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Chapter 1--Abnormal Behavior in Historical Context Key
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According to the authors of your textbook, the definition of a psychological disorder
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is associatedwith:
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A. stress
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C. culturally expected responses e e
D. psychotic symptoms e
In regard to the criteria that define abnormality, it would be correct to state that:
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A. no one criterion has yet been developed that fully defines abnormality
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B. personal distress is the one criterion that defines abnormality
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C. the criteria differ depending on the cause of the psychological disorder
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D. the criteria differ depending on whether the individual has a psychological
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e disorder or apsychological dysfunction
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The criterion that a particular behavior be atypical or not culturally expected is
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e insufficient to defineabnormality because: e e e e
A. behavior that occurs infrequently is considered abnormal in every culture
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B. society is less willing to tolerate eccentricity in people who are productive
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C. behaviors vary very little from one culture to another
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, D. many people behave in ways that deviate from the average but this doesn’t mean that
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they have adisorder
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The historic belief that the movements and/or positions of the moon, the stars, and
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e the planetsinfluence human behavior is still held by followers of the
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pseudoscience called 4444.
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A. graphology
B. parapsychology
C. astronomy
D. astrology
The Greek physician Hippocrates (400 BC) suggested that psychological
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e disorders could benegatively influenced by factors such as:
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A. family stress e
B. supernatural forces e
C. religion
D. birth order e
Which of the following is NOT one of the causes of psychopathology suggested
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e by the Greekphysician Hippocrates (400 BC)?
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A. head injury e
B. brain pathology e
C. genetics
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You are listening to old musical tunes including “My Melancholy Baby.“ Your friends
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are impressedwhen you tell them that “melancholic,“ referring to a depressive
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e personality, derives from a Greek word meaning:
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, A. blood
B. phlegm
C. yellow bile e
D. black bile e
According to Hippocrates’ humoral theory, the “choleric“ personality is:
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A. hot-tempered
B. easy going
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C. kind
D. cheap
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, Based on Hippocrates’ humoral theory, “sanguine“ describes a person who is:
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A. pessimistic
B. pale
C. cheerful
D. humorous
Bloodletting, a treatment devised centuries ago to restore the balance of humors, was
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accomplishedwith the use of:
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A. needles
B. leeches
C. tourniquets
D. bacteria
In ancient Greece, a woman suffering from “hysteria“ might be told that her condition
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A. marriage
B. pregnancy
C. childbirth
D. divorce
In ancient Greece, “humoral excesses“ thought to be causing psychological disorders
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were treatedby:
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A. increasing or decreasing the person’s exposure to heat, dryness, moisture or cold
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B. herbal remedies
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C. decreasing both caloric and liquid intake
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D. lowering the person’s body temperature for extended periods of time
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