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Question 1

It is a branch of psychology that focuses on the understanding of the
symptoms, causes of, and treatments for psychological disorders.

Answer 1

Abnormal Psychology

Question 2

it is a program of systematic intervention

designed to improve a person’s behavioral, emotional, or cognitive state.

Answer 2

psychotherapy

Question 3

These are behavioral and mental dysfunctions within a person and are
associated with distress, impairment in functioning, and responses that are
not socially and culturally expected

Answer 3

Psychological Disorders

Question 4

4 D’s Indicators of Psychological Abnormality

Answer 4

Distress, deviance, dysfunction, dangerousness

Question 5

Physical symptoms and emotional
conditions that are prolonged, intense, and
exaggerated and impair social, emotional, cognitive, and/or physical
functioning may be a manifestation of mental disorder.

Answer 5

Distress

Question 6

increase in blood pressure

Answer 6

Distress

Question 7

Behaviors are considered abnormal if they DEVIATE from the social norms and are exhibited more frequently than culturally or socially
expected.

Answer 7

Deviance

Question 8

An unusual behavior such as an intense preoccupation with repetitively washing one’s
hands is an example of:

Answer 8

Deviance

Question 9

Abnormal behaviors seriously interfere with the performance of our
roles (e.g., social, occupational, academic, familial)

Answer 9

Dysfunction

Question 10

An employee who suddenly cannot

fulfill job demands is an example of what Indicators of Psychological Abnormality

Answer 10

Dysfunction

Question 11

Abnormal behaviors pose a threat to oneself and to other individuals

Answer 11

Dangerousness

Question 12

What is much more likely to result in violent

behavior than are other kinds of mental illness

Answer 12

Drug and alcohol abuse

Question 13

TRUE/FALSE: Mental health professionals are required by law (in the US) to take appropriate action when a client is potentially homicidal or suicidal.

Answer 13

TRUE

Question 14

TRUE/FALSE: Psychologists now believe that not all behaviors, whether normal or abnormal, originate from
a cultural context.

Answer 14

FALSE

Question 15

Learned behavior that members of a group transmit to the next generation. Including shared values, beliefs, attitudes, and the group’s views about the world

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culture

Question 16

the belief that lifestyles, cultural values, and worldviews affect
the expression and determination of abnormal behavior

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cultural relativism

Question 17

TRUE/ FALSE: Cultural relativism refers to the perspective that symptoms of mental
disorders are the SAME in ALL cultures and societies

Answer 17

False; Cultural Universality

Question 18

TRUE/ FALSE: In the context of cultural universality those who see mental illness as a universal phenomenon, specific
mental disorders would have the SAME CAUSES and symptoms throughout the world.

Answer 18

TRUE

Question 19

According to ________, people may have “problems in living,” but not “mental
illness.”

Answer 19

Thomas Szasz (1987)

Question 20

TRUE/ FALSE: Thomas Szasz accepts the concept of mental illness accordingly

Answer 20

False; abnormal behavior is so labeled by society because it is different, not necessarily
because it reflects illness.

abnormal behavior is frequently a reflection of something’s wrong with society
rather than with the individual.

more like SOCIAL CONSTRUCT lang daw to

Question 21

TRUE/ FALSE: People from pre-historic and ancient societies attributed different forms of illness to
demonic possession, sorcery, or retribution from an offended ancestral spirit

Answer 21

TRUE

Question 22

Symptoms and behaviors such as headaches and convulsions were ascribed to ____ dwelling within a person’s body

Answer 22

evil spirits

Question 23

Stone Age cave dwellers may have treated behavior and mental disorders with a
surgical method called

Answer 23

TREPHINING - part of the skull was chipped away to
provide an opening through which the evil spirits could escape, in hopes that the person
would return to his or her normal state

Question 24

Treatment method used by the early Greeks, Chinese, Hebrews, and Egyptians composed of elaborate prayers, noises, emetics (drugs that induce
vomiting), and extreme measures such as flogging and starvation were used to cast evil
spirits out of an afflicted person’s body

Answer 24

exorcism

Question 25

a physician sometimes referred to as the father of Western medicine, actively questioned prevailing superstitious beliefs and proposed much more rational and scientific explanations for mental disorder

Answer 25

Hippocrates

Question 26

He believed that deviant behavior was caused by brain pathology

Answer 26

Hippocrates

Question 27

Hippocrates classified mental illnesses into three categories which are

Answer 27

mania, melancholia, phrenitis

Question 28

one of the categories of mental illness that corresponds to sadness and depression

Answer 28

melancholia

Question 29

Hippocrates recommended tranquility, moderate | exercise, a careful diet, abstinence from sexual activity, and bloodletting when necessary as a treatment to

Answer 29

melancholia

Question 30

TRUE/ FALSE: Galen insisted that people who were mentally disturbed were the responsibility of their families and that they should not be punished for their behavior

Answer 30

False; PLATO

Question 31

He made major contributions through his scientific examination of the nervous system and his explanation of the role of the brain and central nervous system in mental functioning

Answer 31

GALEN

Question 32

In those days, the church rejected scientific forms of investigation, and it controlled all education. Religious beliefs, which were highly superstitious and demonological, came to dominate all aspects of life. anong era to mars? sagot!

