Abnormal Psychology: Chapters 1-6.
Ronald J. Comer with correct answers
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abnormal pyschology - Correct Answerthe scientific study of mental disorders and their
treatment
Norms - Correct Answershared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in specific situations
Culture - Correct AnswerBeliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.
treatment - Correct AnswerA systematic procedure designed to change abnormal behavior into
more normal behavior. Also called therapy.
Trephination - Correct AnswerAn ancient operation in which a stone instrument was used to cut
away a circular section of the skull, perhaps to treat abnormal behavior.
Humors - Correct AnswerAccording to the Greeks and Romans, bodily chemicals that influence
mental and physical functioning
asylum - Correct AnswerA type of institution that first became popular in the sixteenth century
to provide care for persons with mental disorders. Most became virtual prisons.
moral treatment - Correct Answera nineteenth-century approach to treating people with
mental dysfunction that emphasized moral guidance and humane and respectful treatment
state hospitals - Correct AnswerState-run public mental institutions in the United States.
,Somatogenic perspective - Correct Answerthe view that abnormal functioning has physical
causes
psychogenic perspective - Correct Answerthe view that the chief causes of abnormal
functioning are psychological
Psychoanalysis - Correct Answereither the theory or the treatment of abnormal mental
functioning that emphasizes unconscious psychological forces as the cause of psychopathology
psychotropic medications - Correct Answerdrugs that mainly affect the brain and reduce many
symptoms of mental dysfunctioning
Deinstitutionalization - Correct Answerthe practice, begun in the 1960s, of releasing hundreds
of thousands of patients from public mental hospitals
Private psychotherapy - Correct Answeran arrangement in which a person directly pays a
therapist for counseling services
Prevention - Correct Answerinterventions aimed at deterring mental disorders before they can
develop
positive psychology - Correct Answerthe study and enhancement of positive feelings, traits, and
abilities
multicultural psychology - Correct Answerthe field that examines the impact of culture, race,
ethnicity, and gender on behaviors and thoughts and focuses on how such factors may influence
the origin, nature, and treatment of abnormal behavior
, managed care program - Correct Answerhealth care coverage in which the insurance company
largely controls the nature, scope, and cost of medical or psychological services
telemental health - Correct Answerthe use of digital technologies to deliver mental health
services without the therapist being physically present
nomothetic understanding - Correct Answera general understanding of the nature, causes, and
treatments of abnormal functioning, in the form of laws or principles
Scientific Method - Correct Answerthe process of systematically gathering and evaluating
information through careful observations to understand a phenomenon
Hypothesis - Correct Answera hunch or prediction that certain variables are related in certain
ways
case study - Correct Answera detailed account of a person's life and psychological problems
internal validity - Correct Answerthe accuracy with which a study can pinpoint one factor as the
cause of a phenomenon
external validity - Correct Answerthe degree to which the results of a study may be generalized
beyond that study
Correlation - Correct AnswerThe degree to which events or characteristics vary along with each
other.
Correlational method - Correct Answera research procedure used to determine how much
events or characteristics vary along with each other
Ronald J. Comer with correct answers
2026
abnormal pyschology - Correct Answerthe scientific study of mental disorders and their
treatment
Norms - Correct Answershared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in specific situations
Culture - Correct AnswerBeliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.
treatment - Correct AnswerA systematic procedure designed to change abnormal behavior into
more normal behavior. Also called therapy.
Trephination - Correct AnswerAn ancient operation in which a stone instrument was used to cut
away a circular section of the skull, perhaps to treat abnormal behavior.
Humors - Correct AnswerAccording to the Greeks and Romans, bodily chemicals that influence
mental and physical functioning
asylum - Correct AnswerA type of institution that first became popular in the sixteenth century
to provide care for persons with mental disorders. Most became virtual prisons.
moral treatment - Correct Answera nineteenth-century approach to treating people with
mental dysfunction that emphasized moral guidance and humane and respectful treatment
state hospitals - Correct AnswerState-run public mental institutions in the United States.
,Somatogenic perspective - Correct Answerthe view that abnormal functioning has physical
causes
psychogenic perspective - Correct Answerthe view that the chief causes of abnormal
functioning are psychological
Psychoanalysis - Correct Answereither the theory or the treatment of abnormal mental
functioning that emphasizes unconscious psychological forces as the cause of psychopathology
psychotropic medications - Correct Answerdrugs that mainly affect the brain and reduce many
symptoms of mental dysfunctioning
Deinstitutionalization - Correct Answerthe practice, begun in the 1960s, of releasing hundreds
of thousands of patients from public mental hospitals
Private psychotherapy - Correct Answeran arrangement in which a person directly pays a
therapist for counseling services
Prevention - Correct Answerinterventions aimed at deterring mental disorders before they can
develop
positive psychology - Correct Answerthe study and enhancement of positive feelings, traits, and
abilities
multicultural psychology - Correct Answerthe field that examines the impact of culture, race,
ethnicity, and gender on behaviors and thoughts and focuses on how such factors may influence
the origin, nature, and treatment of abnormal behavior
, managed care program - Correct Answerhealth care coverage in which the insurance company
largely controls the nature, scope, and cost of medical or psychological services
telemental health - Correct Answerthe use of digital technologies to deliver mental health
services without the therapist being physically present
nomothetic understanding - Correct Answera general understanding of the nature, causes, and
treatments of abnormal functioning, in the form of laws or principles
Scientific Method - Correct Answerthe process of systematically gathering and evaluating
information through careful observations to understand a phenomenon
Hypothesis - Correct Answera hunch or prediction that certain variables are related in certain
ways
case study - Correct Answera detailed account of a person's life and psychological problems
internal validity - Correct Answerthe accuracy with which a study can pinpoint one factor as the
cause of a phenomenon
external validity - Correct Answerthe degree to which the results of a study may be generalized
beyond that study
Correlation - Correct AnswerThe degree to which events or characteristics vary along with each
other.
Correlational method - Correct Answera research procedure used to determine how much
events or characteristics vary along with each other
