Abnormal Psych – Flashcards

A student in an abnormal psychology class receives the highest test grade in a class of 50 students. This behavior is considered abnormal because it is...

The explicit and implicit rules for proper conduct that a society establishes are referred to as...

Behavior that violates legal norms is...

Brilliant scholars or champion athletes are not considered clinically abnormal because...

Which of the following depressed people would be the least likely to be diagnosed with a mental disorder because of specific circumstances...

A man is so miserable that he can barely tolerate living. According to the definition of abnormality, this description is an example of...

Which of the following examples would be considered to be abnormal, because its dysfunctional...

Which aspect of the definition of abnormality includes the inability to care for oneself and work productively...

research shows that danger to self or others is found in

Despite popular misconceptions, most people with psychological problems are not

A researcher spends 15 or more hours per day conducting experiment or doing library reading and records observation on color coded index cards, This person lives alone in the country but doesn't interfere with others lives. This person is

According to Thomas Szasz's views, the deviations that some call mental illness are really

Several researchers have shown that a typical year in the US about what percentage of adults show disturbances severe enough to need clinical treatment.

Which of the following statements is most accurate regarding the incidence of psychological abnormality, historically and worldwide?

The practice of trephination was probably used to

Hippocrates contribution to the development of our understanding of mental illness was the view that such conditions were the result of

The discovery link between general paresis and syphylis was made by

All of the following were advocates of the "moral treatment" except for

A medical researchers develops a drug that decreases symptoms of depression and other mood disorders. The general term for this type of drug is

If a man is confused and usually thinks that he is King David and if his psychiatrist ordered medications, it would most likely be

If your primary symptom were excessive worry, the psychotropic drug for you would be an

Compared with the typical treatment in the 50's, a patient today is more likely to receive

the paradygm or model adopted by people in the Middle Ages to explain abnormal behavior would have been

the model of abnormality that focuses on learning is the

The model of abnormality that focuses on the unconscious internal processes and conflicts the behavior is the

The model of abnormality that examines the effects of society and cultures is the

The model of abnormality that cites physical processes as being the key to behavior is the

the models or paradigms an investigator uses influences

Depression has been linked to low activity of serotonin and norepinephrine, which are

Current research suggests that schizophrenia may be related to

An important factor to consider in using drugs for tx of abnormality would be that

ECT is used most often in tx for

the tx a pt would be least likely to rcv today is

The oldest of the following modern psychological models is the

Evidence of the effectiveness of psycho-dynamic therapy

The model emphasizing the importance of conditioning in determining human actions is the

the model that proposes that humans strive to self actualize the

a multicultural perspective would be most likely to explain the finding that psychological disorders are more common among poor people than among wealthy people

a woman goes into a fit of depression and self abuse when anyone criticizes or expresses disapproval. Much of what she does is for the purpose of getting people to like her. Cognitive theorists would say that her depression results in large part from

about what percent of clinicians today would describe their approach as eclectic

The first step in using the tx called systematic desensitization is to

As a therapist, you are interested in an individual's family and social interactions, you are most likely to subscribe to the

the model of abnormality that focuses on the roles and values and choices in behavior is the

the model of abnormality that concentrates on thinking is the

according to Freud's psycho-dynamic theory, ineffective of the ID, EGO and SUPER EGO can lead to entrapment at a developmental level. This is called

When I was young, I met a large dog....

which of the following is the most legitimate criticism of cognitive therapy

When we try to establish how abnormality develops, we need to consider how individuals deal with the meaning of life, and with the value they find in living" A psychologist from which background would agree most strongly with this statement

Which of the following is the best example of the nomothetic approach?

General principles that explain the underlying causes or nature of abnormal behavior are