Exam 1: Abnormal Behavior in Historical Context.

Rob is a 13-year-old boy who has been repeatedly arrested for theft and assault.In addition to shoplifting and other theft,he has been caught stealing money from his parents' wallets and his young sister's piggy bank.Rob shows no guilt or remorse for the many ways that he hurts others.Rob's current diagnosis is most likely

The psychological treatment that has been found to have significant effectiveness in helping patients with borderline personality disorder centers on

In using hypnosis to treat patients with psychological disorders,Freud discovered

In the process of self-actualizing,emphasized in humanistic psychology,individuals

The traditional tendency to stigmatize women as "hysterical" derived from Hippocrates' concept of

In contrast to the asylums of the early 18th century,the psychosocial approach called "moral therapy" advocated all of the following

Mustafa was bitten by a dog when he was five years old.Now he is afraid of any dog he sees.His fear of dog is a(n)

In the 1950s,the first effective drugs for severe psychotic disorders were developed in a systematic way.Before that time,all of the following were used to treat psychosis .

Sigmund Freud proposed that many physical complaints suffered by young women

You have just read a newspaper article about a savage rape and murder.You wonder how someone could commit such a horrible crime.Then you recall from your study of Freudian theory that according to Freud,anyone could be a killer or rapist if ________ impulses are not well controlled.

You just adopted a puppy and want to teach it to fetch the newspaper.What approach would B.F.Skinner advise you to take? 

One of the contributing factors in the developmental history of individuals with antisocial personality disorder appears to be that their parents were more likely to have utilized

An individual requesting treatment at a mental health clinic keeps talking about how gangsters are "out to get him." Before diagnosing paranoid personality disorder,we must determine whether

According to the DSM-5,cluster B groups which of the following personality disorders?

According to your text,treatment of dependent personality disorder is

Childhood trauma as a cause of borderline personality disorder may be too simplistic an explanation because

What is the difference between personality disorders and other psychological disorders (e.g.,mood disorders)? Why is  more disagreement in the mental health profession regarding the categorization of personality disorders?

According to the DSM-5,the features of antisocial personality disorder include

Based on Hippocrates' humoral theory,"sanguine" describes a person who is

With which of the following personality disorders is the term psychopath closely associated?