The Rationale Behind Deinstitutionalization Was

question 47

Multiple Choice

The rationale behind deinstitutionalization was

• A) a belief that physicians could better medicate and give physical treatment to patients in their own homes.
• B) a concern that prolonged hospitalization could keep patients from being able to adjust to and function in the outside world.
• C) a belief that most mental patients were faking and would cease to do so if they weren't "rewarded" by allowing them to stay in the hospital.
• D) a concern that mental hospitals were such unpleasant places that for mental patients, living on their own could only be better.

Understand the relationship between sexual activity, sexual orientation, and gender identity.

Acknowledge the existence and impact of the sexual double standard.

Recognize the functions and roles of sex in long-term relationships.

Differentiate between biologically determined and socially constructed aspects of sexuality.

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Definitions:

Placebo Effect

The phenomenon where an individual experiences a perceived improvement in condition or symptoms after receiving a treatment that has no therapeutic effect.

Placebo

An inactive substance or treatment used as a control in experiments to test the effectiveness of therapeutic drugs.

Control Condition

In experimental research, a standard against which the effects of a treatment are compared, often involving no treatment or a placebo.

Fake Pill

Also known as a placebo, it is a pill without active medical ingredients, used in research to test the effectiveness of treatments.