Abnormal Behavior
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This is marked by feelings of fear, as well as distortions in behavior.
What is an anxiety disorder?
100
The release of thousands of individuals from asylums in the 1970s and 1980s was an example of this.
What is deinstitutionalization?
100
This brain chemical was suspected as a contributor to schizophrenia.
What is dopamine?
100
This is psycho therapy done with more than one client.
What is group therapy?
100
A person receives tin coins in return for positive behaviors, which they may exchange for snacks. This is an example of this type therapeutic technique.
What is a token economy?
200
This type of curve is shaped like a bell.
What is a normal curve?
200
He believed that there was no physical evidence of brain diseases to explain mental illness.
Who is Thomas Szasz?
200
This form of bipolar disorder involves manic behavior.
What is Bipolar I disorder?
200
As a client, you act out the feelings you are experiencing, while the therapist acts the role of the family member with whom you have the dispute. This is an example of this technique.
What is psychodrama?
200
This is learning based on the consequences of making a response.
What is operant conditioning?
300
This is the type of personality in which an individuals lacks a conscience, is impulsive, selfish and manipulates others.
What is antisocial?
300
Sam has bouts of deep anxiety attacks. There is a chance he might be prescribed this class of drugs to calm him.
What are tranquilizers?
300
Someone exposed to abuse at an early age might suffer from mental injury, which is called this.
What is psychological trauma?
300
You have a fear of spiders, so you watch someone else handle a tarantula. That is an example of this type of therapy.
What is vicarious desensitization?
300
A client is challenged by a therapist to reexamine how his choices have led to an inability to act because of his fixation on the meaninglessness of his life. This is an example of this type of therapy.
What is existential therapy?
400
Judy's relationships with others change from day-to-day. One day she is warm and pleasant, the next she is moody. She has had a string of abusive relationships. She has even attempted suicide. Judy likely has this disorder.
What is borderline personality?
400
Joe believes his foot is infested with ant eggs. It is likely he is suffering from this type of delusional disorder.
What is a somatic type disorder?
400
People who believe they have been kidnapped and taken to the planet Vulcan might be suffering from this condition?
What is paranoid psychosis?
400
In this type of therapy, the therapist would tell the client to stop saying, "I can't" to saying "I won't."
What is Gestalt therapy?
400
One client is given a specific type of therapy, while a different patient receives no therapy at all. The first patient see marginal changes, while the second patient sees improvement over time, despite no therapy.
What is spontaneous remission?
500
This is the rule, dating back to 19th century England, that absolves the accused from guilt because the person was incapable of knowing right from wrong.
What is the M'Naghten rule?
500
Someone with uncontrolled, rhythmic facial movements might be afflicted with this condition.
What is tardive dyskinesia?
500
A patient's sister tell the patient: "You never tell me that you love me, and even if you did, you wouldn't mean it." This is an example of this.
What is double-bind communication?
500
He helped found the client-centered therapeutic model.
Who is Carl Rogers?
500
If a client improves not because of the actual therapy, but because the client believes therapy will work, it is called this.
What is therapy placebo effect?
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