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what is abnormal psychology? - the study of abnormal cognitions, behaviors, and emotions (can be separated) why is the field of abnormal psychology important? - -learn how to characterize challenges, causes, and manifestations abnormal psychology in the 1200s - 1400s - -mental conditions were thought to be possessions -trephination and exorcisms were used to let the spirits out insanity is a - legal word, not a psychologi...

Abnormal Psychology Final Exam

What is the continuum model of abnormality? - 1. The continuum model of normality suggests that all behavior falls along a continuum from normal to abnormal and that we make subjective judgments of where to draw the line between normality and abnormality. What is cultural relativism? What are the greatest advantage and disadvantage of this perspective on abnormality? - Cultural relativism is a perspective on abnormality that argues that the norms of a socie...

Agonists - Increase the effects of a neurotransmitter The relationship between the brain and behavior - Is a two way street. The brain impacts behavior and behavior impacts the brain The diathesis-stress model posits that... - We inherit tendency to express certain conditions or traits which are activated when we experience stress What are the aspects of abnormal behavior/psychopathology as defined by DSM 5 - Behavior that violates a norm ...

What level of Intellectual Disability is often not distinguishable until a child reaches the school ages? - mild Although there is no cure for Intellectual Disability, the development of the client can be positively altered by - behavioral intervention Teaching children with autistic disorder how to break down tasks into smaller problems, showing parents how to utilize reinforcement and punishment strategies, and introducing small changes in the child's...

1)Which of the following is Freud credited with? a. the invention of fMRI b. the invention of hypnosis c. the discovery of the nervous system (from which he coined the phrase "nervous breakdown") d. organizing formal "talk therapies" for mental illness - d 2)An example of the use of operant conditioning as a treatment for a psychological disorder is where: a)Clients with depression were given an electric shock when they reported negative thoughts. b) A sample...

abnormal behavior - actions that are unexpected and often evaluated negatively because they differ from typical or usual bx o DSM-IVTR psychological disorder - •A psychological disorder is a psychological dysfunction associated with distress or impairment in fx and a response that is not typical or culturally expected behavior therapy - • considers specific bxs rather than inferred conflicts as legitimate targets for change b...

Behavior that violates legal norms is: - deviant and criminal Which of the following is part of the legacy of Dorothea Dix? - state mental hospitals The American schoolteacher who lobbied state legislatures for laws to mandate human treatment of people with mental disorders was: - Dorothea Dix Multicultural theorists would explain the higher levels of mental illness among poor people as MOST likely due to: - ...

abnormal psychology - scientific study of abnormal behavior in order to describe, predict, explain, and change the abnormal patterns of functioning 4 D's of abnormality - deviance- statistically rare distress- in distress or causing distress to others dysfunction- interference with everyday life danger-pose risk of harm to self or others What is the elusive nature of abnormality? - culture greatly influences what is determi...

Which of the following are core features of personality? (Select all that apply.) - - interpersonal relationships - sense of self - meaning and purpose in life The five-factor model of personality is a _____. - dimensional approach True or false: A personality disorder could be diagnosed based solely on the fact that someone doesn't know where they are going in life. - false Who of the following is most likely to be diagnosed with a personalit...