Exam 1: Examples and Definitions of Abnormal Behavior

Which disorder is about equally common in men and women in the United States?

What dysfunctions are considered to be disorders?

Discuss the different types of specialized mental health professionals,their role in the treatment of people with mental disorders,and how people are most likely to receive mental health care.

What term describes the symptoms and signs of mental disorders,including phenomena as depressed mood,panic attacks,and bizarre beliefs?

According to the textbook,some disorders,such as __________,are found in virtually every culture social scientists have studied.

Describe the categories of behavior that are excluded from categorization as mental illness in the DSM-5,and give an example of each.

Why did the staff at the psychiatric hospital give Kevin Warner injections of antipsychotic medication?

The improvement in conditions of mental hospitals in the 1800s was based in part on the belief that

________________ refers to the total number of active cases,both old and new,of a disorder that are present in a population during a specific period of time.

If a person with an abnormal behavior is unable to or unwilling to appreciate the extent of their problem or the impact it had on other people,what would psychologists say that person lacked?

While searching through old records of patients at the mental hospital you come across one with a notation "Lobotomy performed on 2/3/52." Because you are not sure what this means,you ask the staff.What are they likely to tell you?

A pharmaceutical company has asked you to design a study to evaluate the effectiveness of a new drug for treating bulimia.They have asked you specifically to do case studies.You are writing a memo in reply to this request in which you explain what case studies can do for the project,but also what they cannot do.Include a brief description of the components you would add to the study to make it more useful in testing a theory.

Applying the concept of harmful dysfunction to the case of Kevin Warner,we can emphasize Kevin's failures of several mental mechanisms,including

Which of these is an example of something an epidemiologist would do?

Samuel Woodward of the Worcester Lunatic Hospital is getting ready to write his annual report on the hospital and its patients.Which of the following titles would most accurately reflect the body of that report?

Describe the problems that are associated with attempts to define abnormal behavior in terms of (a)personal distress and (b)statistical rarity.

You were asked to find the number of various professionals providing mental health services in the United States.Which group will top the list?

Epidemiological evidence suggests that which of the following factors is an important ingredient in establishing risk for developing an eating disorder?

How has research on comorbidity changed the focus of epidemiological research?

On what does the DSM-5 place primary emphasis?