Clinical Abnormal – Flashcards
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The central principal of operant conditioning is that
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The consequences of behavior influence it's likelihood of being repeated
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The role of learning is the central theme in
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The behavioral perspective
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What was the purpose of early asylums?
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To remove those who could not take care of themselves from society
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The study of hypnosis and its relationship to hysteria was the starting point for:
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Psychoanalysis
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A common treatment for mental illness in the Middle Ages in Europe was
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Exorcism
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Behaviorism was
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A reaction to what the behaviorist perceived as a lack of scientific rigor in psychoanalysis
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Kraepelin is creditors with
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Identifying different types of mental disorders
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Who is considered the founder of American psychiatry
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Benjamin Rush
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Dorothea Dix is credited with
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Establishing numerous humane mental hospitals
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Philippe Pinel believed that
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Mental patients were ill and need to be treated as such
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Who established the first experimental psychology lab?
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Wundt
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The central principal of classical conditioning is that
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After repeated pairings with a stimulus that naturally causes a response, a neutral stimulus will cause similar response
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The fact that episodes of mass madness peaked at the time of the Black Death illustrates that
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Phenomenon impact society and its structure and may effect mental health
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What trend was observed during the Middle Ages in Europe?
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Supernatural explanations for mental disorders grew in popularity
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All of the following were likely to be part of moral treatment in the 1800s EXCEPT
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Antipsychotic medications
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Who is considered the father of behaviorism
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Watson
