psychopathology correct answers scientific study of mental difficulties or disorders, including
their explanations, causes, progression, symptoms, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment
four Ds correct answers deviance, distress, dysfunction, danger
deviant correct answers different, extreme, unusual, bizarre
distressing correct answers unpleasant and upsetting to the person
dysfunctional correct answers interfering with the person's ability to conduct daily activities
icebreakers scenario correct answers is their behavior considered pathological due to their
positive feelings over distress?
consider finn vs icebreakers correct answers what if he enjoys listening to the voices, honored to
be chosen, genuinely thought he's saving the world. is he pathological or does dysfunction rule
out
specific assessments of psychopathology are determined by clinical practitioners influenced by
two factors correct answers societal norms and cultural differences
thomas szasz theorized correct answers the whole concept of mental illness is invalid, a myth,
problems in living not signs within the person
alcohol behavior example correct answers if a behavior, is excessively familiar enough, then
society will fail to recognize the 4 Ds, drinking is now pathological
,15 characteristics common to the _________in his study: nonconformity, creativity, strong
curiosity, idealism, extreme interests and hobbies, lifelong awareness of being different, high
intelligence, outspokenness, noncompetitiveness, unusual eating and living habits, disinterest in
others' opinions or company, mischievous sense of humor, nonmarriage, eldest or only child, and
poor spelling skills. correct answers eccentrics
treatment = correct answers therapy
changing pathological behavior into less disturbed, more functional behavior correct answers
therapy
all forms of therapy have 3 essential features correct answers - A sufferer who seeks relief from
the healer. - A trained, socially accepted healer, whose expertise is accepted by the sufferer and
the sufferer's social group. - A series of contacts between the healer and the sufferer, through
which the healer ... tries to produce certain changes in the sufferer's emotional state, attitudes,
and behavior.
trephination correct answers stone instrument used to cut away a circular section of the skull
used to treat severe psychopathology (hallucinations or melancholia) purpose of opening skull
was to release the evil spirits
hippocrates saw pathological behavior as a correct answers disease arising from internal physical
problems, brain pathology issues from an imbalance of four fluids (humors)
bonus the four fluids/humors are correct answers yellow bile, black bile, blood, phlegm
excess of yellow bile caused correct answers mania
excess of black bile caused correct answers melancholia
, mass madness concept, middle ages v social media correct answers rapid spread of fear and
misinformation, echo chambers/reinforcement, collective behaviors and viral trends, digital
hallucinations and delusions, fear of possession/manipulation
founder of psychopathology correct answers Johann Weyer
methods of Pinel and Tuke correct answers moral treatment, 19th century approach to treating
mentally dysfunctional people with moral guidance and respect
founder of American psychiatry correct answers Benjamin Rush
who is dorothea dix correct answers schoolteacher who made humane care a public and political
concern in US, campaigned for govt funding to improve treatment (state hospitals)
decline of moral treatment correct answers speed of movement, money/staffing shortages,
recovery rates declined, overcrowding.
assumption behind moral treatment was that all patients could be cured if treated with correct
answers humanity and dignity
somatogenic perspective correct answers the view that psychopathology has physical causes
psychogenic perspective correct answers the view that the chief causes of psychopathology are
psychological factors
2 factors for rebirth of somatogenic correct answers fatigue is responsible for dysfunction, new
biological discoveries such as syphilis leading to general paresis
eugenics and mental disorders correct answers prohibition of marriage, termed defectives,
underwent sterilization, nazi germany using proper gases