Exam 1: Looking at Abnormality

Some states have ________, individuals who have graduate training in counseling beyond a bachelor's degree in counseling, but have not obtained a PhD.

Describe the growth of psychoanalytic theory.Who were some of the key contributors to this school of thought?

Philippe Pinel, a leader in the moral treatment movement, ordered that the chains be removed from patients because he believed that:

Operant or instrumental conditioning was theorized by

________ argued that people prone to psychological disorders are plagued by irrational negative assumptions about themselves and the world.

________ have a degree in nursing and often work on inpatient psychiatric wards in hospitals, delivering medical care and certain forms of psychotherapy.

Which psychoanalytic theorist's method was later renamed hypnosis?

Ancient Egyptians and Greeks held that a woman's uterus:

________ developed a scheme of classifying symptoms into discrete disorders that is the basis for our modern classification systems.

Between 1955 and 2016 the number of patients in psychiatric hospitals

In some parts of the world, corporal punishment is a traditional child rearing practice, whereas the practice is frowned upon in other places.In the context of abnormality, this is reflective of

Which two individuals argued that persons accused of being witches were mentally ill, and, consequently, had their writings banned by the Catholic Church in the sixteenth century?

In the late 1700s, James was isolated from the public by his family members on account of his mental illness.His family kept him locked in a room, and brought him his meals.However, his brother began to allow him to move more freely throughout the house.In addition, he was allowed to sit outside and work in the garden.The new approach to James's caregiving is representative of the

Which ancient text on abnormal behavior is the oldest?

The study of abnormal psychology is the study of people who suffer mental, emotional, and often physical pain.This is also referred to as

The biomedical approach has had ________ effect on the way disorders are treated.

By 1960, as part of the patients' rights movement, patients' rights advocates argued that mental patients can recover more fully or live more satisfying lives if they are integrated into the community, with the support of community-based treatment facilities-a process known as