Exam 1: Abnormal Behavior in Historical Context

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

Someone you know has been having a lot of difficulty because of irrational fears. Knowing that you are studying abnormal psychology, this person asks if you know of an effective and well-established treatment. You advise her that , based on the mid-20th century work of Joseph Wolpe, is a successful anxiety reduction procedure.

What is the difference between prevalence and incidence? Why is this distinction important in mental health?

The prototype of a disorder reflects as described in DSM-5.

All of the following are examples of defense mechanisms according to psychoanalytic theory EXCEPT

According to psychoanalytic theory, the id operates on the "pleasure principle," which means that it

Although Freud conceptualized the libido as the life energy within the id, many people think of it as the

Patients diagnosed with schizoid personality disorder

Explain the inadequacies of the various perspectives, and explain why the concept of a multidimensional integrative approach to psychopathology appears to be the more logical choice.

Toward the end of the 14th century and continuing into the 15th, the causes of "madness" were generally attributed to

After the mid 1800s, moral therapy declined as a treatment for the mentally ill in the United States because

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.

Throughout history, all of these theoretical models have been used to primarily explain our behavior, thinking and emotions EXCEPT

One of the greatest challenges for any therapist treating an individual with paranoid personality disorder is in

The systematic development of a scientific approach to psychopathology is represented by

What is one advantage of the categorical system over the dimensional system when it comes to classifying and diagnosing personality disorders?

If a psychological disorder is said to have an acute onset, it means that the symptoms developed

You are waiting to board a plane when you hear that the flight has been delayed due to a passing thunderstorm. The man sitting next to you says, "Passing thunderstorm, sure! That's Jim again, he's been doing everything to make me miss this meeting because he's trying to get me fired!" Of the following, this statement would be most consistent with personality disorder.

The first significant supporting evidence for a biological cause of a mental disorder was the 19th century discovery that the psychotic disorder called general paresis was caused by the same bacterial microorganism that causes

DSM-5 personality disorders are grouped into three clusters. Which of the following most accurately represents the three clusters?