Psych 381 Midterm 1 UPDATED Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Continuum Model of Abnormality - CORRECT ANSWER -Problems in thoughts, feelings, & behavior vary from
normal to abnormal
-No clear line
-Judgement is subjective
Psychopathology - CORRECT ANSWER Study of abnormal psychology that includes people who suffer unusual
mental pain, emotional pain, physical pain
Cultural Relativism - CORRECT ANSWER There are no universal standards or rules for labeling a behavior
abnormal
Biological Theories - CORRECT ANSWER Abnormal behavior is similar to physical diseases & is caused by the
breakdown of systems in the body
Supernatural Theories - CORRECT ANSWER Abnormal behavior is a result of divine intervention, curses,
demonic possession, personal sin
Psychological Theories - CORRECT ANSWER Abnormal behavior is a result of traumas or of chronic stress
Ancient Theories: Trephination - CORRECT ANSWER -Prehistoric times
-Exorcism
-Sections of the skull are drilled or cut away to allow evil spirits to go out of the body
Ancient Theories: Psychic Epidemics - CORRECT ANSWER -Medieval Views
-Abnormal behavior was attributed to physical causes or traumas
*Large numbers of people engage in unusual behaviors that appear to have a psychological origin
Mental Hygiene Movement - CORRECT ANSWER -Growth of a more humane treatment of the mentally ill
-People become mad because they are separated from nature
-People succumb to the stresses imposed by the rapid
Moral Treatment - CORRECT ANSWER -Patients to be provided with humane conditions to live in (failure)
-Patients remained impaired or their conditions worsened
-Number of patients who failed to benefit increased
General Paresis - CORRECT ANSWER Disease that leads to paralysis, insanity, eventually death
Psychoanalytic Perspectives: Mesmerism - CORRECT ANSWER Applying animal magnetism (natural force) to
cure disturbed magnetism in patients body
Psychoanalytic Perspectives: Psychoanalysis - CORRECT ANSWER Study of the unconscious
Emergence of the Modern Perspective: Classical Conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER -Behaviorism
-Conditioning response in the presence of a stimuli
Emergence of the Modern Perspective: Behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWER Study of the role of reinforcement &
punishment in determining behavior
Emergence of the Modern Perspective: Cognitions - CORRECT ANSWER -Cognitive approach
-Thought processes that influence behavior & emotion
Emergence of the Modern Perspective: Self-Efficacy Beliefs - CORRECT ANSWER -Cognitive approach
-Peoples beliefs about their ability to execute the behaviors necessary to control important events
, Deinstitutionalization: Patients Rights Movement - CORRECT ANSWER Mental patients recover better or live
more satisfying lives if they are integrated into the community
Deinstitutionalization - CORRECT ANSWER -Integrating mental patients into the community with the support of
community based treatment facilities
-Patients rights movement
-Community mental health movement
Deinstitutionalization: Community Mental Health Movement - CORRECT ANSWER Provide coordinated mental
health services to people in community mental health centers
Community Mental Health Centers: Halfway Houses - CORRECT ANSWER Offer people with long term mental
health problems the opportunity to live in a structured, supportive environment
Community Mental Health Centers: Day Treatment Centers - CORRECT ANSWER Allow people to obtain
treatment during the day along with occupational & rehabilitative therapies
Managed Care - CORRECT ANSWER -Collection of methods for coordinating care
-Ranged from simple monitoring to total control over what care can be provided & paid for
-Solves problems created by deinstitutionalization
Steven Hayes's Theory & Therapy: Theory - CORRECT ANSWER Set of ideas that provides a framework for
questioning, gathering, & interpreting information about a phenomenon
Steven Haye's Theory & Therapy: Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER Treatment that addresses factors that theory
says cause the phenomenon
Biopsychosocial Approach - CORRECT ANSWER -Combo of biological, psychological, & sociocultural factors
that results in the development of psychological symptoms
-Referred as risk factors because they increase the risk of psychological problems
-Biological risk factors
-Transdiagnostic risk factors
Biopsychosocial Approach: Biological Risk Factors - CORRECT ANSWER Genetic predisposition
Biopsychosocial Approach: Transdiagnostic Risk Factors - CORRECT ANSWER Increases the risk of multiple
types of psychological problems
Diathesis Stress Model of the Development of Disorders - CORRECT ANSWER Environment/experience
increases as positive outcome increases
Causes of Abnormality - CORRECT ANSWER -Brain dysfunction
-Chemical imbalances
-Genetic abnormalities
Amygdala - CORRECT ANSWER Structure of the limbic system that is critical in emotions such as fear
Hippocampus - CORRECT ANSWER Part of the limbic system that plays a role in memory
Biochemical Imbalances - CORRECT ANSWER -Psychological symptoms may possibly be associated with
number & functioning of the receptors for neurotransmitters on the dendrites or malfunctioning in neurotransmitter
systems
Serotonin - CORRECT ANSWER -Travels through many key areas of the brain affecting the functioning of those
areas
Dopamine - CORRECT ANSWER Found in areas of the brain associated with the experience of reinforcements or
rewards & it is affected by substances, such as alcohol, that are found rewarding
