PSYC 3140 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS TEST BANK
,PSYC 3140 EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Psychological abnormality may include deviance, distress,
dysfunction, and danger. First, explain what these terms
mean regarding psychological abnormality. Second,
provide an example of a time when each aspect of
abnormality would not be considered abnormal.
X
Psychological abnormality.
Abnormal psychology is concerned with the emotional, cognitive, and behavioral
patterns that may be indicative of a mental health problem. Rather of focusing on the
boundary between normal and abnormal, psychologists in this discipline concentrate on
the degree of suffering caused by actions, ideas, or emotions.
Psychological therapy.
They include analyzing psychological obstacles that are standing in the way of how we
would want to feel. Psychological counseling is a collaborative place to examine your
challenges in a secure and private atmosphere. We want to assist you better
understand your sentiments in the light of your prior experiences.
If after talking to a friend about their problems they feel better, then it is a psychological
therapy.
Define and contrast somatogenic and psychogenic perspectives
regarding abnormal psychological functioning, and provide at
least one example of evidence supporting each perspective.
X
According to the somatogenic viewpoint on aberrant psychological functioning, physical
causes of mental diseases lie at their core. Evidence that some physical problems, such
brain injury, may cause mental illnesses supports this viewpoint. Contrarily, the
psychogenic approach maintains that psychological elements like trauma or stress are
the root cause of mental diseases. Evidence that psychological variables, such as early
trauma, may cause mental problems supports this viewpoint.
Both points of view are valid, and it is probable that physical and psychological
elements interact to cause mental diseases to emerge. The research does, however,
support the notion that psychological elements play a larger role in the development of
mental diseases than do physical ones.
, According to your text, deinstitutionalization has
resulted, in part, in large numbers of people with severe
psychological disturbances either becoming homeless or
ending up in jail or prison. Is deinstitutionalization an
ethical and appropriate strategy for the treatment of
mental illness that the United States should continue to
follow? Back up your answer with specific examples.
X
Deinstitutionalization in America was not conducted ethically or with an appropriate strategy.
Increasingly, people seeking treatment for mental health
reasons are members of managed care programs. How
are managed care programs changing how psychological
services are provided? Discuss one advantage and one
disadvantage of such programs.
X
Insurance companies provide health care coverage through managed care programs by largely
determining the nature, scope, and cost of the services received.
The following types of mental health professionals work in
the area of psychological abnormality; describe the
differences in how they are educated, and in what they do.
clinical
psychologists
psychiatrists clinical
researchers x
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Create a time line on which you place five major events
in the history of abnormality. Briefly describe why each
event is important to our understanding of abnormality.
x
The understanding of abnormal psychology, or the presentation of psychological disorders, has improved
dramatically over time. Follow its historical evolution through demonology, witchcraft, psychogenic theory,
and the humanitarian reforms of mental institutions.
The aspect of the definition of abnormality that characterizes
behavior as different from the norm is ______.
deviance (True Answer )
*
, The stated and unstated rules that a society establishes
to govern proper conduct are referred to as______.
norms (True Answer )
*
Ken is so anxious that his anxiety by itself causes him
to suffer. Ken's situation represents the aspect of the
definition of abnormality called ______.
distress (True Answer )
*
Colleen is so afraid of open spaces that she cannot
leave her house to go to work. This represents the
aspect of the definition of abnormality called ______.
dysfunction (True Answer )
*
Heather has been feeling depressed and has begun
to feel helpless and hopeless and is considering
committing suicide. Killing herself represents the
aspect of the definition of abnormality called ______.
danger (True Answer )
*
The idea that the behaviors we label abnormal are just
problems in living has been proposed by ______.
Thomas Szasz (True Answer )
*
While some clinicians will refer to the person they are treating
as a patient, others will refer to the person as a(n) ______.
client (True Answer )
*
The crude early form of surgery in which a hole was made
in the skull of a person, presumably to allow evil spirits to
escape, was called ______.
trephination (True Answer )
*
The procedure that a priest or other powerful person
might perform to drive evil spirits from a person is
called ______. x exorcism (True Answer )
ANSWERS TEST BANK
,PSYC 3140 EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Psychological abnormality may include deviance, distress,
dysfunction, and danger. First, explain what these terms
mean regarding psychological abnormality. Second,
provide an example of a time when each aspect of
abnormality would not be considered abnormal.
