Abnormal Psychology Vocabulary Exam Questions with Correct Answers
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Abnormal Psychology
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Abnormal Psychology
Abnormal Psychology - Answer-the scientific study of abnormal behavior in an effort to describe, predict, explain, and change abnormal patterns of functioning
norms - Answer-A society's stated and unstated rules for proper conduct.
culture - Answer-a people's common history, values, instituti...
Abnormal Psychology Vocabulary Exam
Questions with Correct Answers
Abnormal Psychology - Answer-the scientific study of abnormal behavior in an effort to
describe, predict, explain, and change abnormal patterns of functioning
norms - Answer-A society's stated and unstated rules for proper conduct.
culture - Answer-a people's common history, values, institutions, habits, skills,
technology, and arts
treatment - Answer-A systematic procedure designed to change abnormal behavior into
more normal behavior. Also called therapy.
trephination - Answer-An ancient operation in which a stone instrument was used to cut
away a circular section of the skull, perhaps to treat abnormal behavior.
humors - Answer-According to the Greeks and Romans, bodily chemicals that influence
mental and physical functioning
asylum - Answer-A type of institution that first became popular in the sixteenth century
to provide care for persons with mental disorders. Most became virtual prisons.
moral treatment - Answer-a nineteenth-century approach to treating people with mental
dysfunction that emphasized moral guidance and humane and respectful treatment
state hospitals - Answer-State-run public mental institutions in the United States.
somatogenic perspective - Answer-the view that abnormal psychological functioning has
physical causes
psychogenic perspective - Answer-the view that the chief causes of abnormal
functioning are psychological
Psychoanalysis - Answer-either the theory or the treatment of abnormal mental
functioning that emphasizes unconscious psychological forces as the cause of
psychopathology
pyschotropic medications - Answer-drugs that mainly affect the brain and reduce many
symptoms of mental dtysfunctioning
, Deinstitutionalization - Answer-the practice, begun in the 1960s of releasing hundreds of
thousands of patients from public mental hospitals
private psychotherapy - Answer-an arrangement in which a person directly pays a
therapist for counseling services
prevention - Answer-interventions aimed at deterring mental disorders before they can
develop
positive psychology - Answer-the study and enhancement of positive feelings, traits,
and abilities
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
managed care program - Answer-health care coverage in which the insurance company
largely controls the nature, scope, and cost of medical or psychological services
telemental health - Answer-The use of remote technologies, such as long-distance
videoconferencing, to deliver mental health services without the therapist being
physically present
nomothetic understanding - Answer-a general understanding of the nature, causes, and
treatments of abnormal functioning, in the form of laws or principles that apply across
people
Scientific Method - Answer-the process of systematically gathering and evaluating
information through careful observations, to understand a phenomenon
hypothesis - Answer-a hunch or prediction that certain variables are related in certain
ways
case study - Answer-a detailed account of a person's life and psychological patterns
internal validity - Answer-the accuracy with which a study can pinpoint once factor as
the cause of a phenomenon
external validity - Answer-the degree to which the results of a study may be generalized
beyond that study
correlation - Answer-the degree to which events or characteristics vary along with each
other
correlational method - Answer-a research procedure used to determine hoe much
events or characteristics vary along with each other
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