CORRECT Answers
Continuum Model of Abnormality - CORRECT ANSWER -Problems in thoughts, feelings, & behavior vary from
normal to abnormal
-No clear line
-Judgement is subjective
Psychopathology - CORRECT ANSWER Study of abnormal psychology that includes people who suffer unusual
mental pain, emotional pain, physical pain
Cultural Relativism - CORRECT ANSWER There are no universal standards or rules for labeling a behavior
abnormal
Biological Theories - CORRECT ANSWER Abnormal behavior is similar to physical diseases & is caused by the
breakdown of systems in the body
Supernatural Theories - CORRECT ANSWER Abnormal behavior is a result of divine intervention, curses,
demonic possession, personal sin
Psychological Theories - CORRECT ANSWER Abnormal behavior is a result of traumas or of chronic stress
Ancient Theories: Trephination - CORRECT ANSWER -Prehistoric times
-Exorcism
-Sections of the skull are drilled or cut away to allow evil spirits to go out of the body
Ancient Theories: Psychic Epidemics - CORRECT ANSWER -Medieval Views
-Abnormal behavior was attributed to physical causes or traumas
*Large numbers of people engage in unusual behaviors that appear to have a psychological origin
Mental Hygiene Movement - CORRECT ANSWER -Growth of a more humane treatment of the mentally ill
-People become mad because they are separated from nature
-People succumb to the stresses imposed by the rapid
Moral Treatment - CORRECT ANSWER -Patients to be provided with humane conditions to live in (failure)
-Patients remained impaired or their conditions worsened
-Number of patients who failed to benefit increased
General Paresis - CORRECT ANSWER Disease that leads to paralysis, insanity, eventually death
Psychoanalytic Perspectives: Mesmerism - CORRECT ANSWER Applying animal magnetism (natural force) to
cure disturbed magnetism in patients body
Psychoanalytic Perspectives: Psychoanalysis - CORRECT ANSWER Study of the unconscious
Emergence of the Modern Perspective: Classical Conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER -Behaviorism
-Conditioning response in the presence of a stimuli
Emergence of the Modern Perspective: Behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWER Study of the role of reinforcement &
punishment in determining behavior
Emergence of the Modern Perspective: Cognitions - CORRECT ANSWER -Cognitive approach
-Thought processes that influence behavior & emotion
Emergence of the Modern Perspective: Self-Efficacy Beliefs - CORRECT ANSWER -Cognitive approach
-Peoples beliefs about their ability to execute the behaviors necessary to control important events
, Deinstitutionalization: Patients Rights Movement - CORRECT ANSWER Mental patients recover better or live
more satisfying lives if they are integrated into the community
Deinstitutionalization - CORRECT ANSWER -Integrating mental patients into the community with the support of
community based treatment facilities
-Patients rights movement
-Community mental health movement
Deinstitutionalization: Community Mental Health Movement - CORRECT ANSWER Provide coordinated mental
health services to people in community mental health centers
Community Mental Health Centers: Halfway Houses - CORRECT ANSWER Offer people with long term mental
health problems the opportunity to live in a structured, supportive environment
Community Mental Health Centers: Day Treatment Centers - CORRECT ANSWER Allow people to obtain
treatment during the day along with occupational & rehabilitative therapies
Managed Care - CORRECT ANSWER -Collection of methods for coordinating care
-Ranged from simple monitoring to total control over what care can be provided & paid for
-Solves problems created by deinstitutionalization
Steven Hayes's Theory & Therapy: Theory - CORRECT ANSWER Set of ideas that provides a framework for
questioning, gathering, & interpreting information about a phenomenon
Steven Haye's Theory & Therapy: Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER Treatment that addresses factors that theory
says cause the phenomenon
Biopsychosocial Approach - CORRECT ANSWER -Combo of biological, psychological, & sociocultural factors
that results in the development of psychological symptoms
-Referred as risk factors because they increase the risk of psychological problems
-Biological risk factors
-Transdiagnostic risk factors
Biopsychosocial Approach: Biological Risk Factors - CORRECT ANSWER Genetic predisposition
Biopsychosocial Approach: Transdiagnostic Risk Factors - CORRECT ANSWER Increases the risk of multiple
types of psychological problems
Diathesis Stress Model of the Development of Disorders - CORRECT ANSWER Environment/experience
increases as positive outcome increases
Causes of Abnormality - CORRECT ANSWER -Brain dysfunction
-Chemical imbalances
-Genetic abnormalities
Amygdala - CORRECT ANSWER Structure of the limbic system that is critical in emotions such as fear
Hippocampus - CORRECT ANSWER Part of the limbic system that plays a role in memory
Biochemical Imbalances - CORRECT ANSWER -Psychological symptoms may possibly be associated with
number & functioning of the receptors for neurotransmitters on the dendrites or malfunctioning in neurotransmitter
systems
Serotonin - CORRECT ANSWER -Travels through many key areas of the brain affecting the functioning of those
areas
Dopamine - CORRECT ANSWER Found in areas of the brain associated with the experience of reinforcements or
rewards & it is affected by substances, such as alcohol, that are found rewarding
