Abnormal Psychology 381
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,Which psychoanalytic theorist is noted for his study of the Sigmund Freud
unconscious?
Which of the following is true of psychic epidemics? They now under study from a social psychology perspective.
Which two individuals argued that persons accused of Johann Weyer and Reginald Scot
witchcraft were mentally ill, and consequently had their
writings banned by the Catholic Church in the sixteenth
century?
Which of the following people conceptualized a theory of Albert Bandura
self-efficacy beliefs?
What phenomenon, seen in Italy as early as the fourteenth Tarantism
century, was attributed to a spider bite, causing people to
jump around, dance wildly, tear at their clothes, and beat
each other with whips?
Which of the following individuals opened an asylum in William Tuke
England called The Retreat?
The practice of drilling circular holes in the skulls of people trephination
displaying abnormal behaviors in order to free evil spirits
was known as _____.
Which of the following is true of the distress criterion for The individual must suffer as a result of the behavior.
abnormality?
_____ argued that people prone to psychological disorders Albert Ellis
are plagued by irrational negative assumptions about
themselves and the world.
Launched in 1963 by President John Kennedy, this The community mental health movement
movement attempted to provide coordinated mental health
services to people in local facilities.
Operant or instrumental conditioning was theorized by Thorndike and Skinner
_____.
Tuke's idea of moral treatment meant: restoring patients' self-restraint by treating them with respect and dignity, and by
encouraging them to exercise self-control.
, The nineteenth century movement started for the mental hygiene movement.
reformation of the treatment of mental health that included
rest and relaxation with prayer was called the:
_____ relates to people's beliefs about their ability to Self-efficacy
execute the behaviors necessary to control important
events.
Pavlov's theory of learning focused on _____. classical conditioning
Hippocrates attributed abnormality to: imbalances in bodily humors.
Ancient Egyptians and Greeks held that a woman's uterus: causes psychological abnormalities by dislodging and wandering inside the body.
The Hospital of Saint Mary of Bethlehem in London earned Bedlam
which nickname for its deplorable conditions?
The continuum model of abnormality illustrates that: no clear line exists between what is normal and abnormal.
Which Greek term is used today to refer to physiological Hysteria
symptoms that are probably the result of psychological
processes?
Which of the following ancient Greeks argued that Plato
madness arose when the rational mind was overcome by
impulse, passion, or appetite?
By 1960, as part of the patients' rights movement, patients' deinstitutionalization
rights advocates argued that mental patients can recover
more fully or live more satisfying lives if they are integrated
into the community, with the support of community-based
treatment facilities—a process known as _____.
_____ was a class of drugs discovered in the twentieth Phenothiazines
century that reduced hallucinations and delusions, and
made it possible for many people who had been
institutionalized for years to be released from asylums and
hospitals.
Which of the following statements best characterizes the The American public declined to offer support due to their prejudices against
sentiments of the American public during the nineteenth immigrants and the failure rate of moral treatment, so the funding dwindled.
century toward mental health patients and institutions?
2026 | Study Guide,
Practice Questions,
Answers, Rationales &
Exam Review
Updated Questions and Answers
100% Verified Exam Prep and Comprehensive
Rationales
Included
,Which psychoanalytic theorist is noted for his study of the Sigmund Freud
unconscious?
Which of the following is true of psychic epidemics? They now under study from a social psychology perspective.
Which two individuals argued that persons accused of Johann Weyer and Reginald Scot
witchcraft were mentally ill, and consequently had their
writings banned by the Catholic Church in the sixteenth
century?
Which of the following people conceptualized a theory of Albert Bandura
self-efficacy beliefs?
What phenomenon, seen in Italy as early as the fourteenth Tarantism
century, was attributed to a spider bite, causing people to
jump around, dance wildly, tear at their clothes, and beat
each other with whips?
Which of the following individuals opened an asylum in William Tuke
England called The Retreat?
The practice of drilling circular holes in the skulls of people trephination
displaying abnormal behaviors in order to free evil spirits
was known as _____.
Which of the following is true of the distress criterion for The individual must suffer as a result of the behavior.
abnormality?
_____ argued that people prone to psychological disorders Albert Ellis
are plagued by irrational negative assumptions about
themselves and the world.
Launched in 1963 by President John Kennedy, this The community mental health movement
movement attempted to provide coordinated mental health
services to people in local facilities.
Operant or instrumental conditioning was theorized by Thorndike and Skinner
_____.
Tuke's idea of moral treatment meant: restoring patients' self-restraint by treating them with respect and dignity, and by
encouraging them to exercise self-control.
, The nineteenth century movement started for the mental hygiene movement.
reformation of the treatment of mental health that included
rest and relaxation with prayer was called the:
_____ relates to people's beliefs about their ability to Self-efficacy
execute the behaviors necessary to control important
events.
Pavlov's theory of learning focused on _____. classical conditioning
Hippocrates attributed abnormality to: imbalances in bodily humors.
Ancient Egyptians and Greeks held that a woman's uterus: causes psychological abnormalities by dislodging and wandering inside the body.
The Hospital of Saint Mary of Bethlehem in London earned Bedlam
which nickname for its deplorable conditions?
The continuum model of abnormality illustrates that: no clear line exists between what is normal and abnormal.
Which Greek term is used today to refer to physiological Hysteria
symptoms that are probably the result of psychological
processes?
Which of the following ancient Greeks argued that Plato
madness arose when the rational mind was overcome by
impulse, passion, or appetite?
By 1960, as part of the patients' rights movement, patients' deinstitutionalization
rights advocates argued that mental patients can recover
more fully or live more satisfying lives if they are integrated
into the community, with the support of community-based
treatment facilities—a process known as _____.
_____ was a class of drugs discovered in the twentieth Phenothiazines
century that reduced hallucinations and delusions, and
made it possible for many people who had been
institutionalized for years to be released from asylums and
hospitals.
Which of the following statements best characterizes the The American public declined to offer support due to their prejudices against
sentiments of the American public during the nineteenth immigrants and the failure rate of moral treatment, so the funding dwindled.
century toward mental health patients and institutions?
