Historically, these were institutions meant solely for the care of people with mental
illness. - ANSWER asylums
A theoretical viewpoint organized around the theme that learning is central in
determining human Behavior. - ANSWER behavioural perspective
School of psychology that formerly restricted itself primarily to the study of overt
behaviour. - ANSWER behaviourism
Discharge of emotional tension associated with something, such as by talking about
past traumas. - ANSWER catharsis
A basic form of learning in which a neutral stimulus is paired repeatedly with an
unconditioned stimulus (US) that naturally elicits an unconditioned response (UR).
After repeated pairings, the neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus (CS)
that elicits a conditioned response (CR). - ANSWER classical conditioning.
Movement to close mental hospitals and treat people with severe mental disorders
in the community. - ANSWER deinstitutionalization
The method involving the recording, description, and interpretation of a patient's
dreams. - ANSWER dream analysis
Religiously inspired treatment procedure designed to drive out evil spirits or forces
from a "possessed" person. - ANSWER exorcism
Method for probing the unconscious by having patients talk freely about
themselves, their feelings, and their motives. - ANSWER free association
Legal term for mental disorder, implying lack of responsibility for one's acts and
inability to manage one's affairs. - ANSWER insanity
Delusion of being a wolf. - ANSWER lycanthropy
Historically, widespread occurrence of group behaviour disorders that were cases
, of hysteria. - ANSWER mass madness
A movement that advocated a method of treatment focused almost exclusively on
the physical well-being of hospitalized patients with mental disorders. - ANSWER
mental hygiene movement.
The theory of "animal magnetism" (hypnosis) was formulated by Anton Mesmer. -
ANSWER mesmerism
Wide-ranging method of treatment that focuses on a patient's social, individual, and
occupational needs. - ANSWER moral management
Group of physicians in nineteenth-century Europe who accepted the view that
hysteria was a sort of self-hypnosis. - ANSWER nancy school.
Form of learning in which if a particular response is reinforced, it becomes more
likely to be repeated on similar occasions. - ANSWER operant (instrumental)
conditioning.
Methods Freud used to study and treat patients. - ANSWER psychoanalysis
Theory of psychopathology, initially developed by Freud, that emphasizes the inner
dynamics of unconscious motives. - ANSWER psychoanalytic perspective.
Name given to the dancing mania (and mass hysteria) that spread from Italy to
Germany and the rest of Europe in the Middle Ages. - ANSWER saint vitus's
dance.
Dancing mania that occurred in Italy in the thirteenth century. - ANSWER
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