Lesson 1 Flashcards

1
Q

scientific study of abnormal behavior to describe, predict, explain, and change abnormal patterns of functioning.

A

Abnormal Psychology

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2
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the four Ds

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deviance, distress, dysfunction, and danger

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3
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behavior that is significantly different from societal or cultural norms

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deviance

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4
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Behavior or psychological states that interfere with daily functioning

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Dysfunction

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5
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considers whether the individual is experiencing significant emotional pain or suffering.

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distress

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6
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Refers to behaviors that are dangerous to the individual or others

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Danger

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7
Q

T or F

Danger can be a critical factor, all disorders involve dangerous behavior.

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False

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8
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How many needs to be present?

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Atleast One especially dysfunction and stress

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9
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Ancient Treatments

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  • Trephination
  • Exorcism
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10
Q

Humor or Fluids are used as treatment during what era?

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Greek and Roman

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11
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4 Humor/Fluids

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  • Blood (Sanguine)
  • Yellow (Choleric)
  • Black bile (melancholic)
  • Phlegm (Phlegmatic)
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12
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Treatments in Middle Ages

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  • Mass Madness
  • Delusions, hallucination
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13
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Rise of Asylums

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Renaissance

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14
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first physician to specialize in mental illness, believed that the mind was as susceptible to sickness as the body was.

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Johann Weyer

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15
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Johann Weyer is now considered

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the founder of the modern study of psychopathology

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16
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unchained the patients and allowed them to move freely about the hospital grounds; replaced the dark dungeons with sunny, well-ventilated rooms; and offered support and advice.

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Philippe Pinel

17
Q

Philippe Pinel later brought similar reforms to a mental hospital in Paris for female patients, ___ ____

A

La Salpetrière

18
Q

founded the York Retreat in 1796, a rural estate where about 30 mental patients lived as guests in quiet country houses and were treated with a combination of rest, talk, prayer, and manual work

A

William Tuke

19
Q

view that abnormal psychological functioning has physical causes

A

Somatogenic Perspective

20
Q

view that the chief causes of abnormal functioning are psychological

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Psychogenic Perspective

21
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Who is Emil Kraepelin?

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published an influential textbook arguing that physical factors, such as fatigue, are responsible for mental dysfunction.

22
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Treatment

A
  • Psychotropic Medications
  • First Antipsychotic Drugs
  • Antidepressant Drugs
  • Antianxiety Drugs
  • Prevention
23
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What is Psychotropic Medications?

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drugs that primarily affect the brain and reduce many symptoms of mental dysfunctioning.

24
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First Antipsychotic Drugs

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which correct extremely confused and distorted thinking

25
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Antidepressant Drugs

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lift the mood of depressed people

26
Q

High serotonin = __

A

unstable mood

27
Q

High dopamine = ___

A

hallucination

28
Q

Antianxiety Drugs

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reduce tension and worry