Psychology

What is an assumption of the biological approach to psychology?

Mental illness is caused by learning and environmental factors

Mental illness has physical causes and treatments

Mental illness can't be cured as the physical causes can't be treated

Which of these is not a treatment for mental illness in the biological approach?

Drugs

Psychosurgery

Genetic counselling

Which of these is not a cause of mental illness in the biological approach?

(According to the DSM) Schizophrenia is a...

Anxiety disorder

Affective disorder

Psychotic disorder

(According to the DSM) Major depressive disorder is a...

Anxiety disorder

Affective disorder

Psychotic disorder

A phobia is a...

Anxiety disorder

Affective disorder

Psychotic disorder

Which psychologist tested the reliability of doctors throughout mental institutions?

Rosenhan concluded that...

Doctors diagnoses' were not valid

Doctors could not tell the sane from the insane

The DSM ensured that diagnoses' were reliable

Patients in institutions were treated regularly

Nurses in institutions ensured patients always took their medication

Which psychologist studied the correlation of mental illness (bipolar and schizophrenia) in parents and their offspring?

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