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Test Bank & Instructor Manuals For Abnormal Psychology in a Changing World, 8E Jeffrey S. Nevid

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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION AND METHODS OF RESEARCH Learning Objectives 1. Discuss six criteria used to define abnormal behavior. 2. Discuss the relationship between cultural beliefs and norms and th... e labeling of behavior as normal or abnormal. 3. Recount the history of beliefs about disturbed behavior and treatment of people deemed “mad” or mentally ill. 4. Discuss the following contemporary perspectives on abnormal behavior: biological, psychodynamic, biopsychosocial, and sociocultural. 5. Discuss the steps involved in the scientific method. 6. Compare and contrast the correlational and the experimental methods of research. 7. Explain how experimenters control for subjects’ and researchers’ expectations and the differences among three types of experimental validity. 8. Discuss the various methods used to study abnormal behavior, including naturalistic observation, the correlational method, the experimental method, kinship studies, the epidemiological method, the survey method, and the case study method. Chapter Outline I. How Do We Define Abnormal Behavior? A. Criteria for Determining Abnormality B. Cultural Biases of Abnormal Behavior II. Historical Perspectives on Abnormal Behavior A. The Demonological Model B. Origins of the Medical Model: In "Ill Humor" C. Medieval Times D. Witchcraft E. Asylums F. The Reform Movement and Moral Therapy G. A Step Backward H. The Community Mental Health Movement: The Exodus from State Hospitals I. Contemporary Perspectives on Abnormal Behavior III. Research Methods in Abnormal Psychology A. Description, Explanation, Prediction, and Control: The Objectives of Science B. The Scientific Method C. Ethics in Research D. Naturalistic Observation E. The Correlational Method F. The Experimental Method G. Epidemiological Studies H. Kinship Studies I. Case Studies IV. Summing U [Show More]

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