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This document summarizes an abnormal psychology textbook chapter. It discusses key terms related to psychological abnormality like deviance, distress, dysfunction, and danger. It also covers the history of abnormal psychology from ancient times to modern treatment approaches. Major events discussed include the Stone Age, Greek and Roman era, the Middle Ages, and 19th century reforms. The document contrasts somatogenic and psychogenic perspectives on the causes of abnormality and examines challenges in conducting research and different research methods.

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Chapter 1

This document summarizes an abnormal psychology textbook chapter. It discusses key terms related to psychological abnormality like deviance, distress, dysfunction, and danger. It also covers the history of abnormal psychology from ancient times to modern treatment approaches. Major events discussed include the Stone Age, Greek and Roman era, the Middle Ages, and 19th century reforms. The document contrasts somatogenic and psychogenic perspectives on the causes of abnormality and examines challenges in conducting research and different research methods.

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Abnormal Psychology Chapter 1

10/12/2022

1. Psychological abnormality may include deviance, distress,


dysfunction, and danger. First, explain what these terms mean
regarding psychological abnormality. Second, provide an
example of a time when each aspect of abnormality would not be
considered abnormal.

These terms are the four D’s regarding psychological abnormality.


Deviance mean that the behavior, thoughts, and emotions differ from
the norms in our place and time. Distress is when the condition or
situation causes the person to be upset or unpleasant. Dysfunction is
when the individual behavior, emotions or thoughts interferes with
their daily living activities and danger is the ultimate lead from
dysfunction is when the person become dangerous that they ,ay
become a danger to themselves or others. Abnormality would be
considered abnormal when it goes against social and cultural norms to
the extent that the person suffer with deviance, distress, dysfunctional
and danger.

2. Suppose a friend says to you, “I feel overwhelmed today, and I


don't know why. You're taking abnormal psychology. What do you
think?” If, after a conversation, your friend feels better about
things, have you provided psychological therapy? Why or why
not? Include the essential features of therapy in your answer.

This example has not been provided by therapy. Therapy consist of


three things.

 A sufferer who seeks relief from the healer


 A trained, socially accepted healer, whose expertise is accepted
by the sufferer and the sufferer’s social group
 A series of contacts between the healer and the sufferer, through
which the healer … tries to produce certain changes in the
sufferer’s emotional state, attitudes, and behavior.

3. What is demonology? How does demonology stand in the way of


a more complete understanding of the causes and treatment of
psychological abnormality?

Demonology is the behavior in which was during 500 to 1350 C.E when
witchcraft was widely practiced or thought to be practice. People had
mass madness outburst, saint Vitus dancing, they would jump, dance
and go into convulsions. Some of the people said they been bit by
wolves or other animals and even acted like wolves. Demonology was
treated like during the middle ages they would rid the persons body
that they thought the devil possessed.

4. Discuss the contributions of three individuals to the treatment of


abnormal psychology. Include the time period and location where
each lived. Also include how this person's contributions helped
shaped current views and treatments for abnormal behavior.

5. Create a timeline on which you place five major events in the


history of psychological abnormality. Briefly describe why each
event is important to an understanding of abnormality.

Five major events were, Stone Age, Greek and Rome, Europe in the
middle Ages: Demonology Returns, Renaissance and the rise of
asylums, The Nineteenth century reform and moral treatment. In the
stone age its important shows us how some individuals may have been
afflicted with hallucinations and depression. Which helps us to know
that this disease has been around for years and maybe its due to the
corruption of the people, what they ate etc. Greek and Rome may
enlighten us that event though it’s effects the mental it can also affect
the physically. Europe middle ages is important because it have shown
probably the first cases of mania. Renaissance and the rise of
asylums their form of treatment became better, they were very active
in treating their patients with the intention on providing good care in
hospitals/ facilities. When it became overcrowded the good quality
care went away it became a virtual prison with filthy conditions.
Nineteenth Century treatment for menta health improved. I believe all
five of theses are very important in the things that I have mentioned
because this history timeliness have shown us the care of the medical
professions and the treatment from the beginning over time into now.
The quality of care had it phases.

6. Define and contrast the somatogenic and psychogenic


perspectives regarding abnormal psychological functioning.
Provide at least one example of evidence supporting each
perspective.

Somatogenic perspective viewed that mental illness came from brain


disease, humor imbalance and fatigue. Psychogenic perspectives
viewed that abnormal functioning was psychological. They both
differed in treatment and reasoning for abnormal functions. For
example, Somatogenic used tooth extractions, tonsillectomy,
hydrotherapy, lobotomy, and eugenic sterilization. Psychogenic used
mesmerism and hypnotism as a treatment.

