Psychology Chapter 1: Abnormality and Cultural Relativism
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What is the view that there are no universal standards for labelling a behavior as abnormal?

  • Psychic Epidemics
  • Dysfunction
  • Cultural Relativism (correct)
  • Moral Treatment

Who published 'The Pathology and Therapy of Psychic Disorders' in 1845?

  • Emil Kraepelin
  • Wilhelm Griesinger (correct)
  • Philippe Pinel
  • Sigmund Freud

Which leader was associated with the moral treatment movement in the Eighteen and Nineteenth Centuries?

  • Sigmund Freud
  • Wilhelm Griesinger
  • Philippe Pinel (correct)
  • Emil Kraepelin

Who developed a scheme for classifying symptoms into discrete disorders that forms the basis for the modern classification system?

<p>Emil Kraepelin (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the study of the impact of reinforcements and punishments on behavior known as?

<p>Behaviorism (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the goal of micro-admissions in the context of deinstitutionalization?

<p>To achieve brief hospitalizations (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which part of the brain is responsible for regulating eating, drinking, and sexual behavior?

<p>Thalamus (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are neurotransmitters?

<p>Biochemicals that act as messengers in the brain and nervous system (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the synaptic gap also known as?

<p>Synapse (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens when reuptake occurs in neurotransmission?

<p>The initial neuron reabsorbs the neurotransmitter, decreasing its amount in the synapse (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the view that there are no universal standards for labelling a behavior as abnormal?

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

Who was a leader associated with the moral treatment movement in the Eighteen and Nineteenth Centuries?

<p>Philippe Pinel (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Wilhelm Griesinger publish in 1845?

<p>The Pathology and Therapy of Psychic Disorders (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Emil Kraepelin develop in 1883?

<p>The Scheme for Classifying Symptoms into Discrete Disorder (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the study of the impact of reinforcements and punishments on behavior known as?

<p>Behaviourism (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is defined as a phenomenon in which large numbers of people engage in unusual behaviors that appear to have a psychological origin?

<p>Psychic Epidemics (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main goal of deinstitutionalization?

<p>To integrate patients back into the community (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which part of the brain regulates basic emotions and is involved in processing eating, drinking, and sexual behavior?

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

What is the function of the limbic system in the brain?

<p>All of the above (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which structures are found just under the cerebrum and are part of the subcortical structures?

<p>Hypothalamus and pituitary gland (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are neurotransmitters in the context of brain function?

<p>Biochemicals that act as messengers carrying impulses between neurons (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What process occurs when the initial neuron reabsorbs the neurotransmitter into the synapse, decreasing its amount?

<p>Reuptake (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which structure of the limbic system is crucial in emotions such as fear?

<p>Amygdala (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the synaptic gap also known as?

<p>Synapse (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which process occurs when the receiving neuron releases an enzyme into the synapse that breaks down the neurotransmitter into other biochemicals?

<p>Degradation (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the goal of micro-admissions in the context of deinstitutionalization?

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