PSY 352 EXAM 1
1. According to the course syllabus, what does research tell us about when to
listen to the lecture relative to when to do the reading?
*Answer√√ View the lecture first, then do the reading
2. What is abnormal psychology?
*Answer√√ Scientific study of human behavior that is rare, unusual, bizarre, distressing, harmful, or
maladaptive
-ditterence between abnormal psych and just weird behaviors
-complicated and ambiguous
-influenced by history and social context
-probabilistic not deterministic
3. What other characteristics do you need to know to determine abnormality?-
*Answer√√ -Context matters
-understand what it is in response to
,-understand what we define normal
4. What is Dr. B's primary area of research?
*Answer√√ Families who own guns/gun behavior
5. How would you describe deviance?
*Answer√√ It is not a neutral concept. It has moral judgments and stigma
6. Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM)
*Answer√√ Categorizes and defines mental illnesses
-over 400 disorders
-diagnoses across a wide range
7. Mental Illness Stigma
*Answer√√ Has the ability to swamp people and make them feel like it's their identity
-We're not diagnosing people. We're diagnosing symptoms
8. Would abnormal psychology include desirable behavior that goes too far?
Can one be too compassionate?
,*Answer√√ Yes if it interferes with a normal life. We need to understand people's experiences,
environment, context
9. How should we decide if a particular behavior is abnormal?
*Answer√√ -Gender-bender wedding
-SASP (Super Achieving Stress Puppies)
-Schadenfreude (joy in another person's suttering)
10. Gender-bender wedding
*Answer√√ Just because it makes you uncomfortable, does not make it abnormal
11. Conceptual Definitions of Abnormal Psychology
*Answer√√ -Deviation from what is considered normal in a sociocultural context (Clinicians need
to learn/listen to patients culture)
-Statistical deviation
-deviation from ideal mental health
, 12. Cultural Perspectives
*Answer√√ -shared learned behavior
-generation to generation transmission
-cultural universality
-cultural relativism
13. Cultural Universality
*Answer√√ Origins, processes, manifestation of disorders are the same across cultures
*One of the errors of Freud. he was culturally bounded by his own ideas
14. Cultural relativism
*Answer√√ Origins, processes, manifestation of disorders are ditterent/vary across cultures
15. Practical Definitions
*Answer√√ 1. Discomfort
2. Deviance
3. Dysfunction
1. According to the course syllabus, what does research tell us about when to
listen to the lecture relative to when to do the reading?
*Answer√√ View the lecture first, then do the reading
2. What is abnormal psychology?
*Answer√√ Scientific study of human behavior that is rare, unusual, bizarre, distressing, harmful, or
maladaptive
-ditterence between abnormal psych and just weird behaviors
-complicated and ambiguous
-influenced by history and social context
-probabilistic not deterministic
3. What other characteristics do you need to know to determine abnormality?-
*Answer√√ -Context matters
-understand what it is in response to
,-understand what we define normal
4. What is Dr. B's primary area of research?
*Answer√√ Families who own guns/gun behavior
5. How would you describe deviance?
*Answer√√ It is not a neutral concept. It has moral judgments and stigma
6. Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM)
*Answer√√ Categorizes and defines mental illnesses
-over 400 disorders
-diagnoses across a wide range
7. Mental Illness Stigma
*Answer√√ Has the ability to swamp people and make them feel like it's their identity
-We're not diagnosing people. We're diagnosing symptoms
8. Would abnormal psychology include desirable behavior that goes too far?
Can one be too compassionate?
,*Answer√√ Yes if it interferes with a normal life. We need to understand people's experiences,
environment, context
9. How should we decide if a particular behavior is abnormal?
*Answer√√ -Gender-bender wedding
-SASP (Super Achieving Stress Puppies)
-Schadenfreude (joy in another person's suttering)
10. Gender-bender wedding
*Answer√√ Just because it makes you uncomfortable, does not make it abnormal
11. Conceptual Definitions of Abnormal Psychology
*Answer√√ -Deviation from what is considered normal in a sociocultural context (Clinicians need
to learn/listen to patients culture)
-Statistical deviation
-deviation from ideal mental health
, 12. Cultural Perspectives
*Answer√√ -shared learned behavior
-generation to generation transmission
-cultural universality
-cultural relativism
13. Cultural Universality
*Answer√√ Origins, processes, manifestation of disorders are the same across cultures
*One of the errors of Freud. he was culturally bounded by his own ideas
14. Cultural relativism
*Answer√√ Origins, processes, manifestation of disorders are ditterent/vary across cultures
15. Practical Definitions
*Answer√√ 1. Discomfort
2. Deviance
3. Dysfunction
