Which of the following is true regarding the deinstitutionalization of large numbers of mentally ill persons?
a) It occurred after adequate community services were made widely available.
b) It resulted in the discovery that most inpatients appeared insane only because of the negative effects of institutionalization.
c) It has been recognized as harmful; current policy is to reinstitutionalize most of these patients.
d) It created a large population of impoverished, homeless mentally ill.
d
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Infants less than 3 days old sucked on a nipple to hear their mother's voice or another woman's voice. What happened?
a. They sucked more when they could hear the other woman b. They sucked more when they could hear their mother. c. They sucked vigorously but equally for either voice. d. They stopped sucking whenever they heard either woman's voice.
Shelly complains of having a number of physical symptoms. Her doctor says there's nothing physically wrong. Shelly may be diagnosed with:
a. somatization disorder c. psychogenic fugue b. conversion disorder d. obsessive-compulsive disorder
In American society today, hospitals primarily offer care for
a. chronic illnesses b. acute illnesses c. terminal illnesses d. psychiatric illnesses e. accidents
Vygotsky's theory is growing in influence because
A) he emphasized how children and adolescents progress cognitively from stage to stage. B) his idea that children's and adolescents' comprehension of the world is an outcome of their interactions with their parents, peers, and other members of society is both appealing and well supported by research findings. C) he emphasized the link between brain development processes and information-processing perspectives. D) research findings are supportive of his ideas that cognitive development proceeds through gradual quantitative improvements in attention, perception, understanding, and memory.