Abnormal Psych Test 1 (Ch. 1-9)

abnormal psychology - field devoted to the scientific study of problems we find so fascinating deviant, distressing, dysfunctional, dangerous - 4 d's (patterns of psychological abnormality) deviant - different, extreme, unusual, bizarre distressing - unpleasant and upsetting dysfunctional - interfering with the person's ability to conduct daily activities in a constructive way dangerous - behavior that is careless, hostile, or confusing norms - stated and unstated rules for proper conduct abnormal - behaviors, thoughts, and emotions that break norms of psychological function culture - history, habits, vales, institutions, skills, technology, and art of a society treatment(therapy) - a procedure designed to change abnormal behavior into normal behavior hippocrates - father of modern medicine --illness had natural causes humor/internal causes humor - fluid that flowed through body middle ages - time of great stress and anxiety --hallucinations, delusions, and tantrism -exorcism asylum - institutions whose primary purpose was to care for people with mental illness **good care-->overpopulation-->prison (Renaissance) La Bicentre - first site for asylum Dorothea Dix - made humane care a public and political concern in US --each state was made responsible for developing effective public mental hospitals hypnotism - procedure in which a person is placed in a trance-like mental state during which he or she becomes extremely suggestible psychoanalytic - holds that many forms of abnormal/normal psychological functioning are psychogenic (view that the chief causes of abnormal functioning are psychological) psychotropic medications - drugs hat primarily effect the brain and reduce many symptoms of mental dtysfunctioning Ex: antipsychotic, antidepressant, and anti-anxiety postitive psychology - study and enhancement of positive feelings (optimism/happiness) promote mental health to prevent disorder