PSYCHOPATHOLOGY EXAM 5 VIEW AHEAD
PACKAGE 2026 COMPLETE RESPONSE BUNDLE
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◉ How do you go about giving a clinical description of a client -
understand each term? Answer: Begins with presenting the problem
clinical description
describe prevalence and incidence of disorders
describe onset of symptoms
state specifiers (course of disorders, severity)
Prognosis
◉ What were the initial supernatural theories of abnormal behavior
? Answer: People increasingly turned to magic and sorcery to solve
their problems. People assumed that individuals possessed by evil
spirits were responsible for misfortune of townspeople. Treatments
included exorcism, shaving a cross on victims head. Snake pits were
also used to scare a spirit out of someone. Movement of moon and
stars led to definition of lunatic.
◉ Describe the varying practices of psychopathology. Answer:
Clinical & counseling psychologists either a Ph.D. or Psy.D.
Psychiatrist: M.D.
,MFT & mental health counselors
◉ Mass Hysteria Answer: demonstrates the phenomenon of emotion
contagion in which the experience of an emotion seems to spread to
those around us.
◉ Paracelus suggested that.. Answer: movements of the sun and
stars had profound effects on people's psychological functioning.
Said that the gravitational effect of the moon on bodily fluids could
be a possible cause for mental disorders. This theory inspired the
word LUNATIC. Still common with followers of astrology.
◉ What were the initial theories of the biological tradition?(e.g.,
Grey, Hippocrates....using the information on your worksheet can be
helpful to review and guide you on where to look in text)? Be able to
correctly place the theories of supernatural from the biological
traditions. Answer: Greek physician, Hippocrates, thought to be the
father of modern medicine.
Humeral theory of medicine
Somatoform disorders
John P.Grey
Erin Kraeplin
◉ Hippocrates Answer: Greek physician, Hippocrates, thought to be
the father of modern medicine. He considered the brain to be the
, seat of wisdom, consciousness, intelligence, and emotion. He
believed all psychological disorders could be treated. Disorders
involving these would then be logically located in the brain. Also
recognized the importance of interpersonal interactions on
psychology.
◉ Hippocratic-Galenic approach and the Humoral Theory of
Disorders. Answer: four bodily fluids or humors:
- blood (heart), sanguine - cheerful and optimistic
- black bile (spleen) melancholic - depression
- yellow bile (liver) phlegmatic personality - sluggish, apathetic, calm
- phlegm (brain) choleric - hot tempered
first example of associating psychological disorders with chemical
imbalance.
◉ Somatoform disorders Answer: physical symptoms appear to be
the result of a medical problem for which no physical cause can be
found.
hysteron (hysteria) - greek for uterus, assumed this only happened
in women.
◉ John P. Grey Answer: Causes of insanity were always physical.
Therefore mentally ill patients should be treated as physically ill.
Because of this, conditions in hospitals greatly improved in order to
help treat these disorders.
PACKAGE 2026 COMPLETE RESPONSE BUNDLE
GUARANTEED
◉ How do you go about giving a clinical description of a client -
understand each term? Answer: Begins with presenting the problem
clinical description
describe prevalence and incidence of disorders
describe onset of symptoms
state specifiers (course of disorders, severity)
Prognosis
◉ What were the initial supernatural theories of abnormal behavior
? Answer: People increasingly turned to magic and sorcery to solve
their problems. People assumed that individuals possessed by evil
spirits were responsible for misfortune of townspeople. Treatments
included exorcism, shaving a cross on victims head. Snake pits were
also used to scare a spirit out of someone. Movement of moon and
stars led to definition of lunatic.
◉ Describe the varying practices of psychopathology. Answer:
Clinical & counseling psychologists either a Ph.D. or Psy.D.
Psychiatrist: M.D.
,MFT & mental health counselors
◉ Mass Hysteria Answer: demonstrates the phenomenon of emotion
contagion in which the experience of an emotion seems to spread to
those around us.
◉ Paracelus suggested that.. Answer: movements of the sun and
stars had profound effects on people's psychological functioning.
Said that the gravitational effect of the moon on bodily fluids could
be a possible cause for mental disorders. This theory inspired the
word LUNATIC. Still common with followers of astrology.
◉ What were the initial theories of the biological tradition?(e.g.,
Grey, Hippocrates....using the information on your worksheet can be
helpful to review and guide you on where to look in text)? Be able to
correctly place the theories of supernatural from the biological
traditions. Answer: Greek physician, Hippocrates, thought to be the
father of modern medicine.
Humeral theory of medicine
Somatoform disorders
John P.Grey
Erin Kraeplin
◉ Hippocrates Answer: Greek physician, Hippocrates, thought to be
the father of modern medicine. He considered the brain to be the
, seat of wisdom, consciousness, intelligence, and emotion. He
believed all psychological disorders could be treated. Disorders
involving these would then be logically located in the brain. Also
recognized the importance of interpersonal interactions on
psychology.
◉ Hippocratic-Galenic approach and the Humoral Theory of
Disorders. Answer: four bodily fluids or humors:
- blood (heart), sanguine - cheerful and optimistic
- black bile (spleen) melancholic - depression
- yellow bile (liver) phlegmatic personality - sluggish, apathetic, calm
- phlegm (brain) choleric - hot tempered
first example of associating psychological disorders with chemical
imbalance.
◉ Somatoform disorders Answer: physical symptoms appear to be
the result of a medical problem for which no physical cause can be
found.
hysteron (hysteria) - greek for uterus, assumed this only happened
in women.
◉ John P. Grey Answer: Causes of insanity were always physical.
Therefore mentally ill patients should be treated as physically ill.
Because of this, conditions in hospitals greatly improved in order to
help treat these disorders.
