Abnormal Psychology 412 Exam 1
Abnormal Psychology 412 Exam 1
Containing 176 Terms with Certified
Solutions 2024-2025.
(Dark Back Ground for better Visibility and eye Care)
Supernaturalistic - Answer: -reason person exhibits odd behavior is
because they are possessed by the devil, being possessed is what is
causing them to act this way
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, Abnormal Psychology 412 Exam 1
Naturalistic - Answer: -person is showing abnormal behavior because of
some physical problem: problem in body or brain
Psychoneurotic (psychogenic) - Answer: -There is some kind of
significance inner or psychological turmoil that a person is experiencing
because of trauma
Demonology - Answer: -abnormal behavior was the result of magical
forces such as evil spirits and demonological possessions
Trephining - Answer: -sharp tool was used to make a hole in the skull
presumably to provide an opening through which evil spirits could
escape
Exorcism - Answer: -shaman performs religious rituals to coax evil
spirits out of the body
Rationalism - Answer: -notion that human reason can be used to
understand nature
-understanding behavior
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, Abnormal Psychology 412 Exam 1
Hippocrates - Answer: -father of modern medicine
Who was the first person to emphasis natural causes of illness (things
we could see, quantity) - Answer: Hippocrates
Who believed the brain was center for intellect and attributed mental
illness to diseases that arise from a physical cause that forms in brain of
a person - Answer: Hippocrates
2 major contributions by Hippocrates - Answer: 1st classification system
for psychological disorders
1st organic theory of modern behavior
Mania - Answer: abnormal excitement
Melancholia - Answer: abnormal dejection
Phrenitis - Answer: brain fever (delirious state)
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, Abnormal Psychology 412 Exam 1
Plato - Answer: -belief that adult behavior is shaped by things like
childhood events, educational background, different cultural factors,
different family experiences (victim of experiences/ environments)
-experience affects behavior
Alexander the Great - Answer: -established public institutions for
treatment of psychological problems
-diet, exercise, religious counseling
Galen - Answer: -roman physician
-emphasis on blood: arteries cause lot of disorders people have
Middle Ages and Renaissance - Answer: -christian church became more
powerful, rigid+demanding
-high belief that word is coming to an end
Mass Hysteria - Answer: -large groups of people showing bizarre
behavior
3 Types of Mass Hysteria - Answer: Tarantism, Lycanthropy, Delusional
Thoughts
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Abnormal Psychology 412 Exam 1
Containing 176 Terms with Certified
Solutions 2024-2025.
(Dark Back Ground for better Visibility and eye Care)
Supernaturalistic - Answer: -reason person exhibits odd behavior is
because they are possessed by the devil, being possessed is what is
causing them to act this way
1
, Abnormal Psychology 412 Exam 1
Naturalistic - Answer: -person is showing abnormal behavior because of
some physical problem: problem in body or brain
Psychoneurotic (psychogenic) - Answer: -There is some kind of
significance inner or psychological turmoil that a person is experiencing
because of trauma
Demonology - Answer: -abnormal behavior was the result of magical
forces such as evil spirits and demonological possessions
Trephining - Answer: -sharp tool was used to make a hole in the skull
presumably to provide an opening through which evil spirits could
escape
Exorcism - Answer: -shaman performs religious rituals to coax evil
spirits out of the body
Rationalism - Answer: -notion that human reason can be used to
understand nature
-understanding behavior
2
, Abnormal Psychology 412 Exam 1
Hippocrates - Answer: -father of modern medicine
Who was the first person to emphasis natural causes of illness (things
we could see, quantity) - Answer: Hippocrates
Who believed the brain was center for intellect and attributed mental
illness to diseases that arise from a physical cause that forms in brain of
a person - Answer: Hippocrates
2 major contributions by Hippocrates - Answer: 1st classification system
for psychological disorders
1st organic theory of modern behavior
Mania - Answer: abnormal excitement
Melancholia - Answer: abnormal dejection
Phrenitis - Answer: brain fever (delirious state)
3
, Abnormal Psychology 412 Exam 1
Plato - Answer: -belief that adult behavior is shaped by things like
childhood events, educational background, different cultural factors,
different family experiences (victim of experiences/ environments)
-experience affects behavior
Alexander the Great - Answer: -established public institutions for
treatment of psychological problems
-diet, exercise, religious counseling
Galen - Answer: -roman physician
-emphasis on blood: arteries cause lot of disorders people have
Middle Ages and Renaissance - Answer: -christian church became more
powerful, rigid+demanding
-high belief that word is coming to an end
Mass Hysteria - Answer: -large groups of people showing bizarre
behavior
3 Types of Mass Hysteria - Answer: Tarantism, Lycanthropy, Delusional
Thoughts
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