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Chap 01. Abnormal Psychology.

Enter the appropriate word(s) to complete the statement.
1. The study design in which a researcher meets several times with a single research participant and interviews,
tests, and physically evaluates that person to develop a detailed description of the person's life and
psychological problem is called a(n) _____.




2. A tentative explanation or hunch that provides a basis for study is a(n) _____.




3. Clinical researchers form general, or _____, knowledge about the nature, causes, and treatments of abnormal
behavior.




4. The reduction in the number of people housed in mental hospitals in the last 40 years can be attributed to a
trend called _____.




5. A society's norms grow from its history, values, institutions, habits, skills, technology, and arts. All these
elements together are called the society's _____.




6. Sometimes, a variable other than the independent variable will also affect the dependent variable. Such a
variable is called a(n) _____.




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7. The procedure that a priest or other powerful person might perform to drive evil spirits from a person is called
_____.




8. The _____ of a disorder is the number of new cases that emerge in a population during a given period of time.




9. Someone who went to medical school and then completed three to four additional years of training as a mental
health specialist is called a _____.




10. When the probability that a study's findings occurred due to chance are less than _____ percent, the findings
are said to be statistically significant.




11. Clinical practitioners seek a(n) _____ understanding of human behavior.




12. The dominant form of insurance for mental health treatment involves the insurance company in treatment
decisions. This type of insurance is called a _____ program.




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13. The use of remote technologies to provide real-time therapy without the therapist being physically present is
called _____ health.




14. When a study's findings are highly unlikely to have occurred simply due to chance, the findings are said to be
statistically _____.




15. _____ psychology uses feelings such as optimism and happiness, and traits like hard work and wisdom, to
promote mental health in the face of stress and adversity.




16. In a correlation study, the direction and magnitude of the relationship between the variables is expressed by
the statistical term called the _____.




17. Someone who earned a doctorate in clinical mental health care and then completed 4 to 5 years of training in
abnormal functioning and its treatment is called a _____.




18. A major development in the treatment of the mentally ill was the introduction of _____ medications.




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19. When behavior is odd or whimsical but does no harm, it is best classified not as abnormal but as _____.




20. _____ psychology seeks to understand how variables such as race, ethnicity, and gender affect behavior and
thought.




21. _____ believed that abnormal behavior was caused by brain pathology that was a consequence of an
imbalance in the four humors of the body.




22. According to the _____ perspective, psychological causes are at the root of mental illness.




23. When a person's feelings or behaviors interfere with their daily routines, this represents the aspect of the
definition of abnormality called _____.




24. The nontreated or comparison group that is NOT exposed to the independent variable in an experiment is
called the _____.




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