Exam 1: What Is Abnormal Psychology

Physical aggression is considered __________.

In many non-Western cultures,our concept of "depression" is perceived as ________.

"Motivated forgetting" can be described by the defence mechanism of denial.

Asylums,or "madhouses," began to crop up throughout Europe in the mid-18th century.

The celebrated ancient Greek physician who argued that illnesses of the body and mind resulted from natural causes rather than the wrath of the gods was ________.

Behaviour that is deemed abnormal in one society may be perceived as perfectly normal in another.

Paula wants to be a famous rock musician.To help improve the chances of her dream becoming a reality,she weighs her options and begins planning the steps she must take to achieve her goal.According to Freud,Paula's planning represents ________ thinking.

Epigenetics is the study the heritable and acquired changes in gene regulation that occur without affecting the sequence of DNA.

"I must be thoroughly competent,adequate,achieving,and loveable at all times,or else I am an incompetent worthless person ..." is an example of __________'s core irrational beliefs.

Neo-Freudians include __________.

The major contribution of Emil Kraepelin was ________.

According to Hippocrates,each of the following EXCEPT ________ is a bodily fluid important to physical and mental health.

Alexander believes that aliens from outer space are working together with the CIA in an elaborate plot to brainwash him with secret messages transmitted through static on his television.His beliefs are most likely what psychologists would call ________.

The authors of your text prefer to use the term psychological disorder rather than mental disorder for each of the following reasons EXCEPT ________.

Megan has an intense fear of going to the mall to shop,to concerts,or to any other place in which there may be large crowds of people.Her fears are best described as ________.

Before Hippocrates,the ancient Greeks believed that abnormal behaviour,or madness,resulted from ________.

A man who has hurt some of his closest friends suddenly develops amnesia.His defence mechanism is ________.

________ demonstrated that hysterical behaviours,such as paralysis or numbness of the arms,could be induced in normal subjects under hypnosis through the use of suggestions.

The arrival of European settlers resulted in the estimated ________ % decline in Aboriginal populations.

Mini is cheerful,confident,and optimistic.According to Hippocrates's theory,Mini has an excess of ________.