CHAPTER 1 ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

CHAPTER 1 ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR IN
HISTORICAL CONTEXT QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS

Psychological Disorder is ... - ANSWER: a psychological dysfunction associated with
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distress or impairment in functioning that is not a typical or culturally expected response.
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Phobia is ... - ANSWER: a psychological disorder characterized by persistent fear of an
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object or situation.
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Abnormal Behavior is defined as ... - ANSWER: actions that are unexpected and often
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evaluated negatively because they differ from typical behavior.
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Psychopathology is ... - ANSWER: the scientific study of psychological disorders. rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rr




Scientist-Practitioners are ... - ANSWER: mental health professionals that use scientific rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rr



approaches while conducting clinical work.
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Presenting Problems are ... - ANSWER: descriptions of concerning behaviors or
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thoughts presented to therapists by patients.
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Clinical Descriptions are ... - ANSWER: the unique combination of behaviors, thoughts,
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and feelings that make up a specific disorder.
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Prevalence describes ... - ANSWER: how many people in a population have a given
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disorder.
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Incidence describes ... - ANSWER: how many new cases of a given disorder appears
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within a population during a specific time period.
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Course describes ... - ANSWER: the pattern of development and change of a disorder
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over time.
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Prognosis is ... - ANSWER: the anticipated developmental course of a disorder over time.
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Etiology is ... - ANSWER: the study of origins; in other words, the study of a disorder's
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causation.
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Exorcisms are ... - ANSWER: a religious rital performed to rid the victim of evil spirits.
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, Moral theraphy is ... - ANSWER: the psychosocial approach to mental disorders.
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Psychosocial Treatment is ... - ANSWER: a practice that focuses on social and cultural rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rr



factors (i.e family experience) AND psychological influences.
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Psychoanalysis is ... - ANSWER: an assessment and therapy created by Sigmund Freud rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rr



that emphasizes the exploration of unconscious processes and conflicts.
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Catharsis is described as ... - ANSWER: a rapid or suden release emotional tension.
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Unconscious is ... - ANSWER: the unaware portion of an individuals psychic composition. rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rr




Who was the founder of the mental hygiene movement? - ANSWER: Dorothea Dix
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The mental hygiene movement sought to ... - ANSWER: inform the public of the unjust
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treatment and abuse mentally disordered individuals endured; the goal was to improve
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the standards of care for individuals with mental disorders.
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What was the consequense of Dix's mental hygiene movement? - ANSWER: A noteable
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increase in the number of mental patients.
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Who was Franz Anton Mesmer? - ANSWER: Mesmer was a therapist who often used
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hypnosis to cure patients.
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What was Freud and Breuer's first "discovery?" - ANSWER: the unconscious mind and
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its influence on the production of psychological disorders.
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What was Freud and Breuer's second "discovery?" - ANSWER: how therapeutic it is
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recall and relive unconscious emotional trauma and to release emotional tension.
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What is catharsis? - ANSWER: the rapid or sudden release of emotional tension.
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The comprehension of the relationship between current emotions and earlier events is
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called ... - ANSWER: insight.
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According to the text, the psychoanalytic model is - ANSWER: a comprehensive theory
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on the development and structure of our personality in conjuction to the origin of
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abnormal behavior.
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The psychoanalytic model was created by ... - ANSWER: Sigmund Freud.
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What are the main ideas of the pyschoanalytic theory? - ANSWER: 1) the structure of the
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mind and functions of personality sometimes clash. 2) the mind has defense
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mechanisms that defends itself from conflicts or clashes. 3) stages of psychosexual
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development contribute to said conflicts or clashes.
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