Exam 1: Concepts of Abnormality Throughout History

Jonah is afraid of heights. Dr. Morlin employs an approach to deal with Jonah's phobia that involves having Jonah practice exposing himself to high places. This approach would best be viewed as

During the 17th century in Europe, the trend was toward an increasingly more humane and rational approach to dealing with the mentally ill.

Hippocrates played a major role in both how the causes and treatment of mental illness were viewed. However, his greatest contribution to psychology was

Moral therapy implies that

Your sister suddenly begins to leap about, jumping and dancing in the streets. During the Middle Ages, she would most likely be diagnosed with

Psychopathology refers to the problems suffered by people with psychological disorders

Psychological abnormality refers to dysfunctional behavior with psychogenic cause

Dr. Jayvonna is working with a patient who has to arrange and rearrange her food on her plate after each bite. Although her patient does not find this behaviour strange, other people find it odd. The definition of abnormality applicable to this patient is

Mental illness conveys the same meaning as psychological abnormality, but it implies a medical or somatogenic rather than psychogenic cause

What type of treatment was thought to be used by Stone Age people to treat madness?

Plato and Aristotle accepted many of Hippocrate's ideas, but rejected others. Which of the following best describes their belief about the cause of mental illness?

An ancient Greek was behaving quite aggressively and was quite short-tempered. He would likely have been diagnosed as having

Kraepelin's system of classification of mental illness

Mesmer believed that hysteria was the result of

According to Paracelsus, St. Vitus' Dance was caused by

What do the views of Paracelsus, Teresa of Avila, and St. Vincent de Paul have in common?

The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) aims to:

The term "bedlam" originated from

Johannes Weyer rejected the four humors theory of mental illness and claimed that mental illness resulted from disturbances of the spiritus vitae.

According to the statistical concept, abnormal behavior is that which occurs relatively infrequently.