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PSYC 3140 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TEST BANKPsychological abnormality may include deviance, distress, dysfunction, and danger. First, explain what these terms mean regarding psychological abnormality. Second, provide an example of a time when each aspect of abnormality would not be considered...

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PSYC 3140 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TEST BANK PSYC 3140 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Psychological abnormality may include deviance, distress, dysfunction, and danger. First, explain what these terms mean regarding psychological abnormality. Second, provide an example of a time when each aspect of abnormality would not be considered abnorm al. X Psychological abnormality. Abnormal psychology is concerned with the emotional, cognitive, and behavioral patterns that may be indicative of a mental health problem. Rathe r of focusing on the boundary between normal and abnormal, psychologists in this discipline concentrate on the degree of suffering caused by actions, ideas, or emotions. Psychological therapy. They include analyzing psychological obstacles that are standin g in the way of how we would want to feel. Psychological counseling is a collaborative place to examine your challenges in a secure and private atmosphere. We want to assist you better understand your sentiments in the light of your prior experiences. If after talking to a friend about their problems they feel better, then it is a psychological therapy. Define and contrast somatogenic and psychogenic perspectives regarding abnormal psychological functioning, and provide at least one example of evidence supporting each perspective. X According to the somatogenic viewpoint on aberrant psychological functioning, physical causes of mental diseases lie at their core. Evidence that some phys ical problems, such brain injury, may cause mental illnesses supports this viewpoint. Contrarily, the psychogenic approach maintains that psychological elements like trauma or stress are the root cause of mental diseases. Evidence that psychological variab les, such as early trauma, may cause mental problems supports this viewpoint. Both points of view are valid, and it is probable that physical and psychological elements interact to cause mental diseases to emerge. The research does, however, support the n otion that psychological elements play a larger role in the development of mental diseases than do physical ones. According t o your text, deinstitutionalization has resulted, in part, in large numbers of people with severe psychological disturbances either becoming homeless or ending up in jail or prison. Is deinstitutionalization an ethical and appropriate strategy for the trea tment of mental illness that the United States should continue to follow? Back up your answer with specific examples. X Deinstitutionalization in America was not conducted ethically or with an appropriate strategy. Increasingly, people seeking treatment for mental health reasons are members of managed care programs. How are managed care programs c hanging how psychological services are provided? Discuss one advantage and one disadvantage of such programs. X Insurance companies provide health care coverage through managed care programs by largely determining the nature, scope, and cost of the services received . The following types of mental health professionals work in the area of psychological abnormality; describe the differences in how they are ed ucated, and in what they do. clinical psychologists psychiatrists clinical researchers x � Create a time line on which you place five major events in the history of abnormality. Briefly describe why each event is important to our understanding of abnorm ality. x The understanding of abnormal psychology, or the presentation of psychological disorders, has improved dramatically over time. Follow its historical evolution through demonology, witchcraft, psychogenic theory, and the humanitarian reforms of mental instit utions . The aspect of the definition of abnormality that characterizes behavior as different from the norm is ______. deviance ( True Answer ) * The stated and unstated rules that a society establishes to govern proper conduct are referr ed to as______. norms ( True Answer ) * Ken is so anxious that his anxiety by itself causes him to suffer. Ken's situation represents the aspect of the definition of abnormality called ______. distress ( True Answer ) * Colleen is so afraid of op en spaces that she cannot leave her house to go to work. This represents the aspect of the definition of abnormality called ______. dysfunction ( True Answer ) * Heather has been feeling depressed and has begun to feel helpless and hopeless and is con sidering committing suicide. Killing herself represents the aspect of the definition of abnormality called ______. danger ( True Answer ) * The idea that the behaviors we label abnormal are just problems in living has been proposed by ______. Thomas Szasz ( True Answer ) * While some clinicians will refer to the person they are treating as a patient, others will refer to the person as a(n) ______. client ( True Answer ) * The crude early form of surgery in which a hole was made in the skull o f a person, presumably to allow evil spirits to escape, was called ______. trephination ( True Answer ) * The procedure that a priest or other powerful person might perform to drive evil spirits from a person is called ______. x exorcism ( True Answer )

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