Lesson 3.1.3

3.1.3 Alternatives to the medical model Quiz: OCR Psychology, Unit 3

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The 20 questions

  1. Who is a prominent critic of psychiatric diagnosis and author of The Myth of Mental Illness?

    • Thomas Szasz
    • Sigmund Freud
    • Aaron Beck
    • Emil Kraepelin

  2. What term does Szasz use to describe mental illnesses that are actually social rule violations?

    • Brain lesions
    • Genetic defects
    • Biochemical errors
    • Problems in living

  3. Which user-led movement rejects traditional psychiatric labelling and medicalisation?

    • Anti-Psychiatry League
    • Mental Health Reform
    • Psychology Action Group
    • Hearing Voices Network

  4. What is the primary focus of psychological alternatives to the medical model of mental health?

    • Cerebral blood flow
    • Life experiences
    • Chromosomal anomalies
    • Neurotransmitter levels

  5. John is diagnosed with schizophrenia. Szasz would argue John is experiencing what rather than an illness?

    • A neurochemical imbalance
    • A genetic disorder
    • A pathogen infection
    • A problem in living

  6. Emma joins a support group where she reinterprets her hallucinations as spiritual rather than pathological. What is this?

    • Diagnosing
    • Normalising
    • Medicalising
    • Pathologising

  7. Mark refuses medication and seeks therapy to explore how poverty and abuse caused his anxiety. Which approach is this?

    • Biochemical model
    • Psychopharmacological model
    • Alternative model
    • Neurological model

  8. If a mental health professional assumes all mental disorders have physical causes, which assumption are they making?

    • Reductionism
    • Constructivism
    • Interactionism
    • Holism

  9. Why do critics argue psychiatric diagnoses lack scientific validity?

    • Definitive brain scans
    • Subjective symptom checklists
    • Objective blood tests
    • Precise genetic markers

  10. What major ethical issue arises from applying medical labels to deviant behaviour?

    • Labelling and stigma
    • Too much autonomy
    • Increased financial wealth
    • Excessive recovery rates

  11. Which concept suggests mental illness is a product of societal expectations and cultural norms?

    • Neurological deficit
    • Genetic predisposition
    • Biological determinism
    • Social construction

  12. How might a critic of the medical model explain the high comorbidity of psychiatric diagnoses?

    • Precise biological markers
    • Distinct pathogen origins
    • Flawed classification systems
    • Perfect genetic accuracy

  13. Which term describes the process where everyday human behaviours become viewed as medical conditions?

    • Liberation
    • Empowerment
    • Medicalisation
    • Normalisation

  14. What key element does the biopsychosocial model integrate that the medical model ignores?

    • Neurotransmitters
    • Genetic markers
    • Brain structure
    • Social factors

  15. Why do anti-psychiatry proponents object to involuntary hospitalisation?

    • Violation of human rights
    • Staff shortages
    • Medication side effects
    • Excessive financial cost

  16. What is the core alternative role of formulation over diagnosis in mental health?

    • Universal medication prescription
    • Fixed biological category
    • Standardised disease label
    • Personalised narrative

  17. Which psychiatrist famously argued that schizophrenia is a myth rather than a real disease?

    • Thomas Szasz
    • R.D. Laing
    • Aaron Beck
    • David Rosenhan

  18. In the famous 1973 Rosenhan study, what label were healthy pseudo-patients given upon hospital admission?

    • Clinical depression
    • Bipolar disorder
    • Paranoid personality
    • Schizophrenia in remission

  19. Sarah hears comforting voices and refuses antipsychotic medication, viewing them as a gift. What alternative approach is this?

    • Biopsychosocial approach
    • Medical model
    • Cognitive therapy
    • Hearing Voices Movement

  20. Why do critics argue that traditional psychiatric manuals like the DSM lack validity?

    • Diagnoses are too cheap
    • Symptoms are too brief
    • Sample sizes are small
    • Categories overlap heavily

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