At the start of the twentieth century in America, the fate of patients with mental illness __________.

A. was filled with hope and enlightened humanity
B. was fraught with labels suggesting "tainted genes" and divine retribution
C. inspired a belief that the mentally ill were incurable and should be executed or jailed for the rest of their lives
D. was neither uniform nor entirely positive


Answer: D

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a. "No Cure, Little Hope" b. "Exorcism Instead of Exercise" c. "The Need for Greater Restraints Is Evident" d. "High Rates of Successful Treatment of Insanity"

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When a conditioned stimulus can predict the nonoccurrence of an unconditioned stimulus, this is referred to as ____

a. ?extinction b. ?inhibition c. ?latent inhibition d. ?discrimination

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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______ factors are implicated in mild forms of intellectual disability

a. Genetic b. Environmental c. Genetic and environmental d. Situational

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