PSYC 2490 - UNIT 1-3 QUESTIONS
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\Q\.Statistical Infrequency - ANSWERS✔-A criteria of abnormal behaviour. Behaviour is defined
as abnormal if it can be observed infrequently in the population. Sometimes infrequent
behaviour can be positive, but usually the further away from the mean = abnormal.
\Q\.Personal Distress - ANSWERS✔-A criteria of abnormal behaviour. Very subjective. Not
present in all individuals. Person may not be of distress to themselves but to others around
them.
\Q\.Personal Dysfunction - ANSWERS✔-A criteria of abnormal behaviour. Very subjective.
Behaviour is clearly maladaptive (interferes with appropriate functioning). Appropriate
functioning can be different in different contexts.
\Q\.Violation of Norms - ANSWERS✔-A criteria of abnormal behaviour. However, social norms
can vary over time and place (culturally relative), and usually reflect the predominant view in
society.
\Q\.Diagnosis by an Expert - ANSWERS✔-A criteria of abnormal behaviour. Need to be careful as
to the credibility of who is diagnosing (clinical psychologists vs. psychiatrists).
,\Q\.Inappropriate Behaviour - ANSWERS✔-NOT a criteria of abnormal behaviour. Too
subjective.
\Q\.Psychological Abnormality - ANSWERS✔-Behaviour, speech, or thought that impairs a
person's ability to function in a way that is generally expected of them in the context where the
unusual functioning is occurring. Beginning signs that something "isn't right" but not enough to
reach a diagnosis.
\Q\.Mental Illness - ANSWERS✔-Conveys the same meaning as psychological abnormality, but
implies a medical rather than a psychological cause.
\Q\.Psychological Disorder - ANSWERS✔-Specific manifestations of an impairment in
functioning.
\Q\.Psychopathology - ANSWERS✔-Scientific study of psychological abnormality and the
problems faced by people who suffer from these disorders.
\Q\.Prehistorical Thoughts - ANSWERS✔-Believed in supernatural causes. Used trephination.
\Q\.Trephination - ANSWERS✔-Surgery performed to put holes in the skull in order to release
"evil spirits."
\Q\.Greek and Roman Thought - ANSWERS✔-Pericles, Hippocrates (humours, rejected
demonism), Plato/Aristotle, Alexander the Great, Soranus of Ephesus, Aretaeus
\Q\.Dark Ages Thoughts (15th Century) - ANSWERS✔-Period of intellectual darkness/economic
regression, Arab world carried on "enlightened period." Return of demonism (witches,
exorcisms)
, \Q\.Opposing Views in Renaissance - ANSWERS✔-Paracelsus (attacked supernatural beliefs),
Teresa of Avila and St. Vincent de Paul (advocated for more compassion for people suffering
mental health problems)
\Q\.Mental Asylums - ANSWERS✔-Developed from more naturalistic approaches to treating
mental health problems. Common throughout Europe and North America. Overcrowding
responsible for negative treatment of patients.
\Q\.Bedlum - ANSWERS✔-Any form of rowdy, chaotic behaviour.
\Q\.17th Century Thoughts - ANSWERS✔-Being poor seen as a serious social problem.
Workhouses established for poor, old, orphans, and the insane.
\Q\.18th Century Thoughts - ANSWERS✔-Enlightenment. Became necessary and appropriate to
challenge traditional ideas. Cruel vs. humane treatments in asylums fluctuated until early 1900s.
\Q\.Phillipe Pinel - ANSWERS✔-Helped shift asylums from containment to humanitarian
treatment.
\Q\.Mental Hygiene Movement - ANSWERS✔-During Phillipe Pinel's time, efforts made in North
America to advocate for humane treatment. Protection for mentally ill, resulted in increase of
patients and overcrowding.
\Q\.Biological Approaches - ANSWERS✔-Mental disorders understood as disruptions of the
nervous system.
\Q\.Benedict Morel - ANSWERS✔-First "genetic" theory of degeneration. Deviations from
normal functioning are transmitted by hereditary processes.