X
Psychological abnormality.
Abnormal psychology is concerned with the emotional, cognitive, and behavioral
patterns that may be indicative of a mental health problem. Rather of focusing on the
boundary between normal and abnormal, psychologists in this discipline concentrate on
the degree of suffering caused by actions, ideas, or emotions.
Psychological therapy.
They include analyzing psychological obstacles that are standing in the way of how we
would want to feel. Psychological counseling is a collaborative place to examine your
challenges in a secure and private atmosphere. We want to assist you better
understand your sentiments in the light of your prior experiences.
If after talking to a friend about their problems they feel better, then it is a psychological
therapy.
Define and contrast somatogenic and psychogenic perspectives
regarding abnormal psychological functioning, and provide at
least one example of evidence supporting each perspective.
X
According to the somatogenic viewpoint on aberrant psychological functioning, physical
causes of mental diseases lie at their core. Evidence that some physical problems, such
brain injury, may cause mental illnesses supports this viewpoint. Contrarily, the
psychogenic approach maintains that psychological elements like trauma or stress are
the root cause of mental diseases. Evidence that psychological variables, such as early
trauma, may cause mental problems supports this viewpoint.
Both points of view are valid, and it is probable that physical and psychological
elements interact to cause mental diseases to emerge. The research does, however,
support the notion that psychological elements play a larger role in the development of
mental diseases than do physical ones.
, According to your text, deinstitutionalization has
resulted, in part, in large numbers of people with severe
psychological disturbances either becoming homeless or
ending up in jail or prison. Is deinstitutionalization an
ethical and appropriate strategy for the treatment of
mental illness that the United States should continue to
follow? Back up your answer with specific examples.
X
Deinstitutionalization in America was not conducted ethically or with an appropriate strategy.
Increasingly, people seeking treatment for mental health
reasons are members of managed care programs. How
are managed care programs changing how psychological
services are provided? Discuss one advantage and one
disadvantage of such programs.
X
Insurance companies provide health care coverage through managed care programs by largely
determining the nature, scope, and cost of the services received.
The following types of mental health professionals work in
the area of psychological abnormality; describe the
differences in how they are educated, and in what they do.
clinical
psychologists
psychiatrists clinical
researchers x
�
Create a time line on which you place five major events
in the history of abnormality. Briefly describe why each
event is important to our understanding of abnormality.
x
The understanding of abnormal psychology, or the presentation of psychological disorders, has improved
dramatically over time. Follow its historical evolution through demonology, witchcraft, psychogenic theory,
and the humanitarian reforms of mental institutions.
The aspect of the definition of abnormality that characterizes
behavior as different from the norm is ______.
deviance (True Answer )
*
, The stated and unstated rules that a society establishes
to govern proper conduct are referred to as______.
norms (True Answer )
*
Ken is so anxious that his anxiety by itself causes him
to suffer. Ken's situation represents the aspect of the
definition of abnormality called ______.
distress (True Answer )
*
Colleen is so afraid of open spaces that she cannot
leave her house to go to work. This represents the
aspect of the definition of abnormality called ______.
dysfunction (True Answer )
*
Heather has been feeling depressed and has begun
to feel helpless and hopeless and is considering
committing suicide. Killing herself represents the
aspect of the definition of abnormality called ______.
danger (True Answer )
*
The idea that the behaviors we label abnormal are just
problems in living has been proposed by ______.
Thomas Szasz (True Answer )
*
While some clinicians will refer to the person they are treating
as a patient, others will refer to the person as a(n) ______.
client (True Answer )
*
The crude early form of surgery in which a hole was made
in the skull of a person, presumably to allow evil spirits to
escape, was called ______.
trephination (True Answer )
*
The procedure that a priest or other powerful person
might perform to drive evil spirits from a person is
called ______. x exorcism (True Answer )
