Modern Psychology Psychological Treatments Four Ds of Abnormal Behavior Key Terms
100
No Single Theory Dominates
What single perspective dominates the clinical field?
100
Private Psychotherapy
Before the 1950s, all outpatient care for abnormal behavior took the form of ______?
100
Culture
Another word for society, compasseses beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities.
100
Deinstitutionalization
Movement that shifted mentally-ill patients in "insane asylums" to federally funded community mental health centers.
200
sufferer, healer, and a series of contacts between healer and sufferer
What are the three essential features of all forms of therapy?
200
Imbalance in bodily fluids
Hippocrates believed that abnormal behavior was caused by:
200
Danger
Which one of the four Ds is defined by "Posing risk or harm to oneself or others?"
200
Moral Treatment
Further by Dorothea Dix and Bejamin Rush, care that emphasized humane and respectful treatment
300
Situational or Specific Circumstances;
Judgments of abnormality depend on _______________ as well as on cultural norms.
300
a stone instrument used to cut away a circular section of the skull.
Trephening is what:
300
Deviance
Which one of the four Ds is defined by "outside of the societal/culture norms; unusual, odd, erratic."
300
Norms
Stated and unstated rules for appropriate behavior that vary through societies and cultures
400
Positive Psychology
The area of psychology concerned with the study and enhancement of positive feelings, traits, and abilities is:
400
State Hospitals
The work of Dorothea Dix led to the establishment of 32 _____________ around the country?
400
Distress
Which one of the four Ds is defined by "Unpleasant or upsetting to the person?"
400
Asylums
Institutions that were formed to care for the mentally ill that were not seen as “fit” for society.
500
A psychologist has a Ph.D. (doctorate) cannot prescribe medications, but provides therapy. A Psychiatrist are medical doctors and can prescribe medications and provide therapy (although rare)
The main difference between a psychiatrist and a psychologist is:
500
More extreme measures were taken; such as whipping or starving the person.
According to ancient views of abnormality, if a standard exorcism failed to rid a person of their abnormal behaviors, which of the following steps would be taken?
500
Dysfunction
Which one of the four Ds is defined by "Interferes with the ability to conduct daily activities in a positive manner
500
Abnormal Psychology
What term is an effort to describe, predict, explain, and change abnormal patterns of functioning.






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