The act of cutting a whole into a person's head to release evil spirits.
What is trepanning?
100
The controversial condition formerly known as multiple personality disorder.
What is dissociative identity disorder?
100
This model of abnormality explains abnormal behavior as caused by illogical thinking.
What is cognitive?
100
Is the behavior maladaptive?
Does the behavior cause the person to be dangerous to self or others?
Does the behavior cause the person significant subjective discomfort?
What is the criteria that psychological professionals considers when determining whether a behavior is abnormal?
100
This axis contains information about clinical disorders.
What is Axis I?
200
The cause of psychological disorders according to an ancient Greek physician.
What is an imbalance of the four humors?
200
Most people with this disorder are male.
What is antisocial personality disorder?
200
A __________ might explain the occurrence of a major depressive episode as being the result of
a combination of biological, social, and psychological factors.
What is biopsychologist?
200
Lisa has started having feelings of fearfulness about going to school. She has begun to suffer from headaches and stomaches and has missed several days of school already. Lisa’s condition is abnormal from the ________ definition.
What is subjective discomfort?
200
This axis of the DSM-IV-TR would be used to classify the loss of a person’s job.
What is Axis IV?
300
Treatment for psychological disorders during the Renaissance.
What is put to death for witchcraft?
300
In an old movie, a madman made weird faces and sounds, jumped about wildly in his cell, and laughed and giggled constantly. This bizarre behavior is typical of the ___________ schizophrenic.
What is disorganized?
300
This model of abnormality talks about reinforcement and imitation as ways of developing abnormal behavior.
What is behavioral?
300
Michael decided to give up his job teaching at a small community college in Florida and become a monk. He moved to a nearby town with a monastery, took his vows, and is now living quite happily as a member of that religious order. By what definition might Michael’s behavior be considered abnormal?
What is statistical?
300
On this axis of the DSM-IV-TR you find information about juvenile diabetes.
What is Axis III?
400
In 1974 it was taken out of the DSM and was no longer listed as a psychological disorder.
What is homosexuality?
400
This mood disorders is most commonly diagnosed.
What is major depression?
400
Family conflicts, lack of community support, and academic failure.
What are factors that might negatively influence those with a tendency toward psychological disorders?
400
Charles believed that a famous song by a popular musical group carried a special, secret message meant only for him. This would be an example of a delusion of _______.
What is reference?
400
Information on personality disorders can be found on this Axis.
What is Axis II?
500
The affects of drugs used to treat schizophrenia.
What is decrease the levels of dopamine?
500
In Japan, the disorder called ___________ centers around a fear of doing something embarrassing or socially inappropriate.
What is taijin-kyofu-sho?
500
The relationship between gender and diagnostic rates of major depression.
What is woman are diagnosed with major depression twice as often as men are?
500
An irrational fear of blood would be _____?
What is a specific phobia?
500
Information on assessment can be found on this axis.