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Abnormal Psychology
1. Define the following terms
-Abnormal psychology
-Personal distress view of abnormality
-Medical disorder view of abnormality
-Statistical deviation view of abnormality
-Maladaptive behaviour view of abnormality
-Prediction
-Stereotype
-Predisposition
-Self-fulfilling prophecy
-Accomidation
2. Define the following 5 major perspectives, state and explain any sub groupings, and
state what each assumes when it comes to the idea that people have power to make their
own meaning in life:
-Biological
-Cognitive
-Humanistic
-Psychoanalytic
3. What was St. Vitus’s dance?
4. What distinguishes abnormal behaviour from normal behaviour?
5. Define and explain how they where used to cure mental illness
-Trephining
-Exorcism
-Tarantism
6. Who was the first person to reject the idea that deities and demons controlled
behaviour.
7. Who was the first person to establish a psychology Laboratory?
8. Define and give an example of the following:
-Positive feedback
-Negative feedback
-Neutral feedback
-Alternating feedback
9. Define
-Test-related reliability
-Internal reliability
-External reliability
-Inter-rater reliability
-False negative
-Face validity
10. Define a psychosocial stressor and give 3 examples.
11. Fill in the following blanks
12. What does the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual rating of an individual’s global
level of functioning mean?
13. What is a Johari window and what do each of the 4 quadrants mean?
14. Define failure to thrive.
15. What is Turner Syndrome and what are the symptoms of this syndrome?
16. What is Klinefelter Syndrome and what are the symptoms of this syndrome?
17. Draw out Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Need.
18. Define the following disorders (specifically state their effect on the brain):
-Bulimia nervosa
-Anorexia nervosa
-Binge-eating disorder
-Pica
19. Summarize Margaret Mead’s work with the Tchumbuli tribe.
20. List the three common ways that individuals develop phobias.
21. Define
-Catatonia
-Malingering
-Capgra’s syndrome
-Munchausen syndrome
22 Define the following types of Delusions:
-Somatic
-Grandiose
-Persecutory
-Erotomanic
23. Define and give an example of the following:
-Neutral symptom
-Positive symptom
-Negative symptom
24. Define the following:
-Fetishism
-Voyeurism
-Sexual sadism
-Sexual masochism
-Delirium
25. State the indicators or symptoms that would lead you to believe that a person was
suffering from substance dependence.
26. List and describe the stages of dementia.
27. What is electroconvulsive therapy and what was it used to treat?
28. Define the following then state whether these diseases are linked to genetic causes:
- Autism
-Synesthesia
-Tourette disorder
-Dissociative disorder
-Schizophrenia
29. When conducting research what is a correlation? Write your own correlation between
two variables. How do you validate a correlation between two sets of data?
30. Define the following:
-Adlerian therapy
-Existential therapy
-Person-centered therapy
-Desensitization
-Virtual reality therapy
31. Explain the difference between the following:
-Psychotherapists
-Gestalt therapists
-Behavioural therapists
-Cognitive-electrotherapists
32. Fill in the blanks:
% of adults suffer from mental illness
% of children suffer from mental illness
33. How are phobic behaviours strengthened and who are they diminished?
34. Define survivor guilt.
34. State and describe the 4 stages of sleep.
35. Explain the difference between: Panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder.
36 What is Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and describe its 3 groups.
37. Why are some drugs legalized and others not?
38. Based on the course material is sexual preference a voluntary choice?
39. Explain the phases of Bipolar disorder.
40. Describe the different types of personality disorders.
41. Define the following:
-Projective tests
-Obsessions
-Neurological tests
-Predisposition
-Insomnia
-Learned helplessness
-Anterograde amnesia
-Retrograde amnesia
-Dissociative disorder
-Dissociation
42. Some of the drawbacks of using medication to treat mental illness are side effects.
List some of the most common drug side effects.
43. In treating mental illness we tend to classify people into specific diagnoses. What are
some drawbacks to this type of classification system.
44. What is the name for the following picture? What is the picture of? What is the
gender of the person? Are there any signs of genetic abnormalities in this picture?
45. Complete the following table:
Vitamin
Symptoms of a deficiency
46. State the benefits and negatives of fear?
Symptoms of a Excess Source found
in Nature