Answer 32

Middle Age Views

Question 33

In Middle Age Views behavior was usually interpreted as a conflict between good and evil, God and the devil. Deviant behavior, particularly psychological dysfunction, was seen as evidence of ________.

Answer 33

Satan’s influence.

Question 34

TRUE/ FALSE: In Greek and Roman views people once again believed that many illnesses were the result of supernatural forces.

Answer 34

FALSE; Middle Age Views yornn

Question 35

Also known as group hysteria where as emotions became contagious and a large number of people are affected by the sudden appearance of unusual symptoms that had no apparent physical cause

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MASS MADNESS

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characterized by agitation and frenzied dancing

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tarantism

Question 37

Thousands of innocent men, women, and even children were beheaded, burned alive, or mutilated during the period of the witch hunts in this era Most psychiatric historians believe that individuals who were mentally ill were those initially suspected of witchcraft.

Answer 37

The Views During the Renaissance Era

Question 38

TRUE/ FALSE: Prior to Humanistic View Era, most asylums were at best custodial centers in which people who were mentally disturbed were chained, caged, starved, whipped, and even exhibited to the public for a small fee, much like animals in a zoo

Answer 38

TRUE

Question 39

In this time, patients with psychological problem were considered deserving of individual care, including discussions of their problems, useful activities, work, companionship, and quiet.

Answer 39

HUMANISTIC VIEWS

Question 40

In France, _______, a physician, took charge of la Bicêtre, a hospital for mentally ill men in Paris. He instituted what came to be known as the MORAL TREATMENT MOVEMENT (18 & 19 cent.) —a shift to more humane treatment of people who were mentally disturbed.

Answer 40

Philippe Pinel

Question 41

In what viewpoint believe that mental disorders have a PHYSICAL or PHYSIOLOGICAL basis

Answer 41

Biological Viewpoint

Question 42

In what viewpoint believe that mental disorders are caused by PSYCHOLOGICAL and EMOTIONAL factors.

Answer 42

Psychological Viewpoint

Question 43

He developed a highly controversial treatment referred to as mesmerism, a technique that evolved into the modern practice of hypnotism

Answer 43

Friedrich Anton Mesmer

Question 44

They hypothesized that hysteria was a form of self-hypnosis. They were also able to produce these symptoms in healthy persons through hypnosis.

Answer 44

Ambroise-Auguste Liébeault (1823–1904) and HippolyteMarie Bernheim (1840–1919)

Question 45

The patient recalled and talked about previously forgotten memories of emotionally distressing events.

Answer 45

Catharsis

Question 46

He used cathartic method, the therapeutic use of | verbal expression to release pent-up emotional conflicts

Answer 46

Josef Breuer

Question 47

this perspective stressed the importance of directly | OBSERVABLE BEHAVIORS and the conditions that evoked, reinforced, and extinguished them.

Answer 47

behaviorism

Question 48

It is a branch of psychology that focuses on culture, race, ethnicity, gender, age, socioeconomic class, and other similar factors in its effort to understand behavior

Answer 48

Multicultural Psychology

Question 49

How we are raised, the values we develop, and cultural expectations regarding our behavior can have a major effect on the types of symptoms we are most likely to experience.

Answer 49

Social Conditioning

Question 50

Mental health professionals now recognize that types of mental disorders differ from country to country

Answer 50

Cultural Values and Influences

Question 51

In response to a history of prejudice, discrimination, and racism, many minorities have adopted various behaviors (in particular, behaviors toward white people) that have proved important for their survival

Answer 51

Sociopolitical Influences

Question 52

It is a branch of the profession that seeks to add BALANCE to our view of human functioning; its purpose is to study, develop, and achieve scientific understanding of the positive human qualities that build thriving individuals, families, and communities

Answer 52

Positive Psychology

Question 53

It is a philosophy that with appropriate treatment and support those with mental illness can improve and live satisfying lives even with any limitations caused by their illness.

Answer 53

Recovery Movement