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PSYC 3003 - abnormal psychology -
vocab
mental disorder - correct answer-psychological symptoms or behavioral patterns that reflect
an underlying psychobiological dysfunction, are associated with distress or disability, and are
not merely an expectable response to common stressors or losses

mental illness - correct answer-a mental health condition that negatively affects a person's
emotions, thinking, behavior, relationships with others, or overall functioning

abnormal psychology - correct answer-the scientific study whose objective are to describe,
explain, predict, and modify behaviors associated with mental disorders

psychopathology - correct answer-the study of the symptoms, causes, and treatments of
mental disorders

mental health professional - correct answer-health care practitioners (such as psychologists,
psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, social workers, or mental health counselors) whose
services focus on improving mental health or treating mental illness

psychodiagnosis - correct answer-assessment and description of an individual's
psychological symptoms, including inferences about what might be causing the
psychological distress

treatment plan - correct answer-a proposed course of therapy, developed collaboratively by
a therapist and client, that addresses the client's most distressing mental health symptoms

etiology - correct answer-the cause or causes for a condition

psychotherapy - correct answer-a program of systemic intervention with the purpose of
improving a client's behavioral, emotional, or cognitive symptoms

hallucination - correct answer-a sensory experience (such as an image, sound, smell, or
taste) that seems real but that does not exist outside of the mind

culture - correct answer-the configuration of shared values, beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors
that is transmitted from one generation to another by members of a particular group and
symbolized by artifacts, roles, expectations and institutions

cultural relativism - correct answer-the belief that lifestyles, cultural values, and worldviews
affect the expression and definition of mental disorders

cultural universality - correct answer-the assumption that a fixed set of mental disorders
exists whose manifestations and symptoms are similar across cultures

,psychiatric epidemiology - correct answer-the study of the prevalence of mental illness in a
society

prevalence - correct answer-the percentage of individuals in a target population who have a
particular disorder during a specific period of time

lifetime prevalence - correct answer-the percentage of people in the population who have
had a disorder at some point in their lives

stereotype - correct answer-an oversimplified, often inaccurate, image or idea about a group
of people

social stigma - correct answer-negative societal beliefs about a group, including the view that
the group is somehow different from other members of society

prejudice - correct answer-an unfair, preconceived judgment about a person or group based
on their supposed characteristics

discrimination - correct answer-unjust or prejudicial treatment toward a person based on the
person's actual or perceived membership in a certain group

self-stigma - correct answer-acceptance of prejudice and discrimination based on
internalized negative societal beliefs or stereotypes

self-efficacy - correct answer-belief in one's ability to succeed in a specific situation

biological vulnerability - correct answer-genetic or physiological susceptibility

empowerment - correct answer-increasing one's sense of personal strength and self-worth

trephining - correct answer-a surgical method from the Stone Age in which part of the skull
was chipped away to provide an opening through which an evil spirit could escape

exorcism - correct answer-treatment method used by the early Greeks, Chinese, Hebrews,
and Egyptians in which prayers, noises, emetics, flogging, and starvation were used to cast
evil spirits out of an afflicted person's body

brain pathology - correct answer-a dysfunction or disease of the brain

hysteria - correct answer-an outdated term referring to excessive or uncontrollable emotion,
sometimes resulting in somatic symptoms (such as blindness or paralysis) that have no
apparent physical cause

tarantism - correct answer-a form of mass hysteria prevalent during the Middle Ages,
characterized by wild raving, jumping, dancing, and convulsing

humanism - correct answer-a philosophical movement that emphasizes human welfare and
the worth and uniqueness of the individual

, moral treatment movement - correct answer-crusade to institute more human treatment of
people with mental illness

biological viewpoint - correct answer-the belief that mental disorders have a physical or
physiological basis

syndrome - correct answer-certain symptoms that tend to occur regularly in clusters

psychological viewpoint - correct answer-the belief that mental disorders are caused by
psychological and emotional factors rather than biological influences

cathartic method - correct answer-a therapeutic use of verbal expression to relate pent-up
emotional conflicts

intrapsychic - correct answer-psychological processes occurring within the mind

multicultural psychology - correct answer-a branch of psychology that focuses on culture,
race, ethnicity, gender, age, socioeconomic class, and other similar factors in its effort to
understand behavior

positive psychology - correct answer-the philosophical and scientific study of positive human
functioning and the strengths and assets of individuals, families, and communities

spirituality - correct answer-belief in an animating life force or energy beyond what we can
perceive with our senses

optimal human functioning - correct answer-qualities such as subjective well-being,
optimism, resilience, hope, courage, ability to cope with stress, self-actualization, and
self-determinism

psychological resilience - correct answer-the capacity to effectively adapt to and bounce
back from stress, trauma, and other adversity

recovery movement - correct answer-philosophy that with appropriate treatment and support
those with mental illness can improve and live satisfying lives even with any limitations
caused by their illness

psychotropic medications - correct answer-drugs used to treat or manage psychiatric
symptoms by influencing brain activity associated with emotions and behavior

managed health care - correct answer-the industrialization of health are, whereby large
organizations in the private sector control the delivery of services

etiology - correct answer-cause or organ of a disorder

model - correct answer-an analogy used by scientists, usually to describe or explain a
phenomenon or process they cannot directly observe

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