Abnormal Psychology Quiz
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What does abnormal psychology primarily study?

  • Cultural variations in behavior and thought
  • Psychological and biological explanations
  • Unusual patterns of behavior, emotion, and thought (correct)
  • Normal patterns of behavior, emotion, and thought
  • Which type of behavior falls under the scope of abnormal psychology?

  • Adaptive and maladaptive behaviors (correct)
  • Subnormal and supernormal behaviors
  • Normal and adaptive behaviors
  • Subnormal and paranormal behaviors
  • What has traditionally been a divide in abnormal psychology explanations?

  • Adaptive and maladaptive explanations
  • Cultural and moral explanations
  • Supernormal and paranormal explanations
  • Psychological and biological explanations (correct)
  • How does abnormal psychology classify mental disorders?

    <p>According to statistical deviation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which category is NOT mentioned as part of abnormal psychology?

    <p>Aberrant</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main focus of clinical psychology?

    <p>Assessing and treating psychological conditions in clinical practice</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Hippocrates, which humor causes a quick temper?

    <p>Yellow bile</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When were individuals with mental illness first placed in separate facilities known as asylums?

    <p>In 1547 by King Henry VIII of England</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the initial perception of patients in early asylums?

    <p>They were viewed as burdens and treated cruelly</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the primary contribution of Philippe Pinel to the treatment of patients in asylums?

    <p>He advocated for treating patients with kindness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary focus of abnormal psychology?

    <p>Understanding and controlling behavior deemed to be aberrant or deviant</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the historical divide in abnormal psychology explanations?

    <p>Psychological and biological</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Abnormal psychology identifies multiple causes for different conditions from which field?

    <p>Medicine</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which categories are mentioned as part of abnormal psychology?

    <p>Subnormal, supernormal, paranormal</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The science of abnormal psychology studies which types of behaviors?

    <p>Adaptive and maladaptive behaviors</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the primary role of asylums in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance era?

    <p>To separate and lock away individuals with mental illness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the significance of Philippe Pinel's work in the late 18th century?

    <p>He established the first humane and compassionate treatment for patients in asylums</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Hippocrates' four temperaments theory, which humor causes a person to be fatigued?

    <p>Phlegm</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary focus of clinical psychology?

    <p>To treat and understand psychological conditions in clinical practice</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term is more commonly used in the medical specialty known as psychiatry to imply an underlying pathology (disease process)?

    <p>Psychopathology</p> Signup and view all the answers

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