Abnormal Psychology 4610 - Exam 1 Questions and Answers
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Abnormal Psychology
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Abnormal Psychology
what makes defining abnormality difficult? - Answer-there is no one behavior that serves to make someone abnormal
what are the elements or criteria to determine abnormality? - Answer-subjective distress
maladaptiveness
statistical deviancy
violation of standards of society
social discomfort
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Abnormal Psychology 4610 - Exam 1
Questions and Answers
what makes defining abnormality difficult? - Answer-there is no one behavior that serves
to make someone abnormal
what are the elements or criteria to determine abnormality? - Answer-subjective distress
maladaptiveness
statistical deviancy
violation of standards of society
social discomfort
irrationality and unpredictability
dangerousness
Brett persistently injects himself with pain killers. This has greatly increased his chance
of overdosing and dying. His behavior harms no one else. According to the DSM-5, is
Brett's behavior consistent with the definition of a mental disorder? - Answer-yes,
because he is persistently acting in a way that harms himself
according to the DSM, when is deviant behavior viewed as indicative of a mental
disorder? - Answer-when it is a symptom of a dysfunction in the individual
***What is the utility of the DSM-5? - Answer-a means of identifying different mental
disorders
a work in progress that classifies mental disorders based on what is currently known
which concept provides psychologists with a consistent naming system that can be
used to organize and identify information in a helpful manner? - Answer-classification
what is a disadvantage of having a classification system for mental disorders? - Answer-
when a label is used to describe an individual's behavior, information about the person
is lost
stigma associated with diagnosis
stereotypes based on diagnosis
labeling can negatively impact self-concept
Maria believes that her dead grandmother occasionally speaks to her. In deciding if
Maria has a mental illness or not, which of the following should first be evaluated? -
Answer-is Maria's belief consistent with the beliefs of her culture?
what is epidemiology? - Answer-the study of the distribution of a disorder in a population
what is the most prevalent psychological disorder among adults in the united states? -
Answer-anxiety
, why is it important to have some understanding of what causes a psychological
disorder? - Answer-the selection of a treatment approach is largely determined by
assumptions about causality
why is it dangerous to make conclusions based on case studies? - Answer-conclusions
based on so little data are likely to be flawed
specific individual observed and described in detail
subject to bias of author of case study
conclusion have low generalizability
why is a representative sample desirable? - Answer-the more representative a sample
is, the more generalizable the data will be
what is a good control group for a research study on people with eating disorders? -
Answer-a group that is comparable to those with eating disorders except that they eat
normally
early writings show that the Chinese, Egyptians, Hebrews, and Greeks often attributed
abnormal behavior to _______________ - Answer-demonic posession
Hippocrates doctrine of the four humors was meant to explain what? - Answer-
temperament
categorizing disorders as mania, melancholia, or phrenitis
personality traits
what is Galen credited with? - Answer-recognizing that psychological disorders could
have both biological and psychological causes
anatomy of the nervous system
divided causes of disorders into physical and mental categories
the approaches to treatment of the mentally ill during the Middle Ages in Europe are
best characterized as - Answer-superstitious
Johann Weyer, in the early 1500s provided what to help understand abnormal
behavior? - Answer-wrote a book that was condemned by many, arguing that many
witches were actually mentally ill
wrote criticism of witchcraft possession
one of the first physicians to specialize in mental disorders, and his wide experience
and progressive views justify his reputation as the founder of modern psychopathology
If you visited an asylum in the 16th Century in Europe you would likely find ________ -
Answer-mentally ill people living in conditions of filth and cruelty
Philippe Pinel was known for what? - Answer-believed that mental patients were ill and
needed to be treated as such - with kindness and caring
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