Lesson 5.4.1
5.4.1 Key question: mental health in society Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Psychology, Unit 5
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The 20 questions
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Which term describes negative attitudes and discrimination directed at people with mental disorders?
- Deviation
- Monotropy
- Reliability
- Stigma
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Which definition of abnormality varies directly according to cultural expectations?
- Deviation from ideals
- Social norms deviation
- Statistical infrequency
- Failure to function
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Using psychiatric treatment to enforce societal expectations is an example of what?
- Social facilitation
- Social identity
- Social control
- Social loafing
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Which issue in modern workplaces is a major focus for clinical psychology research?
- Work-related stress
- Automated production
- Physical hygiene
- Wage inequality
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Which diagnostic classification system is published by the World Health Organization?
- PHQ-8
- ICD
- DSM
- CBT
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What negative societal outcome often affects individuals diagnosed with a mental disorder?
- Social stigma
- Higher status
- Increased income
- Physical illness
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What term describes a mental disorder specific to a particular cultural group?
- Social norm
- Cultural bias
- Culture-bound syndrome
- Ethnocentrism
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Why might prevalence rates of depression differ between two societies with different diagnostic criteria?
- Incomparable definitions
- Sampling bias
- Genetic differences
- Population sizes
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What is a primary goal of workplace mental health training programmes?
- Increasing productivity
- Replacing therapy
- Eliminating stress
- Reducing stigma
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What is a key ethical concern when employers collect staff mental health data?
- Demand characteristics
- High financial cost
- Breach of confidentiality
- Lack of validity
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Using clinical diagnosis to enforce social conformity is an example of what issue?
- Cultural bias
- Social control
- Reductionism
- Demand characteristics
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Why might reported rates of anxiety differ between genders in survey data?
- Hormonal equality
- Genetic immunity
- Gender reporting bias
- Flawed sampling
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What term describes labelling ordinary emotional distress as a medical condition?
- Internalisation
- Over-medicalisation
- Institutionalisation
- Social control
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In a workplace of 800 staff, 25 per cent report stress. How many staff is this?
- 32
- 200
- 250
- 320
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Which research design best tracks changes in societal attitudes to mental health over time?
- Cross-sectional design
- Case study
- Experimental design
- Longitudinal design
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Which social factor is strongly linked to an increased risk of mental illness?
- Unemployment
- Strong social support
- High income
- University education
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Why must workplace mental health programmes be evaluated using empirical evidence?
- To ensure secrecy
- To reduce staff
- To assess effectiveness
- To increase costs
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Why is relying solely on the DSM unsuitable for comparing global mental health?
- Small sample size
- Low reliability
- Cultural bias
- High cost
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What evidence supports viewing mental health disorders as a social issue rather than purely biological?
- Variation by poverty
- Identical twin rates
- Universal neurochemistry
- Fixed genetic markers
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In a workplace of 400 staff, 15 per cent report symptoms and 60 per cent of them seek help. How many staff seek help?
- 36
- 90
- 24
- 60
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