ESSENTIALS OF ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
CHAPTERS 1 THROUGH 14 FINAL PAPER
SOLVED QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
ANSWERS
◉ psychoanalysis.
Answer: • assessment and therapy pioneered by Freud that
emphasizes exploration of, and insight into, unconscious processes
and conflicts.
◉ psychoanalytic model.
Answer: • most comprehensive theory on the development of our
personalities
◉ psychodynamic psychotherapy.
Answer: • contemporary version of psychoanalysis that still
emphasizes unconscious processes and conflicts but is briefer and
more focused on specific problems
◉ psychopathology.
Answer: • scientific study of psychological disorders
,◉ reinforcement.
Answer: • operant conditioning
• consequences of bx that strengthen or increase its frequency
• Positive=adding something to increase a behavior
• Negative=taking something away
• Unwanted bx may result from reinforcement of those bx or the
failure to reinforce desire bx
◉ scientist-practitioner.
Answer: • mental health professionals that take a scientific approach
to their clinical work
◉ shaping.
Answer: • operant conditioning
• the development of a new response by reinforcing successively
more similar versions of that response. Both desirable and
undesirable bx can be learned this way
• reinforcing successive approximations to a final bx
◉ superego.
Answer: • psychoanalysis
• conscience, moral standards instilled in us by our parents and
culture
, ◉ systematic desensitization.
Answer: • behavioral therapy technique to diminish excessive fears,
involving gradual exposure to the feared stimulus paired with a
positive coping experience, usually relaxation.
unconscious
◉ unconscious.
Answer: • part of the psychic makeup that is outside the awareness
of the person
◉ *CHAPTER 2*.
Answer: ...
◉ multidimensional approach.
Answer: • psychological disorders are always the products of
multiple interacting causal factors
◉ genes.
Answer: DNA; instructions
◉ diathesis-stress model.
CHAPTERS 1 THROUGH 14 FINAL PAPER
SOLVED QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
ANSWERS
◉ psychoanalysis.
Answer: • assessment and therapy pioneered by Freud that
emphasizes exploration of, and insight into, unconscious processes
and conflicts.
◉ psychoanalytic model.
Answer: • most comprehensive theory on the development of our
personalities
◉ psychodynamic psychotherapy.
Answer: • contemporary version of psychoanalysis that still
emphasizes unconscious processes and conflicts but is briefer and
more focused on specific problems
◉ psychopathology.
Answer: • scientific study of psychological disorders
,◉ reinforcement.
Answer: • operant conditioning
• consequences of bx that strengthen or increase its frequency
• Positive=adding something to increase a behavior
• Negative=taking something away
• Unwanted bx may result from reinforcement of those bx or the
failure to reinforce desire bx
◉ scientist-practitioner.
Answer: • mental health professionals that take a scientific approach
to their clinical work
◉ shaping.
Answer: • operant conditioning
• the development of a new response by reinforcing successively
more similar versions of that response. Both desirable and
undesirable bx can be learned this way
• reinforcing successive approximations to a final bx
◉ superego.
Answer: • psychoanalysis
• conscience, moral standards instilled in us by our parents and
culture
, ◉ systematic desensitization.
Answer: • behavioral therapy technique to diminish excessive fears,
involving gradual exposure to the feared stimulus paired with a
positive coping experience, usually relaxation.
unconscious
◉ unconscious.
Answer: • part of the psychic makeup that is outside the awareness
of the person
◉ *CHAPTER 2*.
Answer: ...
◉ multidimensional approach.
Answer: • psychological disorders are always the products of
multiple interacting causal factors
◉ genes.
Answer: DNA; instructions
◉ diathesis-stress model.
