Fundamentals of Abnormal Psychology 8th Edition By Comer - Test Bank

1. The stated and unstated rules that a society establishes to govern proper conduct are

referred to as _____.

2. The aspect of the definition of abnormality that characterizes behavior as different from

what a society considers normal for a given time and place is _____.

3. Ken is so anxious that his anxiety by itself causes him to suffer. Ken's situation

represents the aspect of the definition of abnormality called _____.

4. Colleen is so afraid of open spaces that she cannot leave her house to go to work and is

now in danger of losing her job. This represents the aspect of the definition of

abnormality called _____.

5. Heather has been feeling depressed and has begun to feel helpless and hopeless and is

considering committing suicide. Killing herself represents the aspect of the definition of

abnormality called _____.

6. The idea that the behaviors we label abnormal are just problems in living was proposed

by _____.

7. While some clinicians refer to the person they are treating as a patient, others refer to

the person as a(n) _____.

8. The early form of surgery in which a hole was made in the skull of a person, presumably

to allow evil spirits to escape, was called _____.

9. The procedure that a priest or other powerful person might perform to drive evil spirits

from a person is called _____.

10. _____ believed that abnormal behavior was caused by brain pathology that was a

consequence of an imbalance in the four humors of the body.

11. The "father" of modern medicine who believed that illnesses had natural causes was

_____.

Page 112. During the Middle Ages, a person who believed that he or she was possessed by wolves

and other animals was said to be suffering from _____.

13. The roots of today's community mental health programs can be traced back to the

fifteenth century when people came to the Belgian town of _____ for psychic healing.

14. The physician who instituted a series of reforms at La Bictre asylum and “unchained”

mental patients was _____.

15. The treatment for mental illness espoused by French physician Philippe Pinel and

English Quaker William Tuke was called _____ treatment by their contemporaries.

16. An approach to treating people with mental dysfunction that emphasized humane and

respectful approaches was known as _____ treatment.

17. The American advocate for laws mandating the improved treatment of people with

mental disorders was _____.

18. The view that physical causes are at the root of mental illnesses is called the _____

perspective.

19. The somatogenic view of mental illness was given a boost in the 1800's when it was

discovered that general paresis was caused by _____.

20. Psychotropic medications fit into the _____ model of treating mental illness.

21. According to the _____ perspective, psychological causes are at the root of mental

illness.

22. The inducement of a trancelike state in which a person becomes extremely suggestible

fits into the _____ model of treating mental illness.

23. Psychoanalysis' view of causes of abnormal and normal behavior fits into the _____

model.

Page 224. The major development utilizing drugs in the treatment of the mentally ill in the second

half of the twentieth century was the development of _____.

25. The reduction in the number of people housed in mental hospitals in the last 40 years

can be attributed to a trend called _____.

26. Moving the focus for the care of the mentally ill out of hospitals is part of the _____

approach.

27. The largest group of professionals who provide mental health services are _____.

28. The degree that psychiatrists hold is the _____.

29. Sound research in abnormal psychology uses the _____ method.

30. Clinical researchers form general, or _____, knowledge about the nature, causes, and

treatments of abnormal behavior.

31. A tentative explanation or hunch that p