Chapter 1

Question 1

The study of people who suffer mental, emotional, and often physical pain

Answer 1

Psychopathology

Question 2

The view that there are no absolute standards for abnormal behavior, only contextually abnormal behaviors

Answer 2

Cultural Relativism

Question 3

Three types of theories for abnormality

Answer 3

• Biological
• Psychological
• Supernatural

Question 4

Phenomenon in which large numbers of people engage in unusual behaviors with a psychological origin

Answer 4

Psychic epidemic

Question 5

The view that mental illness was due to separation from nature and stresses imposed by the rapid social changes of the period; treatment was prayers, incantations, and R&R

Answer 5

Mental Hygiene Movement

Question 6

A disease leading to paralysis, insanity, and death; important for biological theories of mental illness

Answer 6

General Paresis

Question 7

The early treatment for hysterical disorders that “manipulated magnetic fields;” actually early hypnosis

Answer 7

Mesmerism

Question 8

Thought processes that influence behavior and emotion

Answer 8

Cognitions

Question 9

Beliefs, described by Bandura, about people’s ability to do behaviors necessary to control important events

Answer 9

Self-Efficacy Beliefs

Question 10

The process of moving the mentally ill into community-based treatment facilities

Answer 10

Deinstitutionalization

Question 11

The overhaul to mental health treatment initiated by JFK in 1963

Answer 11

Community Mental Health Movement

Question 12

Treatment facility that offers long-term patients a living space with a structured, supportive environment

Answer 12

Halfway Houses

Question 13

Allow patients care during the day and the ability to live at home at night

Answer 13

Day Treatment Centers

Question 14

A collection of methods for organizing health care

Answer 14

Managed care