Exam 1: Abnormal Behavior

The American Psychiatric Association has published a manual that is the most widely used classification system of psychological disorders. What is this manual called?

A researcher who investigates the percentage of people in the population who have had a mental disorder at any point in their lives is studying the ____ of the disorder.

The belief in an animating life force or energy beyond what we can perceive with our senses is known as ____.

At one time, Abraham Lincoln, William James, news anchor Mike Wallace, and author J.K. Rowling each suffered from a mental disorder. Consequently, their examples contradict the myth that ____.

According to Thomas Szasz, ____.

When psychologists talk about modifying abnormal behavior, they are referring to ____.

____ is the industrialization of health care through which large organizations determine what type and duration of treatment clients can have.

Imagine that half the clerical employees in one building of a school begin to have headaches, feel agitated, scratch themselves furiously, feel numbness in their fingers, and faint. There is no biological explanation. This incident would most likely be seen by psychologists as an example of ____.

Johanna has specialized training, and works with individuals who drink too much or abuse drugs. We can guess that Johanna is a ____.

Distressing symptoms can often be changed through ____, which involves systematic intervention designed to improve a person's behavioral, emotional, or cognitive state.

Mesmer's lasting contribution to psychology is his ____.

Dr. Chu reports that "mental patients are no more dangerous than other people." What does research suggest about the doctor's statement?

Dr. Seligman has devoted his career to developing a scientific understanding of the factors that allow individuals to thrive. He is most likely a ____ psychologist.

Which naturally occurring chemical was discovered to radically calm some patients who had been psychiatrically hospitalized for years?

According to Kraepelin, mental disorders can be seen in terms of symptom clusters that have their own cause, course, and outcome, and are considered ____ in origin.

Imagine that we travel back in time and meet two Americans. The first says, "I am sometimes called the father of U.S. psychiatry. I used bloodletting to treat my mental patients, but I insisted they be treated with respect." The second says, "Although I was only a schoolteacher, when I saw the deplorable conditions under which mental patients were living, I devoted my life to establishing suitable mental hospitals." The first person was ____; the second was ____.

Imagine that you are in Paris in 1775. People tell you their physical and mental health is remarkably improved when they experience a strange sleeplike trance. Later, you hear that the man who performed these remarkable cures was investigated and declared a fraud. What forerunner of hypnosis were the people of Paris discussing?

Professor Martin, a historian who studies ancient cultures, would likely suggest that prehistoric societies attributed mental illness to ____.

The term self-efficacy most broadly refers to a belief in ____, which can boost a person's chances of recovery from mental illness.

Eli refuses to let his daughter marry Avi because Avi's brother suffers from depression. Eli believes that his daughter could be killed by Avi's brother. Eli believes which myth about mental illness?