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A psychological dysfunction refers to ✖
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1. a. a breakdown in cognitive functioning. f f f f f
2. b. a breakdown in emotional functioning. f f f f f
3. c. a breakdown in behavioral functioning.
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In regard to the criteria that define abnormality, it would be correct to state that ✖
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1. a. no one criterion has yet been developed that fully defines abnormality.
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2. b. personal distress is the one criterion that defines abnormality.
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3. c. the criteria differ depending on the cause of the psychological disorder.
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4. d. the criteria differ depending on whether the individual has a psychological
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disorder or a psychological dysfunction.
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The historic belief that the movements and/or positions of the moon, stars, and planets influence
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human behavior is still held by followers of the pseudoscience called
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1. a. graphology f
2. b. parapsychology f
3. c. astronomy f
4. d. astrology f
Until the 1970s, hysterical disorders were diagnosed only in women. In fact, the term
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"hysteria" derives from the Greek hysteron, which means
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1. a. ovary f
2. b. uterus - Given f f f
3. c. pregnancy f
4. d. vagina f
You are listening to old musical tunes, including "My Melancholy Baby." Your friends are
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impressed when you tell them that "melancholic," referring to a depressive personality,
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derives from a Greek word meaning
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1. a. blood - Given f f f
2. b. phlegm f
3. c. yellow bile f f
4. d. black bile f f
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The treatment given to the mentally ill King Charles VI of France showed that the causes of his
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disorder were attributed to
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1. a. natural f
2. b. supernatural f
3. c. both natural and supernatural
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4. d. neither natural nor supernatural
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In terms of their typical course, schizophrenia follows a chronic course, while mood
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disorders, including depression, follow a(n) _
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2. b. time-limited f
3. c. guarded f
4. d. insidious f
The biological and psychological models or theories of abnormality derived originally from the
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ancient Greek concept in which the ✖
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1. a. mind was considered separate from the body.
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2. b. flow of bodily fluids affected behavior and personality.
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3. c. female reproductive organs were associated with psychopathology.
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4. d. movement of the planets influenced human behavior.
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In an attempt to rid the body of the excessive humors thought to be causing psychological
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disorders, physicians throughout history have used treatments such as
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1. a. bloodletting f
2. b. induced seizures f f
3. c. exorcism f
4. d. drilling through the skull f f f f
During the Middle Ages, as well as at other times, mentally ill people were sometimes forced to
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undergo the religious ritual called exorcism in order to ✔
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1. a. cure the mental illness by making the individual more religious.
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2. b. build up muscle strength and make the person healthier.
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3. c. rid the individual`s body of evil spirits. - Given
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4. d. prove that the person was not a witch.
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The typical profile or prototype of a disorder reflects the
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DSM-IV. ✔
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1. a. theoretical perspectives on abnormality
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2. b. treatments for mental disorders
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3. c. causes of mental illness f f f f
4. d. diagnostic criteria for psychological disorders - Given
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Dr. Littlefox studies the origins and causes of psychological disorders, including the biological,
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psychological, and social dimensions. Dr. Littlefox studies the
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disorder. ✖
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1. a. prognosis f
2. b. etiology f
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A psychological disorder is said to have an acute onset if the symptoms develop
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, while it has an insidious onset if the symptoms develop f .✖ f f f f f f f f f f
1. a. suddenly; gradually f f
2. b. suddenly; atypically f f
3. c. gradually; atypically f f
4. d. atypically; suddenly f f
Based on Hippocrates' humoral theory, "sanguine" describes a person who is
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2. b. pale f
3. c. cheerful f
4. d. humorous f
In ancient Greece, "humoral excesses" thought to be causing psychological disorders were treated
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by ✖
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1. a. increasing or decreasing the person`s exposure to heat, dryness, moisture, or cold.
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2. b. herbal remedies. f f
3. c. decreasing both caloric and liquid intake.
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4. d. lowering the person`s body temperature for extended periods of time.
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Somatoform disorders, a current DSM-IV classification that evolved from the concept of
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"hysteria," affect ✖
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1. a. adult males only. f f f
2. b. adult females only. f f f
3. c. both males and females of any age.
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4. d. children only. f f
In the 1930s, when insulin shock therapy was deemed too risky as a treatment for mental
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disorder,
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2. b. electroconvulsive therapy f f
3. c. megavitamin therapy f f
4. d. moral therapy f f
Induced vomiting was a 17th century treatment for depression. As described in Anatomy of
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Melancholy (1621), this could be accomplished by eating
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1. a. raw meat f f
2. b. ice f
3. c. coal f
4. d. tobacco f
In keeping with an accepted treatment for mental illness in the 14th century, a physician treating
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King Charles VI of France had him moved to the countryside in order to ✔
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1. a. be closer to a hospital that treated mental illness.
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2. b. keep him away from his family. f f f f f f
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