Psych 305 Exam #1 Questions And
Answers 2024
3 D's of Abnormal Behavior - with answers:Discomfort (least observable), Dysfunctional (more
obvious), Deviance (most obvious)
Multicultural Perspective - with answers:All behavior originates from and takes place within a
cultural context
Internal Representation of Culture - with answers:Values, Attitudes, Worldviews
External Representation of Culture - with answers:Customs, Habits, Traditions
Cultural Universality - with answers:Behaviors/disorders assumed to be the same cross-
culturally, so that which deviates from the majority is abnormal
Cultural Relativity - with answers:Each behavior is to be evaluated relative to one's own
culture/values, so only those things that deviate from that culture are abnormal
Adaptation - with answers:Represents a balance between what you do and what the environment
requires of you
Maladaptaiton - with answers:An imbalance between what you do and what is expected of you
Andreessen's Study on Creativity - with answers:Compared creative writers and matched
controls, found no signifiant group difference in psychotic disorders and failed to support her
notion that they were "more creative"
Stigma - with answers:A set of negative and often unfair beliefs that a society or group of people
have about something
, Prejudice - with answers:Negative attitudes based on membership
Covert Prejudice - with answers:An individual holds negative attitudes toward themselves
because of their membership in a group
Discrimination - with answers:Negative behaviors toward members of these groups
Prehistoric View - with answers:"Evil Spirits," trephination: carving and drilling holes into the
scull
Greek and Roman View - with answers:Hippocrates, based on body fluid imbalance
Choleric (yellow bile) - with answers:Impatient, cynical, irritable, aggressive (mania, antisocial)
Melancholic (black bile) - with answers:Moody, anxious, sad (depression)
Sanguine (blood) - with answers:Sociable, outgoing, playful, carefree (mania)
Phlegmatic (mucous) - with answers:Passive, slow to warm up, controlled, reliable (OCD)
Middle Ages View - with answers:Demonology, the devil was the cause of abnormal behavior
Renaissance View - with answers:Regarded patients as "ill" and created asylums, but there were
limited resources
19th Century View - with answers:Reform and moral treatment, more humane, but still
overcrowding.
Somatogenic Perspective - with answers:Abnormal behavior has physical causes. Treatments led
to many biological treatments like insulin shot, hydrotherapy and lobotomies
Answers 2024
3 D's of Abnormal Behavior - with answers:Discomfort (least observable), Dysfunctional (more
obvious), Deviance (most obvious)
Multicultural Perspective - with answers:All behavior originates from and takes place within a
cultural context
Internal Representation of Culture - with answers:Values, Attitudes, Worldviews
External Representation of Culture - with answers:Customs, Habits, Traditions
Cultural Universality - with answers:Behaviors/disorders assumed to be the same cross-
culturally, so that which deviates from the majority is abnormal
Cultural Relativity - with answers:Each behavior is to be evaluated relative to one's own
culture/values, so only those things that deviate from that culture are abnormal
Adaptation - with answers:Represents a balance between what you do and what the environment
requires of you
Maladaptaiton - with answers:An imbalance between what you do and what is expected of you
Andreessen's Study on Creativity - with answers:Compared creative writers and matched
controls, found no signifiant group difference in psychotic disorders and failed to support her
notion that they were "more creative"
Stigma - with answers:A set of negative and often unfair beliefs that a society or group of people
have about something
, Prejudice - with answers:Negative attitudes based on membership
Covert Prejudice - with answers:An individual holds negative attitudes toward themselves
because of their membership in a group
Discrimination - with answers:Negative behaviors toward members of these groups
Prehistoric View - with answers:"Evil Spirits," trephination: carving and drilling holes into the
scull
Greek and Roman View - with answers:Hippocrates, based on body fluid imbalance
Choleric (yellow bile) - with answers:Impatient, cynical, irritable, aggressive (mania, antisocial)
Melancholic (black bile) - with answers:Moody, anxious, sad (depression)
Sanguine (blood) - with answers:Sociable, outgoing, playful, carefree (mania)
Phlegmatic (mucous) - with answers:Passive, slow to warm up, controlled, reliable (OCD)
Middle Ages View - with answers:Demonology, the devil was the cause of abnormal behavior
Renaissance View - with answers:Regarded patients as "ill" and created asylums, but there were
limited resources
19th Century View - with answers:Reform and moral treatment, more humane, but still
overcrowding.
Somatogenic Perspective - with answers:Abnormal behavior has physical causes. Treatments led
to many biological treatments like insulin shot, hydrotherapy and lobotomies
