Exam 1: Introducing Psychopathology: Concepts, Paradigms and Practices

Rather than being considered as discrete entities,psychopathologies may now be considered as:

Which of the following is not considered to be criteria for good psychological health?

Which of the following is an example of denial?

What is a defence mechanism?

Which of the following is an example of sublimation?

Which brain structure is involved in the formation and storage of emotion-relevant stimuli and provides feedback to the thalamus that results in appropriate motor action?

Many ancient civilizations,such as those in Egypt,China,Babylon and Greece believed that those exhibiting symptoms of psychopathology were possessed by bad spirits this is known as:

Which of the following is an example of regression?

There are many explanations of psychopathology that allude to biological causes,and these attempt to explain symptoms in terms of such factors as:

In the vast majority of psychopathologies,a mental health problem develops because of an interaction between a genetic predisposition and our interactions with the environment)This is known as:

Which of the following is not used to define psychopathology?

Which of the following are not Freudian defence mechanisms?

Which of the following are not aims of the humanist-existential approach to resolving psychological problems?

In the area of intellectual disability,if an IQ score is significantly below the norm of 100 this is currently used as one criterion for diagnosing

In the twentieth century,the growing numbers of in-patients diagnosed with mental health problems led to untrained nurses resorting simply to restraint as the main form of intervention)This would often lead to deterioration in symptoms known as:

A survey of 1700 adults in the UK found that the respondents believed:

What is the primary approach of the medical model?

The medical model has given rise to a large body of scientific knowledge about psychopathology that is based on medicine,and this profession is known as psychiatry,and the primary approach of the medical model is to identify the biological causes of psychopathology and treat them with which of the following?

Psychoanalytic theory does have many shortcomings,and it is arguably no longer the explanation or treatment of choice for most psychological problems,nor is it a paradigm in which modern day evidence-based researchers attempt to understand psychopathology)This is largely because the central concepts in psychoanalytic theory are:

Which of the following is not considered to one of the many explanations of psychopathology that allude to biological causes?