Psych 435 Abnormal Psychology Latest Version 2024/2025

refers to the estimated proprtion of actual, active cases of a disorder in a given population at a given point of time. - ANS-point of prevalence "Spice", "K2", and "blaze" are names for ____________ - ANS-synthetic cannabinoids According to Hippocrates, mental disorders were part of which three general categories? - ANS-melancholia, mania, and phrentisis adjustment disorder - ANS-an emotional disturbance caused by ongoing stressors within the range of common experience After cheating on her husband and feeling ashamed, Julia accused her husband of cheating. Such behaviour is explained by which of the following defense mechanisms? - ANS-projection All drugs that people become dependent upon _________ - ANS-act on pleasure pathways in the brain an involuntary reoccurrence of perceptual distortions can occur weeks or months after taking a particular drug. The phenomenon is called___________; the drug is called ________. - ANS-flashback; LSD antisocial personality disorder - ANS-a personality disorder in which a person exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members; may be aggressive and ruthless or a clever con artist Archaeology and early writings indicate the first people to think of the brain as the site of mental functions were the ________ - ANS-ancient Egyptians As in assessment, diagnostic interviews can be _________ - ANS-structured or unstructure