Exam 1: What Is Abnormal Psychology

The process of cutting a hole in the skull to provide a pathway for demons to leave a possessed person's body is called ________.

Throughout much of history in Western societies,abnormal behaviour was often taken as a sign of ________.

A neuron receiving a message from another neuron is said to be ________.

Which of the following is NOT true of the first asylums for the mentally ill?

A parent promises to stop criticizing her son when he behaves in the "correct" manner.This is an example of ________.

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

According to the medical model,people behaving abnormally ________.

In contemporary times,the understanding of abnormal behaviour has been largely approached from each of the following perspectives EXCEPT the ________.

The first asylum in what is now North America was in __________.

Primary reinforcers satisfy basic physical needs.

In a recent study of Toronto's homeless shelter users,it was found that about ________ of homeless people were experiencing both mental and substance use disorders at the same time.

Which of the following is NOT one of the four basic errors leading to emotional distress emphasized by Aaron Beck?

A behaviour therapist would attribute abnormal behaviour to each of the following EXCEPT ________.

Cognitive therapists have largely focused on the ________.

Food,water,and sexual stimulation are all examples of ________ reinforcers.

Refusal to accept the reality of a threat is called ________.

Gene expression is the process by which the gene sequence becomes_______.

The policy of deinstitutionalization allows for the need for short-term care of persons during episodes of illness.

Marion receives an average grade on her term assignment.She is very upset but fails to acknowledge that most other students failed the assignment.This represents what type of cognitive error?

Dwayne's therapist describes his abnormal behaviour as being due to the interplay of forces within his unconscious mind.His therapist is using the __________ model.