COMPLETE WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
\Q\.Statistical Infrequency - ANSWERS✔-A criteria of abnormal behaviour. Behaviour is defined
as abnormal if it can be observed infrequently in the population. Sometimes infrequent
behaviour can be positive, but usually the further away from the mean = abnormal.
\Q\.Personal Distress - ANSWERS✔-A criteria of abnormal behaviour. Very subjective. Not
present in all individuals. Person may not be of distress to themselves but to others around
them.
\Q\.Personal Dysfunction - ANSWERS✔-A criteria of abnormal behaviour. Very subjective.
Behaviour is clearly maladaptive (interferes with appropriate functioning). Appropriate
functioning can be different in different contexts.
\Q\.Violation of Norms - ANSWERS✔-A criteria of abnormal behaviour. However, social norms
can vary over time and place (culturally relative), and usually reflect the predominant view in
society.
\Q\.Diagnosis by an Expert - ANSWERS✔-A criteria of abnormal behaviour. Need to be careful as
to the credibility of who is diagnosing (clinical psychologists vs. psychiatrists).
,\Q\.Inappropriate Behaviour - ANSWERS✔-NOT a criteria of abnormal behaviour. Too
subjective.
\Q\.Psychological Abnormality - ANSWERS✔-Behaviour, speech, or thought that impairs a
person's ability to function in a way that is generally expected of them in the context where the
unusual functioning is occurring. Beginning signs that something "isn't right" but not enough to
reach a diagnosis.
\Q\.Mental Illness - ANSWERS✔-Conveys the same meaning as psychological abnormality, but
implies a medical rather than a psychological cause.
\Q\.Psychological Disorder - ANSWERS✔-Specific manifestations of an impairment in
functioning.
\Q\.Psychopathology - ANSWERS✔-Scientific study of psychological abnormality and the
problems faced by people who suffer from these disorders.
\Q\.Prehistorical Thoughts - ANSWERS✔-Believed in supernatural causes. Used trephination.
\Q\.Trephination - ANSWERS✔-Surgery performed to put holes in the skull in order to release
"evil spirits."
\Q\.Greek and Roman Thought - ANSWERS✔-Pericles, Hippocrates (humours, rejected
demonism), Plato/Aristotle, Alexander the Great, Soranus of Ephesus, Aretaeus
\Q\.Dark Ages Thoughts (15th Century) - ANSWERS✔-Period of intellectual darkness/economic
regression, Arab world carried on "enlightened period." Return of demonism (witches,
exorcisms)
, \Q\.Opposing Views in Renaissance - ANSWERS✔-Paracelsus (attacked supernatural beliefs),
Teresa of Avila and St. Vincent de Paul (advocated for more compassion for people suffering
mental health problems)
\Q\.Mental Asylums - ANSWERS✔-Developed from more naturalistic approaches to treating
mental health problems. Common throughout Europe and North America. Overcrowding
responsible for negative treatment of patients.
\Q\.Bedlum - ANSWERS✔-Any form of rowdy, chaotic behaviour.
\Q\.17th Century Thoughts - ANSWERS✔-Being poor seen as a serious social problem.
Workhouses established for poor, old, orphans, and the insane.
\Q\.18th Century Thoughts - ANSWERS✔-Enlightenment. Became necessary and appropriate to
challenge traditional ideas. Cruel vs. humane treatments in asylums fluctuated until early 1900s.
\Q\.Phillipe Pinel - ANSWERS✔-Helped shift asylums from containment to humanitarian
treatment.
\Q\.Mental Hygiene Movement - ANSWERS✔-During Phillipe Pinel's time, efforts made in North
America to advocate for humane treatment. Protection for mentally ill, resulted in increase of
patients and overcrowding.
\Q\.Biological Approaches - ANSWERS✔-Mental disorders understood as disruptions of the
nervous system.
\Q\.Benedict Morel - ANSWERS✔-First "genetic" theory of degeneration. Deviations from
normal functioning are transmitted by hereditary processes.
