Key Questions (Edexcel A-Level Psychology): Quizzes
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What percentage of TV characters with mental illness were depicted as violent (Signorielli 1989)?
What percentage of TV characters with mental illness were depicted as violent (Signorielli 1989)?
72%
How much more violent were mentally ill TV characters compared to general TV characters (Diefenbach)?
How much more violent were mentally ill TV characters compared to general TV characters (Diefenbach)?
Ten times more violent
What percentage of programmes featured at least one character with mental illness (Diefenbach 1997)?
What percentage of programmes featured at least one character with mental illness (Diefenbach 1997)?
32%
Which theme is NOT listed as a negative stereotype of mental illness in media?
Which theme is NOT listed as a negative stereotype of mental illness in media?
Intelligence
What is the reality about mentally ill people and violence compared to media portrayals?
What is the reality about mentally ill people and violence compared to media portrayals?
More likely victims than perpetrators
What percentage of people with mental health issues don't seek treatment (Brown & Bradley 2002)?
What percentage of people with mental health issues don't seek treatment (Brown & Bradley 2002)?
25%
How does media typically portray depression according to Tartakovsky (2009)?
How does media typically portray depression according to Tartakovsky (2009)?
As a chemical imbalance
Which charities run the Time to Change campaign?
Which charities run the Time to Change campaign?
Mind and Rethink Mental Illness
What effect did medical explanations have on people's behaviour (Penn et al. 2003)?
What effect did medical explanations have on people's behaviour (Penn et al. 2003)?
More likely to avoid those with disorder
Since when have attitudes to mental health improved markedly according to survey data?
Since when have attitudes to mental health improved markedly according to survey data?
1994