Abnormal Psychology Exam 1 Questions with Latest Update
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Abnormal Psychology
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Abnormal Psychology
psychological disorder - Answer-psychological dysfunction associated with distress or impairment in functioning that is not a typical or culturally expected response
phobia - Answer-psychological disorder characterized by marked and persistent fear of an object or situation
abnormal behavior ...
Abnormal Psychology Exam 1
Questions with Latest Update
psychological disorder - Answer-psychological dysfunction associated with distress or
impairment in functioning that is not a typical or culturally expected response
phobia - Answer-psychological disorder characterized by marked and persistent fear of
an object or situation
abnormal behavior - Answer-actions that are unexpected and often evaluated negatively
because they differ from typical or unusual behavior.
psychopathology - Answer-scientific study of psychological disorders
scientific-practitioner - Answer-mental health professional expected to apply scientific
methods to his or her work. Must know the latest research on diagnosis and treatment,
must evaluate his or her methods for effectiveness, and may generate research to
discover information about disorders and their treatment.
presenting problem - Answer-original complaint reported by the client to the therapist.
The actual treated problem may be a modification derived from the presenting problem.
clinical description - Answer-details of the combination of behaviors, thoughts, and
feelings that make up a particular disorder.
prevalence - Answer-number of people displaying a disorder in the population at any
given time.
incidence - Answer-number of new cases of a disorder appearing during a specific
period.
course - Answer-pattern of development and change of a disorder over time
prognosis - Answer-predicted development of a disorder over time.
etiology - Answer-cause or source of a disorder.
exorcism - Answer-religious ritual that attributes disordered behavior to possession by
demons and seeks to treat the individual by driving the demons from the body.
psychosocial approach - Answer-treatment practice that focuses on social and cultural
factors (such as family experience), as well as psychological influences. These
approaches include cognitive, behavioral, and interpersonal methods.
, moral therapy - Answer-psychosocial approach in the 19th century that involved treating
patients as normally as possible in normal environments.
mental hygiene movement - Answer-mid 19th century effort to improve care of mentally
disordered by informing the public of their mistreatment.
psychoanalysis - Answer-assessment and therapy pioneered by sigmund freid that
emphasizes exploration of and insight into, unconscious processes and conflicts.
behaviorism - Answer-explanation of human behavior, including dysfunction, based on
principles of learning and adaptation derived from experimental psychology.
humanistic psychology - Answer-personality theory and therapy emphasizing inherent
striving of humans to reach their highest potential if conditions preventing growth are
removed.
unconscious - Answer-part of the psychic makeup that is outside the awareness of the
person.
catharsis - Answer-rapid or sudden release of emotional tension thought to be an
important factor in psychoanalytic therapy.
psychoanalytic model - Answer-complex and comprehensive theory originally advanced
by Freud that seeks to account for the development and structure of personality, as well
as the origin of abnormal behavior, based primarily on inferred inner entities and forces.
id - Answer-in psychoanalysis, the unconscious psychic entity present at birth
representing basic drives.
ego - Answer-in psychoanalysis, the psychic entity responsible for finding realistic and
practical ways to satisfy id drives.
superego - Answer-in psychoanalysis, the psychic entity representing the internalized
moral standards or parents and society.
intrapsychic conflict - Answer-in psychoanalytic theory, a struggle among the id, ego,
and superego.
defense mechanism - Answer-common pattern of behavior, often an adaptive coping
style when it occurs in moderation, observed in response to a particular situation.
Psychoanalytic theory suggests that defense mechanisms are unconscious processes
originating in the ego.
psychosexual stages of development - Answer-psychoanalytic concept of the sequence
of phases a person passes through during development. Each stage is named for the
location on the body where id gratification is maximal at that time.
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