a psychological dysfunction refers to

in regard to the criteria that define abnormality, it would be correct to state that

the historic belief that the movements and or positions of the moon, stars, and planets influence human behavior is still held ny followers of the pseudoscience called

until the 1970s, hysterical disorders were diagnosed only in women. in fact, the term hysteria derives from the greek hysteron which mean

you are listenong to old musical tunes, including "my melancholy baby" your friends are impressed when you tell them that "melancholic" referring to a depressive personality, derives from a greek word meaning

the treatment given to the mentally ill king charles vi of france showed that the causes of his disorder were attributed to ______ phenomena

in terms of their typical couse, schizophrenia follows a chronic course, while mood disorders including depression, follow a (n) ______ course

the biological and psychological models or theories of abnormality derived originally from the ancient greek concept in which the

in an attempt to rid the body of the excessive humors thought ti be causing psychological disorders, physicians throughout history have used treatments such as

during the middle ages as well as at others times mentally ill people were sometimes forced to undergo the religious ritual called exorcism in order to

the typical profile of prototype of a disorder reflects the ______ as described in DSM-IV

dr. littlefox studies the originals and causes of psychological disorders, including the biological, psychological and social dimension. dr. littlefox studies the _____ of a disorder

a psychological disorder is said to have an acute onset if the symptoms develop ____ while it has an insidious onset if the symptoms develop ____

based kn hippocrates humoral theory. "sanguine" describes a person who is

in ancient greece, "humoral excesses " thought to be causing psychological disorders were treated by

somatoform disorders a current DSM IV classification the evolved from the concept of "hysteria" affect

in the 1930s, when insulin shock therapy was deemed too risky as a treatment for mental disorders _____ began to be used instead

induced vomiting was a 17th century treatment for depression. as described in anatomy of melancholy 1621 this could be accomplished by eating

in keeping with an accepted treatment for mental illness in the 14th century a physician treating king charles vi of france had him moved to the countryside in order to

developmental psychopathology refers to the study of changes in

according to the authors of your textbook the definition of a psychological disorder is associated with

a male college student begins feeling sad and lonely. although still able to go to classess and work ag his job. he find himself feeling down much of the time and worrying about what is happening to him. which part of the definition of abnormality applies to his situation?

one hot and humid right, one of your friends suggests doing some really crazy things. you look up at the sky and say. "it must be the full moon" your statement reflects the concept from which the word _____ is derived

during the middle ages, groups of people would suddenly exhibit bizarre behavior such as running out into the streets, dancing, shouting, and jumping around this was known as

after college graduation, two of your friends are interested in careers in the helping profession. Anna want to become psychiatrist; Carl plans on becoming a psychologist. since you are taking a course in abnormal psychology they ask you for career advice. you would tell

bloodletting a treatment devised centuries ago to restore the balance of humors, was accomplished with the use of

toward the end of the 14th century and continuing into the 15th century the causes of madness were generally attributed to

the traditional tendency to stigmatize women as hysterical derived from hippocrates concept of

since the time of ancient greece the concept of a psyche or soul was similar to that of the

the concept of hysteria which traditionally meant physical symptoms for which no organic pathology could be found is now associated with DSM-IV classification?

the first significant supporting evidence for a biological cause of mental disorder was the 19th century discovery that the pyschotic disorder called general paresis was caused by the same bacterial microorganism's that cuase

when larry was diagnosed with schizophrenia his family wanted to know how the disorder would affect him and how it would progress in medical terms they wanted to know larry's?

a disorder that comes on slowly is said to shave a(n) onset

a is what first brought the individual to therapy the represents the unique combination of behaviors thoughts and feelings that make up specific disorder

behavior that deviate from the norm are

rocky starr is a rocker who wears outlandish female makeup and women's clothing when performing on stage

incidence refers to

the criterion that a particular behavior be atypical or not culturally expected is insufficient to define abnormality because

in the 19th century john gray a well kniwn psychiatrist in the us believed that mrntal illiness was dueto

which of the following is not one of the causes of psychopathology suggested by the greek physician hippocrates (400BC)

which of the following is not one of the causes of psychopathology suggested bu the greek

dr. okalemi watabe is a mental health practitioner. all of the following are ways in which she might function as a scientist practitioner EXCEPT

statistical data are often relevant when discussing psychological disorders. for example a researcher might want to know how many new cases of depression are diagnosed each year a figure called the ____ of the disorder

according to hippocrates humoral theory the choleric personality is

the scientific study of psychological disorders is called

the significance of the cure for syphilis was that

the belief of homophobic people that the sin of homosexuality has resulted in HIV/AIDS is related to the historical concept of ____ as a cause of madness

prevalence refers to

in ancient greece, a woman suffering from hysteria might be told that her condition could be cured by

which of the following accurately describes common beliefs about people with psychological disorder during the 14th century