. Psychological abnormality may include deviance, distress, dysfunction, and danger. First, explain what these terms mean
regarding psychological abnormality. Second, provide an example of a time when each aspect of abn
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. Psychological abnormality may include deviance, distress, dysfunction, and danger. First, explain what these terms mean
regarding psychological abnormality. Second, provide an example of a time when each aspect of abnormality would not be
considered abnormal.
2. Suppose a friend says to you, “I feel overwhelmed today, and I don't know why. You're taking abnormal psych—what do you
think?” If, after a conversation, your friend feels better about things, have you provided psychological therapy? Why or why
not? Include the essential features of therapy in your answer.
3. What is demonology? How does demonology stand in the way of a more complete understanding of the causes and treatment
of psychological abnormality?
4. Discuss the contributions of three individuals to the treatment of abnormal psychology. Include the time period and location
where each lived. Also include how this person's contributions helped shaped current views and treatments for abnormal
behavior.
5. Create a timeline on which you place five major events in the history of abnormality. Briefly describe why each event is
important to an understanding of abnormality.
6. Define and contrast the somatogenic and psychogenic perspectives regarding abnormal psychological functioning. Provide at
least one example of evidence supporting each perspective.
7. Assume that Benjamin Rush and Dorothea Dix suddenly appeared in the twenty-first century, approximately 50 years after
the U.S. policy of deinstitutionalization began. What would they think about our treatment of those persons with mental
illness? Which suggestions might they make for changes in our policy of deinstitutionalization?
8. According to your textbook, deinstitutionalization has resulted, in part, in large numbers of people with severe psychological
disturbances either becoming homeless or ending up in jail or prison. Is deinstitutionalization an ethical and appropriate
strategy for the treatment of mental illness that the United States should continue to follow? Back up your answer with
specific examples.
9. Increasingly, people seeking treatment for mental health reasons are insured by managed care programs. How are managed
care programs changing how psychological services are provided? Discuss one advantage and one disadvantage of such
programs.
10. Clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, and clinical researchers are mental health professionals who work in the area of
psychological abnormality. Describe what each does and how they differ from one another.
11. The stated and unstated rules that a society establishes to govern proper conduct are referred to as _____.
12. In the definition of abnormality, behavior characterized as different from the norm is described as _____.
13. When a person experiences anxiety to the point of feeling misery, this represents the aspect of the definition of abnormality
called _____.
14. When a person's feelings or behaviors interfere with his or her daily routines, this represents the aspect of the definition of
abnormality called _____.
15. If a person considers attempting suicide, this represents the aspect of the definition of abnormality called _____.
16. Although some clinicians refer to the person they are treating as a patient, others refer to the person as a(n) _____.
17. The procedure that a priest or other powerful person might perform to drive evil spirits from a person is called _____.
18. _____ believed that abnormal behavior was caused by brain pathology that was a consequence of an imbalance in the four
humors of the body.
19. During the Middle Ages, a person who believed that he or she was possessed by wolves and other animals was said to be
suffering from _____.
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20. The treatment for mental illness espoused by French physician Philippe Pinel and English Quaker William Tuke was called
_____ treatment by their contemporaries.
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