Now That's What I Call Abnormal
Model Mayhem
Tools of The Trade
Psyched for Psychology
Pop Culture
100

The "4 D's" of abnormality are deviance, danger, distress and this fourth option.

What is dysfunction?

100

This model focuses on neurotransmitters, brain circuits, hormones, and genetics to explain abnormality.

What is the Biological Model?

100

Clinicians are seeking to gather this type of information when meeting with a new client.

What is idiographic information?

100

Pavlov's famous experiment involving dogs is commonly associated with this type of learning.

What is Classical Conditioning?

100

Oddly enough, the recent engagement of this pop culture couple was first announced by Adam Schefter.

Who are Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce?

200

This view often characterized by exorcism and trephination dominated mental health treatment and societal views during the stone and middle ages.

What is the demonological view/perspective?

200

While this model will seldom be referenced in this course, it focuses on unconscious processes and was made famous by Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung

What is the Psychodynamic Model?

200

Examples of these assessments include the Rorschach Test and the Thematic Apperception Test. These tests  have fallen out of favor recently with clinicians due in large part to their high levels of subjectivity.

What are projective tests?

200

This type of learning, largely associated with B.F. Skinner, is where we derive the terms reinforcement and punishment. 

What is Operant Conditioning?

200

This rapper pleaded not guilty to four felony counts after being found naked on Ventura Boulevard and allegedly injuring police officers attempting to apprehend them.

Who is Lil Nas X?

300

Hippocrates characterized abnormality as a result of an imbalance of four humors. Name at least three of them. 

What are yellow bile, black bile, blood, and phlegm?

300

This model focuses on family dynamics and an individual's unique cultural background as a means to understand psychological functioning.

What is the Sociocultural Model?

300

Emil Kraepelin laid the framework for the foundation of this classification system for psychological disorders primarily used in North America, which is currently on its fifth edition.

What is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders (DSM-V)?

300

This famous "Little" experiment conducted by John Watson taught us that emotional responses can be conditioned.

What is the Little Albert Experiment?

300

This famous celebrity chef reminded his followers to "wear your sunscreen" after a recent scare with Basal Cell Carcinoma, which is a form of skin cancer caused by excessive exposure to UV radiation.

Who is Gordon Ramsay

400

These organizations are responsible for ensuring the safety and autonomy of human participants in research.

What are Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)?

400

Nearly 50% of clinicians today report using an approach based on this model, which is interested in analyzing relationships between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. 

What is the Cognitive-Behavioral (CB) Model?

400

The most famous example of these assessments is the polygraph exam. These assessments have faced scrutiny for their questionable validity. 

What are psychophysiological tests?

400

 Sigmund Freud characterized these three components of the mind relating to both the preconscious and unconscious.

What are the Id, Ego, and Superego?

400

This former Marvel actor recently announced that he is taking time away from acting after finding out he was at an elevated risk for Alzheimer's disease.

Who is Chris Hemsworth?

500

This perspective, first proposed by Hippocrates, states that abnormal psychological functioning has physical, physiological, and/or neurological causes.

What is the somatogenic perspective? *Hint* Do know the difference between the somatogenic and psychogenic perspectives

500

This model, which is comprised of two unique perspectives, believes a person can never be able to be psychologically well adjusted until they can self-actualize or live as their "authentic" self. 

What is the Humanistic-Existential Model?

500

The DSM-V gathers both of these types of information to classify disorders.

What are categorical and dimensional? *Hint: Know what these are and the differences between them*

500

This psychological experiment involved participants believing that they were administering potentially lethal shocks to "learners". 

What is the Milgram Experiment?

500

This person is currently the most followed individual on the platform Tiktok.

Who is Khaby Lame?