Abnormal Psychology Midterm Review
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Which term is used to refer to the negative attitudes and beliefs that sometimes cause the general public to avoid those with mental illness?

  • achate
  • charisma
  • stigma (correct)
  • crenate

The study of mental illness is called ______.

  • pathophysiology
  • pathology
  • psychopathology (correct)
  • physiology

The ______ perspective examines psychopathological experience from the standpoint of the structure and function of the brain.

  • psychodynamic
  • behavioral and experiential
  • evolutionary
  • neuroscience (correct)

The ______ perspective examines psychological disorders with respect to the adaptive value of particular traits or characteristics.

<p>evolutionary (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Many studies have demonstrated that many forms of mental illness, such as schizophrenia, might be more related to nature than nurture because they are found ______.

<p>at an even distribution worldwide (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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