PSY230 Take Test Chapter 09 Quiz

Question 1In the states listed below, which state was the first state to pass legislation allowing physician-assisted suicide?

                Michigan

                Vermont

                Florida

                Oregon

Question 2In the United States, the members of which race are most likely to commit suicide?

                American Indians

                Asian Americans

                African Americans

                Hispanic Americans

Question 3Viewing problems and solutions in rigid either/or terms is known as:

                hopelessness.

                pessimism.

                dichotomous thinking.

                learned helplessness.

Question 4A seriously ill person whose consistent mismanagement of medication led to their death would probably be considered a victim of:

                anasuicide.

                parasuicide.

                suicide.

                subintentional death.

Question 5About what percent of Americans believe that terminally ill persons should be free to take their lives or to seek a physician's assistance to do so?

                50%

                60%

                70%

                80%

Question 6Suicide committed by people over whom society has little or no control is known as _____ suicide.

                egoistic

                altruistic

                anomic

                introjective

Question 7_____ times as many women attempt suicide as men, yet men succeed at more than _____ times the rate of women.

                Two; three

                Three; three

                Four; three

                Three; four

Question 8Which is not a reason why teenagers may attempt suicide?

                clinical depression

                low self-esteem

                changes in hormones

                feeling hopeless

Question 9Which perspective believes that suicide is the result of anger directed at one's self?

                cognitive

                behavioral

                sociocultural

                psychodynamic

Question 10One strategy for studying suicide, which is a kind of psychological autopsy in which clinicians and researchers piece together data from a suicide victim's past, is known as:

                retroactive analysis

                prospective analysis

                retrospective analysis

                subintentional analysis

Question 11Which method of killing oneself is used in more than half of all male suicides?

                hanging

                gun

                self-immolation

                drug overdose

Question 12Individuals who clearly intend to end their lives at the time they attempt suicide (and fail to do so), only to experience confusion in the very next hour or day, might be classified as:

                death inviters.

                death seekers.

                death egoists.

                death initiators.

Question 13Among the top ten causes of death in the United States, suicide ranks:

                4th

                6th

                8th

                10th

Question 14One of the early pioneers in the field of suicide study and who determined there were 4 types of people who intentionally end their lives was:

                Sigmund Freud.

                Erik Erikson.

                Edwin Shneidman.

                Carl Jung.

Question 15According to Freud, what are the forces that lead a person to attempt or commit suicide?

                A real or symbolic loss leads to a defense mechanism called introjection, and this in turn leads to suicide as an extreme expression of internalized anger and self-hatred.

                An inability to adequately overcome the Oedipus or Electra complex leads to a longing for an end to life that results in suicidal behaviors.

                Fixation at the oral stage leads to behaviors that are overly expressive, and thus suicide is the ultimate in “expressive” behaviors.

                Death is seen as a way of getting in touch with one's own unconscious, and thus it is viewed by the victim as a desirable behavior.

Question 16People who do not believe that their self-inflicted death will mean the end of their existence are known as :

                death seekers.

                death initiators.

                death ignorers.

                death darers.

Question 17According to Edwin Shneidman, _____, or a feeling of intolerable psychological pain, is an underlying key to suicide.

                psychache

                parasthesia

                anomie

                thanatos

Question 18In recent years, brain scan studies have revealed low serotonin activity of suicidal persons and this corresponds to dysfunction throughout their depression-related brain circuit.  This particular circuit includes all of following structures except the:

                medulla

                hippocampus

                amygdala

                prefrontal cortex

Question 19A pilot who sacrifices his life to save others would be categorized as an example of _____ suicide.

                subintentional

                egoistic

                altruistic

                anomic

Question 20Which mental disorder(s) are not mentioned as being linked to suicide?

                chronic alcoholism

                antisocial personality disorder

                severe depression

                schizophrenia