Chapter 1

Question 1

Psychopathology

Answer 1

The scientific study of symptoms and causes of mental disorders

Question 2

What are the four D’s of abnormal psychology?

Answer 2

Distress, Deviance, Dysfunction, and Dangerousness

Question 3

Distress

Answer 3

Must be subjectively experienced as negative to the individual
(can be emotional, physical, social)

Question 4

Deviance

Answer 4

Behavior or psychological experience that occurs infrequently, compared to social norms
- Most highly impacted by cultural norms

Question 5

Dysfunction

Answer 5

The way ones psychological experience negatively impacts their every day life

Question 6

Dangerousness

Answer 6

The extent to which ones psychological experience puts either the person or others at risk of physical harm

Question 7

Psychotherapy

Answer 7

A program of systematic intervention designed to improve a person’s behavioral, emotional, or cognitive state

Question 8

Humanism

Answer 8

A philosophical movement between 1400 and 1700 emphasizing human welfare ad the worth and uniqueness of the individual

Question 9

Phillippe Pinel

Answer 9

Transformed hospitals where patients were chained and abused to be more humane

Question 10

Dorothea Dix

Answer 10

Addressed treatment of the mentally ill in prisons

Question 11

Clifford Beers

Answer 11

Found “Mental Health America” and wrote “A Mind that Found Itself” autobiography in 1908

Question 12

What are the trends in mental health today?

Answer 12

Multicultural psychology, positive psychology, recovery movement, technology based therapy, managed care, and pharmaceuticals

Question 13

Prevalence

Answer 13

the percentage of people in a given population who have a disorder during a given interval of time

Question 14

Lifetime Prevalence

Answer 14

The percentage of people in a given population who have a disorder during their lifetime

Question 15

Treatment Plan

Answer 15

A proposed course of therapy, developed collaboratively by a therapist and client, that addresses the clients most distressing mental health symptoms

Question 16

Etiology

Answer 16

The cause or causes for a condition

Question 17

Cultural Universality

Answer 17

The assumption that a fixed set of mental disorders exists whose manifestations and symptoms are similar across cultures

Question 18

Stereotype

Answer 18

An oversimplified, often inaccurate, image or idea about a group of people

Question 19

Social Stigma

Answer 19

Negative social beliefs about a group, including the view that the group is somehow different from other members of society

Question 20

Prejudice

Answer 20

An unfair, preconceived judgment about a person or group based on their supposed characteristics

Question 21

Discrimination

Answer 21

Unjust or prejudicial treatment toward a person based on the persons actual or perceived membership in a certain group

Question 22

Psychological Resilience

Answer 22

The capacity to effectively adapt to and bounce back from stress, trauma, and other adversity

Question 23

Recovery Movement

Answer 23

Philosophy that with appropriate treatment and support those with mental illness can improve and live satisfying lives even with any limitations cause by their mental illness

Question 24

Cultural Relativism

Answer 24

The belief that lifestyles, cultural values, and worldviews affect the expression and definition of mental disorders

Question 25

What are the four major objectives of abnormal psychology?

Answer 25

Describing, explaining, predicting, and modifying behaviors associated with mental disorders