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psychological abnormality (4 D's) - Answer-focuses on behavior 4 D's to characterize abnormality: 1. Deviance (different, extreme, bizarre) 2. Distress (unpleasant and upsetting) 3. dysfunction (interfering with functioning) 4. danger (has potential to/does produce harm to self and others) ...

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Exam 1, Chapters 1-4, Advanced
Abnormal Psychology Questions and
Answers
psychological abnormality (4 D's) - Answer-focuses on behavior

4 D's to characterize abnormality:
1. Deviance (different, extreme, bizarre)
2. Distress (unpleasant and upsetting)
3. dysfunction (interfering with functioning)
4. danger (has potential to/does produce harm to self and others)

treatment - Answer-a procedure designed to change abnormal behavior into more
normal behavior

what defines treatment: special systematic procedures designed for helping people
overcome their psychological difficulty by a trained professional (not a support group!)

members of the treatment process - Answer-1. sufferer
2. healer
3. series of contracts

Changes in abnormality (percentage of adults and children who have abnormalities) -
Answer-30% adults and 10% of children suffer from abnormalities

What do we think contributes to this rise in percentage in abnormality???
elements of our current, crazy world!!!

Changes of Abnormality Overtime - Answer-1. ancient views (supernatural)
2. Greek/Roman (abnormalities of the body)
3. middle ages (demonic, good vs. evil)
4. Renaissance (asylums)
5. 19th century (the rise and fall of moral treatment, didn't last long)
6. 20th century (somatogenic vs. psychogenic perspective)
7. Current trends (psychotopic medication and psychotherapy, started with Freud)

Who is the father of psychotherapy? - Answer-Sigmund Freud

continuum of serverity - Answer-severe mental illness
mild-moderate mental illness

severe mental illness - Answer-psychotropic medications (drugs that primarily affect the
brain and reduce many symptoms of mental dysfunction)

, Deinstitutionalization (acute psychiatric inpatient hospitalizations)

Partial hospitalization

Community mental health

mild-moderate mental illness - Answer-◦Outpatient care = the preferred level of care
◦Private psychotherapy (what Jenna does, the issue of insurance vs. no insurance)
◦Intensive outpatient (IOP, 3 days a week, less than partial hospitalization)
◦Behavioral health benefits (since Obama, all insurances have to cover mental health)

Factors that impact the mental health system - Answer-1. prevention

2. positive psych

3. multicultural psych

4. insurance coverage

5. technology

prevention - Answer-the notion of intervening BEFORE psychological disorders by
correcting the social conditions that underlie psychological problems and to help
individuals who are at risk to develop emotional problems

positive psychology - Answer-(Seligman)- the study of the enhancement of positive
feelings such as optimism and happiness and positive traits like hard work and wisdom

multicultural psychology - Answer-the field that examines the impact of culture, race,
ethnicity, and gender on behaviors and thoughts and focuses on how such factors may
influence the origin, nature, and treatment of abnormal behavior

understanding how diversity (i.e., race, religion, gender, ages)affect behavior and
cognition

insurance coverage - Answer-managed care program

insurance agreeing to cover things to fix short term goals

you must jump through hoops

Technology - Answer-impacts the development and maintenance of psychological
disturbance; has implications for treatment

the current need for CONSTANT stimulation and really no patience

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