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Psy 254 URI Exam 1 questions with correct answers
Abnormal Psychology Correct Answer-scientific study of abnormal
behavior, effort to describe, predict, explain & change abnormal patterns
of functioning


Deviance Correct Answer-different/extreme, stray from social norms,
depend on specific circumstances


Distress Correct Answer-unpleasant to person, can experience high level
without high abnormality


Dysfunction Correct Answer-interfere with ability to do daily activities,
doesn't necessarily indicate psychological abnormalities


Dangerous Correct Answer-posing risk, exception rather than rule, may
be careless hostile or confused


Treatment or Therapy Correct Answer-procedure designed to change
abnormal behavior into more normal behavior


3 essential features of therapy Correct Answer-sufferer: seeks relief from
healer
healer: trained to practice
series of contacts: b/t healer & sufferer

, Prehistoric Times Correct Answer-abnormal behavior seen as work of
evil spirits, treatment=trephination: cut hole in skull to remove spirit
exorcism: prayers to force spirits out of body


Greeks & Romans Correct Answer-Hippocrates: illness had natural
causes, unbalanced fluids (humors): yellow bile, black bile, blood,
phlegm, look for "rebalance"


Middle Ages Correct Answer-Demonology returns, more religious
approaches, exorcism


Renaissance Correct Answer-Rise of asylums, demonological views
decline, Johann Weyer:mind as susceptible to illness as body, care of
people improves, shrines promote loving treatment


18th Century Correct Answer-Pinel & Tuke advocate for moral
treatment, improved care


19th Century Correct Answer-money, staff shortages, overcrowding,
declining recovery rates, emergence of prejudice lead to reversal of
moral treatment, long term hospitalization norm at end of time period


Somatogenic Perspectives Correct Answer-Abnormal functioning has
physical causes, Emil Kraepelin supported this idea

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