Understanding Abnormal Behavior 10th Edition – Abnormal Psychology Practice Questions & Answers | Complete Study PDF

Abnormal Behavior

What is Abnormal Behavior - ANS>>feelings an thoughts that are not normal from what
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people display
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STATISTICAL INFREQUENCY (ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR- - ANS>>behavior can be measured along a
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distribution conditions we see in daily life that are not thought to be abnormal.
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VIOLATION OF NORMS (ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR)- - ANS>>behavior goes against what the
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culture, dictates to be normal, what one culture might accept in the behavior of its members
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may not be accepted in another (we might say that the marriage of an elderly woman to an
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18 year old male was abnormal)
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PERSONAL DISTRESS (ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR) - ANS>>- personal suffering leading to reported
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feelings of torment, pain, sparrow, agony, grief, misery, concern, or worry (everyone gets the
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blues sometimes but Tony Soprano sees a psychiatrist because his blues make him feel
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extremely sad and worthless)
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UNEXPECTEDNESS (ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR)- - ANS>>behavior that is unconventional response vv vv vv vv vv vv vv vv




to a commonly experienced situation, something that unexpected that is not typically done.
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Psychopathology - ANS>>the development of abnormal behavior is any pattern of feelings ,vv vv vv vv vv vv vv vv vv vv vv vv




behaviors, or thoughts that are causing problems and leading to personal distress or the the
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inability to achieve important goals.
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Recognize the difficulties to defining abnormal behavior because it overlaps with "normal"
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behavior - ANS>>1st Clinical significance-behavior involves a degree of impairment must have
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diagnostic validity.
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2nd Behavior reflects a dysfunction in psychological, biological or developmental process.
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3rd Behavior is usually associated with significant distress or disability in life.
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4th Individuals behavior cannot be socially deviant
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5th Conflicts between the individual and society are not counted for psychological disorders
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unless they reflect a disfunction with individual
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Discuss how one must go beyond the "other people" syndrome and how psychological
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difficulties are part of everybody's lives. - ANS>>People believe that bad things happen only
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to other people. Other people have car accidents,succumb to cancer, or become severely
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depressed.
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Psychological difficulties are part of the human experience, touching the life directly or
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indirectly of every person
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3. Discuss how socially it affects the individual who is diagnosed with a psychological disorder
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and for those around him. - ANS>>People with psychological disorders range from discomfort,
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prejudice, language, humor, and stereotypes all portray psychological disorders.
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In a negative light and people often fear that people suffering from these disorders are violent
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and dangerous
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4. Contrast the view of abnormal behavior as deviation from the average with the view of
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abnormal behavior as deviation from the optimal. - ANS>>...
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BIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE (ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR) - ANS>>Tyroid, abnormality can cause
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person mad to change, genetic & environmental influences on physical functioning
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psychological changes affect behavior as brain damage or exposure to harmful environmental
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stimuli
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PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE (ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR) - ANS>>Causes of abnormal behavior vv vv vv vv vv vv vv vv




disturbance, in thoughts and feelings past learning experiences, maldaptive through patterns
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& difficulty coping with stress
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SOCIOCULTURAL PERSPECTIVE (ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR) - ANS>>Various circles influence on the
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individual ranging from close friend and family to the institutions and policy.
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6. BIO-PSYCHOSOCIAL PERSPECTIVE ???? - ANS>>The interaction of biological psychological
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and sociocultural factors play role in the development of n individual symptoms this means
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individuals must be changing over time
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7. Recognize the influence of beliefs about possession on prehistoric approaches to
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psychological disorders. - ANS>>Archeological evidence dating back to 8000 B.C suggests that
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the spiritual explanation was prevalent in prehistoric times. Skulls of the living had holes cut
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out of them
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8. SPIRITUAL APPROACH which regarded abnormal behavior as the product of possession by
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evil or demonic spirits. - ANS>>the belief that people showing signs of behavioral disturbance
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were possessed by evil spirits
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Skulls of the living had holes cut out of them a process called THREPHING this was an effort to
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release evil spirits from persons head
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Society considered people with psychological difficulties diners witches or souls of the evil.
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Another ancient practices was to drive away evil spirits through exorcism
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9. Describe how the HUMANITARIAN APPROACH view psychological disorders as the result of
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cruelty, stress, or poor living conditions. - ANS>>Its reactions against the spiritual approach
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and its punishment of people with psychological disorders, poorhouses and monasteries
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became shelters although they could not offer treatment they offered protective measures.
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These got overcrowded, rather than protection themselves this is were abuses occurred and
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this is were treatment involved bleeding, forced vomiting and purging its Founder Benjamin
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10. Describe how SCIENTHIFIC APPROACH looks for causes that we can objectively measure,
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such as biological alterations, faulty learning processes, or emotional stressors. - ANS>>They
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