Exam 1: Introduction and Methods of Research

Which of the following statements about the unusualness criteria for determining abnormality is correct?

Theo is lethargic and sluggish, always acting like he is in "slow motion." According to Hippocrates's theory, Theo has an excess of ______.

Case studies have been conducted on people who have been dead for hundreds of years.

Differences in the rates of concordance for monozygotic versus dizygotic twins has suggested a strong genetic component for schizophrenia and ______.

Emil Kraepelin identified the group of diseases he called "manic-depressive psychosis," which we now call ______.

Describe the major contributions to the study and treatment of abnormal behavior of three important figures that lived before 1950.

In our culture, models based on ______ have achieved prominence in explaining abnormal behavior.

The scientific method has four basic steps.

Hippocrates labeled individuals that were quick-tempered, or bilious, as ______.

Abnormal psychology deals chiefly with ______.

Hippocrates diagnoses one of his patients as suffering from phrenitis. The patient is probably ______.

Discuss the importance of drawing representative samples from target populations.

The Greek physician who discovered that arteries carry blood, not air, as had been previously thought, was ______.

In studies in which information was withheld or deception was used, subjects must later receive an explanation of the true methods and purposes of the study and why it was Necessary to keep them in the dark. This process is known as ______.

Which of the following behaviors is considered abnormal?

Which of the following are the three categories of abnormal behavior identified by Hippocrates?

Hippocrates diagnoses one of his patients as suffering from an excess of blood. The patient is probably ______.

Jean-Baptiste Pussin, a layman in charge of a ward for the "incurably insane" at the La Bicetre mental hospital in Paris is known for ______.

In research, the target group you want to find out about, such as the "average American teenager," comprises the research ______.

Abigail is suffering from a combination of chronic anxiety and depression, and these conditions cause her to experience many troublesome emotions. Which criterion of abnormal behavior most closely matches her symptoms?