Exam 1: Introduction and Methods of Research

The percentage of cases in which both twins have the same disorder is called the ______ rate.

The closer people's kinship, the more likely they are to share similar environmental backgrounds.

Among Native Americans, hearing the voices of recently deceased loved ones is considered ______.

______demonstrated that hysterical behaviors, like paralysis or numbness, could be induced in normal subjects under hypnosis through the use of suggestions.

Describe three types of experimental validity.

Which of the following is true of the first asylums for the mentally ill?

About one in ______ adult Americans experiences a diagnosable mental illness in a given year.

In Medieval England, most explanations of mental illness involved _______.

The modern medical model of abnormal behavior can be traced to the work of a Greek physician some 2,500 years ago.

______ studies attempt to disentangle the roles of heredity and environment in determining behavior.

The way in which scientists attempt to control for selection factors in experimental research is through the use of ______.

The idea that the health of the body depends on a balance of four vital bodily fluids, or humors, was first proposed by ______.

Behavior that is deemed abnormal in one society may be perceived as perfectly normal in another.

Benjamin Rush believed that madness was caused by ______.

The class of drugs most responsible for the mass release of many institutionalized mentally ill patients is the ______.

Archaeologists have unearthed human skeletons with holes in the skull. It has been suggested that the holes were drilled into the skulls to _________.

______ societies have norms or standards that define the kinds of behavior acceptable in given contexts.

Thomas, the young man with paranoid schizophrenia and major depression, experienced severe symptoms until he ______.

Naturalistic observation reveals _______.

Describe three contemporary perspectives on abnormal behavior.