexperiencing unfinished business in the here-and-now
(b) transference
(c) free association
(d) interpretation
(e) maintaining the analytic framework
Q:
"Anthropophagy" refers to revulsion at eating human flesh.
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) quality world
(b) WDEP
(c) choice theory
(d) self-evaluation
(e) transference
Q:
Folklore pertaining to zombies, werewolves, vampires, etc., is found among few cultures.
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) solution-focused therapy
(b) dialectical behavior therapy
(c) exception questions
(d) miracle question
(e) formula first session task
Q:
This killer was a college graduate and once worked as a fishing guide and security guard. He later became a police officer who had a fantasy for taking young women into the woods and hanging them.
a. Harold Shipman
b. Gerard Schaefer
c. Orville Majors
d. Martin Bryant
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) totalizing descriptions
(b) paradoxical directive
(c) problem-saturated story
(d) dominant story
(e) building an audience
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) unconditional positive regard
(b) empathic understanding
(c) congruence
(d) active listening
(e) gender role interventions
Q:
What may well be the epitome of narcissism?
a. total domination of oneself
b. eventual act of self-destruction
c. total domination of others
d. sum total of personality disorders
Q:
According to Peck, who are "people of the lie?"
a. thieves
b. murderers
c. evil people
d. liars
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) dream analysis
(b) free association
(c) early recollections,
(d) interpretation of transference
(e) analysis of resistance
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) systematic desensitization
(b) cognitive restructuring
(c) acceptance and commitment therapy
(d) assertion training
(e) empty chair technique.
Q:
How are evil people best defined according to M. Scott Peck?
a. by the "consistency of their sins"
b. by the illegality of their actions
c. as golems
d. as Satan worshippers
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) Arnold Lazarus
(b) Murray Bowen
(c) Virginia Satir
(d) Carl Whitaker
(e) Salvador Minuchin
Q:
In each of the cases of this killer, the victim's breasts had been mutilated and cut off with a knife or piano wire.
a. Charles Manson
b. Robin Gecht
c. John Gacy
d. Josef Mengele
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) externalization and deconstruction
(b) figure-formation process
(c) narrative conversations
(d) reauthoring one's life
(e) collaborative partnership
Q:
Who was Josef Mengele?
a. Argentina's most prolific serial killer
b. a notorious guard in Auschwitz who killed hundreds of people
c. an aspiring geneticist who conducted identical twin research for the
Nazis
d. the only Jew to survive the Nazi attack on the Warsaw Ghetto
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) exception questions
(b) the dialogue experiment
(c) staying with the feeling
(d) reversal technique
(e) present-centered dream work
Q:
Which of the following crimes would most likely be a "crime of passion?"
a. mass murder of all adults and children having lunch at McDonalds
b. serial murder of children who are found alone in parks
c. murdering a female teller while robbing a bank
d. murdering your ex-spouse
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) holism
(b) field theory
(c) figure-formation process
(d) social constructionism
(e) organismic self-regulation
Q:
This idea is intangible and unmeasurable and is often used as a misnomer for inappropriate behavior.
a. good
b. insanity
c. guilt
d. evil
Q:
A litmus test for cult organizations is that _____ is/are part of the structure.
a. abuse
b. bake sales
c. secrecy
d. rumors
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) reflection
(b) creative arts
(c) active listening
(d) empathic understanding
(e) miracle question
Q:
Most serial murderers involved in cult-related killings are found to be _____.
a. self-styled Satanists
b. officers in the Church of Satan
c. advanced in their Satanic work
d. tattooed with the number 666
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) A-B-C theory
(b) irrational beliefs
(c) not-knowing position
(d) cognitive restructuring
(e) self-defeating thought patterns
Q:
What did Finkelhor conclude in his book Nursery Crimes?
a. Daycare centers do not have abnormally high rates of abuse.
b. Daycare centers have abnormally high rates of abuse.
c. There is no abuse at all in daycare centers.
d. Some daycare centers are set up just to abuse children.
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) person-centered therapy
(b) feminist therapy
(c) Gestalt therapy
(d) existential therapy
(e) experiential therapies
Q:
In this 1984 case in California, seven people were accused of the ritualistic torture of children. After the longest trial in the U.S. history, the key suspects were acquitted.
a. the Manhattan Beach preschool case
b. the Annewakee preschool case
c. the McMartin preschool case
d. the Matamoros preschool case
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) total behavior
(b) quality world
(c) confronting irrational beliefs
(d) cycle of counseling
(e) choice theory
Q:
How many serial murder cases are linked directly to Satanic worship or cult-related activities?
a. About half
b. 23 percent
c. less than 5 percent
d. None
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) self-evaluation
(b) plan for action
(c) commitment
(d) unconditional positive regard
(e) WDEP
Q:
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) lifestyle assessment
(b) genograms
(c) family-life chronology
(d) accommodating
(e) joining
Q:
Both these and vampire cults have links to satanic and/or cult murders.
a. Saturn death cults
b. Jupiter II death cults
c. Mars death cults
d. Terran death cults
Q:
In the late 1980s the voodoo cult in Matamoros, Mexico, was heavily involved in _____.
a. prostitution
b. drug smuggling
c. child pornography
d. collecting body parts to use as spells to change men into animals