Exam 1: What Is Abnormal Psychology

Under normal circumstances,some genes are expressed (turned on)and others are _________.

The modern medical model of abnormal behaviour can be traced back to 2500 years ago.

According to Freud,repression involves ________.

Psychological disorders requiring hospitalization are most common among people in the ________-year age range.

Abnormal behaviour has multiple definitions depending on the culture in which it is defined.

Changes in the environment that increase the frequency of the preceding behaviour are called ________.

According to Freud,the only psychic structure present at birth is the ________.

The modern era of treatment can be traced to the efforts of such individuals as Philippe Pinel.

The diathesis-stress model opposes the fundamental beliefs of the interactionist perspective.

Teri goes to a therapist for treatment of her test anxiety.Her therapist tells her that her anxiety results from a combination of biological factors that tend to make her nervous,lack of confidence resulting from early childhood conflicts with her parents,and perfectionism based on several irrational beliefs about herself.The therapist recommends a multimodal treatment plan.Her therapist is ________.

The physician who wrote an influential textbook on psychiatry in 1883 in which he likened mental disorders to physical diseases was ________.

A little boy is allowed to play with a laboratory rat and shows no fear of it.Then,a scientist makes a scary noise by banging an iron bar whenever the little boy reaches for the rat.Soon,the boy begins crying whenever the rat comes near him.In this study,the rat is the ________.

Gender can represent a risk factor for probability of psychopathology.

Freud believed we protect ourselves from allowing socially unacceptable wishes or impulses that would be inconsistent with our oral values or social responsibilities from rising into conscious awareness through the use of ________.

Freud equated psychological health with ability to love and work.

Hippocrates diagnoses one of his patients as suffering from an excess of yellow bile.The patient is probably ________.

Current Canadian Aboriginal healing practices tend to be more __________.

The transfer of impulses or wishes toward threatening objects onto safer or less threatening objects is called ________.

Discuss how a sociocultural theorist would explain the causes of abnormal behaviour.

A scientist rings a bell just prior to presenting meat to the dogs in his laboratory.After several pairings,the dogs begin salivating when the bell is rung,even when no meat is presented.In this study,salivation to the bell is the ________.