1 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 of yours says to you, “I feel really lousy today,
and I don't know why. You're taking abnormal psych—what do
you think?” If, after your conversation with your friend, 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 of the following individuals to the treatment of
abnormal psychology. Include when and where each lived.
Hippocrates
Emil Kraepelin
Dorothea Dix
Philippe Pinel
Friedrich Anton Mesmer
Benjamin Rush
William Tuke
5 Assume that Benjamin Rush and Dorothea Dix suddenly
appeared in the twenty-first century, about 50 years after the
U.S. policy of deinstitutionalization began. What would they
think about our treatment of the “mentally ill?” What
suggestions might they make for changes in our policy of
deinstitutionalization?
,6 Define and contrast somatogenic and psychogenic perspectives
regarding abnormal psychological functioning, and provide at
least one example of evidence supporting each perspective.
7 According to your text, 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.
8 Increasingly, people seeking treatment for mental health reasons
are members of managed care programs. How are managed
care programs changing how psychological services are
provided? Discuss one advantage and one disadvantage of such
programs.
9 The following types of mental health professionals work in the
area of psychological abnormality; describe the differences in
how they are educated, and in what they do.
clinical psychologists
psychiatrists
clinical researchers
�
10 Create a time line on which you place five major events in the
history of abnormality. Briefly describe why each event is
important to our understanding of abnormality.
11 The aspect of the definition of abnormality that characterizes
behavior as different from the norm is ______.
deviance (True Answer )
*
,12 The stated and unstated rules that a society establishes to govern
proper conduct are referred to as______.
norms (True Answer )
*
13 Ken is so anxious that his anxiety by itself causes him to suffer.
Ken's situation represents the aspect of the definition of
abnormality called ______.
distress (True Answer )
*
14 Colleen is so afraid of open spaces that she cannot leave her
house to go to work. This represents the aspect of the definition
of abnormality called ______.
dysfunction (True Answer )
*
15 Heather has been feeling depressed and has begun to feel
helpless and hopeless and is considering committing suicide.
Killing herself represents the aspect of the definition of
abnormality called ______.
danger (True Answer )
*
16 The idea that the behaviors we label abnormal are just problems
in living has been proposed by ______.
Thomas Szasz (True Answer )
*
17 While some clinicians will refer to the person they are treating
as a patient, others will refer to the person as a(n) ______.
client (True Answer )
*
18 The crude early form of surgery in which a hole was made in the
skull of a person, presumably to allow evil spirits to escape, was
called ______.
trephination (True Answer )
*
19 The procedure that a priest or other powerful person might
perform to drive evil spirits from a person is called ______.
exorcism (True Answer )
, *
20 ______ believed that abnormal behavior was caused by brain
pathology that was a consequence of an imbalance in the four
humors of the body.
Hippocrates (True Answer )
*
21 The “parent” of modern medicine who believed that illnesses
had natural causes was ______.
Hippocrates (True Answer )
*
22 During the Middle Ages, a person who believed that he was
possessed by wolves and other animals was said to be suffering
from ______.
lycanthropy (True Answer )
*
23 The roots of today's community mental health programs can be
traced back to the fifteenth century when people came to the
Belgian town of______ for psychic healing.
Gheel (True Answer )
*
24 An approach to treating people with mental dysfunction that
emphasized humane and respectful approaches was known as
______ treatment.
moral (True Answer )
*
25 The physician who instituted a series of reforms at La Bicêtre
asylum and “unchained” mental patients was ______.
Pinel (True Answer )
*
26 The treatment for mental illness espoused by French physician
Philippe Pinel and English Quaker William Tuke was called
_____ treatment by their contemporaries.
moral (True Answer )
*
27 The American advocate for laws mandating the improved
treatment of people with mental disorders was ______.
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 of yours says to you, “I feel really lousy today,
and I don't know why. You're taking abnormal psych—what do
you think?” If, after your conversation with your friend, 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 of the following individuals to the treatment of
abnormal psychology. Include when and where each lived.
Hippocrates
Emil Kraepelin
Dorothea Dix
Philippe Pinel
Friedrich Anton Mesmer
Benjamin Rush
William Tuke
5 Assume that Benjamin Rush and Dorothea Dix suddenly
appeared in the twenty-first century, about 50 years after the
U.S. policy of deinstitutionalization began. What would they
think about our treatment of the “mentally ill?” What
suggestions might they make for changes in our policy of
deinstitutionalization?
,6 Define and contrast somatogenic and psychogenic perspectives
regarding abnormal psychological functioning, and provide at
least one example of evidence supporting each perspective.
7 According to your text, 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.
8 Increasingly, people seeking treatment for mental health reasons
are members of managed care programs. How are managed
care programs changing how psychological services are
provided? Discuss one advantage and one disadvantage of such
programs.
9 The following types of mental health professionals work in the
area of psychological abnormality; describe the differences in
how they are educated, and in what they do.
clinical psychologists
psychiatrists
clinical researchers
�
10 Create a time line on which you place five major events in the
history of abnormality. Briefly describe why each event is
important to our understanding of abnormality.
11 The aspect of the definition of abnormality that characterizes
behavior as different from the norm is ______.
deviance (True Answer )
*
,12 The stated and unstated rules that a society establishes to govern
proper conduct are referred to as______.
norms (True Answer )
*
13 Ken is so anxious that his anxiety by itself causes him to suffer.
Ken's situation represents the aspect of the definition of
abnormality called ______.
distress (True Answer )
*
14 Colleen is so afraid of open spaces that she cannot leave her
house to go to work. This represents the aspect of the definition
of abnormality called ______.
dysfunction (True Answer )
*
15 Heather has been feeling depressed and has begun to feel
helpless and hopeless and is considering committing suicide.
Killing herself represents the aspect of the definition of
abnormality called ______.
danger (True Answer )
*
16 The idea that the behaviors we label abnormal are just problems
in living has been proposed by ______.
Thomas Szasz (True Answer )
*
17 While some clinicians will refer to the person they are treating
as a patient, others will refer to the person as a(n) ______.
client (True Answer )
*
18 The crude early form of surgery in which a hole was made in the
skull of a person, presumably to allow evil spirits to escape, was
called ______.
trephination (True Answer )
*
19 The procedure that a priest or other powerful person might
perform to drive evil spirits from a person is called ______.
exorcism (True Answer )
, *
20 ______ believed that abnormal behavior was caused by brain
pathology that was a consequence of an imbalance in the four
humors of the body.
Hippocrates (True Answer )
*
21 The “parent” of modern medicine who believed that illnesses
had natural causes was ______.
Hippocrates (True Answer )
*
22 During the Middle Ages, a person who believed that he was
possessed by wolves and other animals was said to be suffering
from ______.
lycanthropy (True Answer )
*
23 The roots of today's community mental health programs can be
traced back to the fifteenth century when people came to the
Belgian town of______ for psychic healing.
Gheel (True Answer )
*
24 An approach to treating people with mental dysfunction that
emphasized humane and respectful approaches was known as
______ treatment.
moral (True Answer )
*
25 The physician who instituted a series of reforms at La Bicêtre
asylum and “unchained” mental patients was ______.
Pinel (True Answer )
*
26 The treatment for mental illness espoused by French physician
Philippe Pinel and English Quaker William Tuke was called
_____ treatment by their contemporaries.
moral (True Answer )
*
27 The American advocate for laws mandating the improved
treatment of people with mental disorders was ______.