7. Assume that Benjamin Rush and Dorothea Dix suddenly appeared


in the twenty-first century, approximately 50 years after the U.S.
policy of deinstitutionalization began. What would they think
about our treatment of those persons with mental illness who
had been deinstitutionalized? Which suggestions might they
make for changes in our policy of deinstitutionalization?

I believe Dorothea Dix and Benjamin Rush was here their input on
deinstitutionalization would have changed. I believe their intent was to
stop individuals from being mistreated in facilities or the conditions of
the place being left unkept. I believe if they see how important
institutionalization their opinions can be sometimes may change.
Some individuals don’t have the family support or help from the
government to aide and assist them. Many people with psychiatric
abnormalities are not put in prison, murdered, homeless because
people don’t know about their conditions or they’re not getting the
treatment they need. I also think they would love the face that the
methods, medication, services, support provided is so accessible. I
also think it would be disappointing as well because even though we
have these opportunities not even person according to race, financial
back group is treated the same and not every facility is upholding
patients’ rights.

8. According to your textbook, deinstitutionalization has resulted, in


part, in large numbers of people with severe psychological
disturbances either becoming homeless or ending up in jail or
prison. Is deinstitutionalization an ethical and appropriate
strategy for the treatment of mental illness that the United
States should continue to follow? Back up your answer with
specific examples.

I think deinstitutionalization isn’t the right ethical strategy for the US.
Some individuals need essential care daily. It’s a famous saying don’t
mix the bad strawberries with the good or they all will eventually
become rotten. If your constantly mixing individuals who suffer from
mental health with individuals who is not affected it could potentially
affect everyone around physically, mentally or emotionally.

9. Increasingly, people seeking treatment for mental health issues


are insured by managed care programs. How are managed care
programs changing how psychological services are provided?
Discuss one advantage and one disadvantage of such programs.

Managed care programs are changing how psychological services are


provided because of the lack of reimbursement for treatment. The
advantages of managed care is that every insurance must provide
equal coverage for mental and physical care. The disadvantage is that
companies still shortchange the mental health claims of their
members.

10. Clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, and clinical


researchers are mental health professionals who work in the
area of psychological abnormality. Describe what each does and
how they differ from one another.

Clinical psychologist study abnormal functioning and learn how to


treat abnormalities without medical interventions and psychiatrists
focus more on threapy and treatment with the use of medication
and Clinical researchers research just study the reasons of
abnormal behavior by understanding nature, causes and treatment.
However, they don’t treat or diagnose patients.

11. Which challenges might clinical scientists conducting


research in abnormal psychology encounter? Briefly describe two
challenges. Support your answers with examples of each.

Challenges a clinical scientist may conduct during research is


having trouble defining psychological abnormalities. For example,
someone may be experiencing abnormal behavior but that don’t
mean its psychological abnormality. Some people conditions are
due to war, culture, trauma etc., which may be normal to feel that
way.

12. What are important differences between case studies and


single-subject experiments? Describe the advantages and
disadvantages of each.

Case studies is a description of someone’s life and psychological problems they may
encounter. It may include why the events may have occurred and single-subject studies can
be of multiple individuals. The advantages is that case studies is they can be a means to have
new ideas about behavior and open the way for discoveries. The disadvantages is that they
have bias observers and little basis for generalization. Single subject may include a group of
people that study a diseases or condition that’s rare where little people are able to
participate. The difference between the two is that the single subject the participant is
observed before and after the independent variable is manipulated.
13. Which steps would a researcher take to analyze the
collected data from a correlational study to determine whether a
correlation exists, and whether the correlation is positive or
negative? Include in your answer a description of each type of
correlation: unrelated, positive, and negative.

By us of seeing if it’s significantly significant which is by 5 percent possibility of being true or


false. Positive correlation will go in a positive direction and negative correlation, the value of
one variable increases as the value of the other variable decreases and unrelated is when
there is no consistent relationship between them.

14. Suppose a researcher found a strong positive correlation


between college grade-point average (GPA) and self-esteem.
Describe three possible and distinctly different causal
explanations for this relationship.

Possible explanations can mean that the variables are found to be


strong and high from person to person, the correlation coefficient
vary from +100 and when they change in the same way.

15. Symptom-exacerbation studies and medication-withdrawal


studies may be used to evaluate antipsychotic drug treatments
for patients with psychoses. Which ethical issues are involved in
each of these studies? Given these concerns, should researchers
be allowed to perform these types of studies? Why or why not?

I think researchers shouldn’t be allowed to perform these studies


because maybe it won’t be of good use to a patient who suffer from
psychiatric abnormalities. I believe these studies may influence
someone who take psychiatric drugs to eventually stop taking them
if the withdraw studies show that its not effective to the individual.

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