Abnormal Psychology Exam 1

different, extreme, unusual, perhaps even bizarre.

unpleasant and upsetting to the person.

interesting with the person's ability to conduct their day.

Posing a risk.

Treatment or therapy is a procedure designed to change abnormal behavior into something more "normal".

1. A sufferer seeks help from a healer.

2. a trained, socially accepted HEALER, who's experience is accepted by the sufferer and his/her social group.

3. A series of contacts between the healer and the sufferer , through which the healer tries tochange the sufferer's emotions and behavior.

The ancients believed abnormality was evil and sinister, you were an evil spirt. Treatment was trephination or exorcism.

an ancient operation in which a stone instrument was used to cut away a circular section of the skull to treat abnormal behavior.

They believed all illnesses had natural causes, abnormal behavior meant something internal was wrong.Treatment:a new diet,life style,bleedin

They believed it was the devils work and the treatment was an excorcism if that didn't work you were tortured.

The views declined. Treatment individuals were kept at home cared by family, psychic healing, or put into asylums.

Pinel argued that these patients were ill and needed sympathy and kindness not chains and beating. Treatments was moral care, state hospital

the view that abnormal psychological functioning has physical causes.

the view that the cheif causes of abnormal functioning are psychological.

the full understanding of ones thoughts, emotions, and behavior must include an understanding of their biological basis.

the oldest and most famous, believe that person's behavior, whether its normal or abnormal is determined by a underlying psychological force

focuses on the behaviors people display and the thoughts they have. Interested in interplay between behavior and thoughts.

a process of learning by temporal association which two events that repeatedly occur close together in time become fused in a person's mind.

A process of learning in which an individual acquires responses by observing and imitating others.

Individuals learn to behave in certain ways as a result of experiencing consequences of one kind or another whenever they do it.

A psychological disorder in which people fear social situations.

A behavior-focused intervention in which fearful people are repeatedly exposed to the objects or situations they dread.

modeling, imitation; Albert Bandura

Mental health problems are due to the broad influences of society and culture.

group, family, and couples therapy

Various aspects of identity race/ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status -influence our experiences.

A face to face encounter, that gets information, studies reactions and emotions.

a set of interview questions and obervations designed to reveal the degree and nature of a client's abnormal functioning.

a device for gathering info about a few aspects of a persons psychological functioning from which broader info about the person can be found

A test consisting of ambiguous material that people interpret or respond to.

presenting a client with a inkblot card and asking what they see

pictorial projective test. You're shown 30 cards in B pictures of people in vague situations and asked to make a drastic story.

a test in which you answer a wide range of questions about their behavior, beliefs, and feelings.

Test designed to measure a person's responses in one specific area of functioning, such as affect, social skills or cognitive process

a test that measures a physical response, such as a heart beat or muscle tension, as possible indicator for psychlogical problems.

a polygraph

a test that directly measures brain structure or activity

provides images of the brain structure or activity

a test that detects brain impairment by measuring a persons motor performances

IQ

a book that lists over 500 disorders

requirement for the DSM5 when coming up with a diagnosis; it's the name of the category indicated by the clients symptoms.

Rating od now serve a clients symptoms are and now dysfunctional the client is across various dimensions of personality. DSM requirement