abnormal psych ch 01

The scientific study of abnormal behavior undertaken to describe, predict, explain, and change abnormal patterns of functioning.

A society’s stated and unstated rules for proper conduct.

A people’s common history, values, institutions, habits, skills, technology, and arts.

A systematic procedure designed to change abnormal behavior into more normal behavior. Also called therapy.

An ancient operation in which a stone instrument was used to cut away a circular section of the skull to treat abnormal behavior.

According to the Greeks and Romans, bodily chemicals that influence mental and physical functioning.

A type of institution that first became popular in the sixteenth century to provide care for persons with mental disorders. Most _____ became virtual prisons.

A nineteenth-century approach to treating people with mental dysfunction that emphasized moral guidance and humane and respectful treatment.

State-run public mental institutions in the United States.

The view that abnormal functioning has physical causes.

The view that the chief causes of abnormal functioning are psychological.

Either the theory or the treatment of abnormal mental functioning that emphasizes unconscious psychological forces as the cause of psychopathology.

Drugs that mainly affect the brain and reduce many symptoms of mental dysfunction.

The practice, begun in the 1960s, of releasing hundreds of thousands of patients from public mental hospitals.

An arrangement in which a person directly pays a therapist for counseling services.

Interventions aimed at deterring mental disorders before they can develop.

The study and enhancement of positive feelings, traits, and abilities.

The field that examines the impact of culture, race, ethnicity, and gender on behaviors and thoughts, and focuses on how such factors may influence the origin, nature, and treatment of abnormal behavior.

Health care coverage in which the insurance company largely controls the nature, scope, and cost of medical or psychological services.

The use of remote technologies, such as long-distance videoconferencing, to deliver mental health services without the therapist being physically present.