Final Study Guide

Question 1

Eugenics

Answer 1

• studying genetics for the outcome of more favorable hereditary characteristics
• helps to eradicate genetic defects

Question 2

Deinstitutionalization

Answer 2

moving people from institutions to their homes and addressing their needs from there

Question 3

Positive Psychology

Answer 3

• emphasizing the positives of life

- may include character strengths, optimistic emotions, and constructive institutions

Question 4

Insurance Parity Laws

Answer 4

Health insurance plans CANNOT put higher limitations on the number of visits or days of coverage for your behavioral health care than they do for other medical care

Question 5

The Four D’s

Answer 5

1. Deviance: outside of the norm
2. Danger: to self or others
3. Distress: behavior, ideas, or emotions; usually have to cause distress before being labeled as abnormal
4. Dysfunctional: interferes with daily functioning

Question 6

Exorcism

Answer 6

• abnormal behavior was considered demonic or work of evil spirits
• exorcism was the “cure”, along with trephination

Question 7

Bethlehem Hospital

Answer 7

• oldest insane asylum

- patients were treated horribly

Question 8

Moral Treatment Movement

Answer 8

• asylums were reformed into places of care
• Dorothea Dix was primary proponents of moral treatment
• reversal of moral treatment at end of 19th century due to: money and staff shortage, declining recovering rates, emergence of prejudice

Question 9

Dorothea Dix

Answer 9

• was a Boston school teacher

- was the primary proponent of the moral treatment(along w Benjamin Rush(father of American Psych.))

Question 10

Somatogenic view of mental illness

Answer 10

abnormal functioning has physical causes

Question 11

Psychogenic view of mental illness

Answer 11

abnormal functioning has psychological causes

Question 12

Major difference between a psychiatrist and clinical psychologist?

Answer 12

A psychiatrist underwent medical school and is able to prescribe medication, while a clinical psychologist cannot.

Question 13

What did Hippocrates believe regarding the causes of mental health? How would he have treated a mental disorder?

Answer 13

• He believed (and taught) that illness had natural causes
• believed that mental illness can be treated more effectively if they are handled in a similar manner to physical medical conditions

Question 14

Who is considered the father of the modern study of psychopathology?

Answer 14

Johann Weyer: German physician believed that the mind was as susceptible to sickness as the body

Question 15

Pleasure Principle

Answer 15

instinctive drive to avoid pain and seek pleasure; reduces psychic tension

Question 16

Reality Principle

Answer 16

the ego’s control of the pleasure-seeking activity of the id in order to meet the demands of the external world

Question 17

Id

Answer 17

(Instincts) The Id is the personality component made up of unconscious psychic energy that works to satisfy basic urges and needs

Question 18

Ego

Answer 18

(reality) The part of the id that has been directly modified by the external world

Question 19

Superego

Answer 19

(morality) values and morals of environment that are learned through parents and others; part that feels pride or satisfaction

Question 20

Stages of Psychosexual development

Answer 20

1. Oral Stage: birth-1yr
2. Anal Stage: 1-3 yrs
3. Phallic Stage: 3-6 yrs
4. Latent Period: 6-puberty
5. Genital Stage: Puberty-death

Question 21

Client centered therapy

Answer 21

client takes the reins, while therapists act as a guide