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Fundamentals of Abnormal Psychology Abnormal Psychology - Study of abnormal behavior in an effort to describe, predict, explain and change abnormal patterns. Four Ds - Distress, disfunction, deviance and dangerous Deviance - Acting different than acceptable social norms and behaviors Distress - Anxious behavior, ideas of emotions Danger - Danger from oneself to others Dysfunction - When abnormal behavior tends to interfere with daily functioning. Culture is important Eccentr...

Personality - correct answer Branch of psychology that studies factors that make people unique (individual differences) Fudamental questions - correct answer What does it mean to be a person? How do we understand people as unique individuals? What is the nature of the "self"? 8 basic aspects of personality - correct answer -Unconscious aspects -Ego...

individual differences - correct answer Branch of psychology devoted to studying the factors that make people unique individuals Correlation coefficient - correct answer Index of association or relationship between two variables. Range: -1.0 . . . . -0.5 . . . . 0.0 . . . . 0.5 . . . . 1.0 Positive correlation: - correct answer As variable A increase...

Test Bank for Abnormal Psychology An Integrative Approach 8th Edition By David H. Barlow Page 1 WWW.NURSINGTESTBANKSWORLD.COM 1. Psychological abnormality is generally defined using “the four D's.” First, explain what the four Ds are and what they mean regarding psychological abnormality. Then provide an example of a time when each aspect of abnormality would not be considered abnormal. 2. Suppose a friend says to you, “I feel really lousy today, and I don't know why. You're...

# of people with a BA in psych - Answer- 3.4 million # of people with a Ph D or Psy D in psych - Answer- 207,000 # of divisions in the APA - Answer- 56 3 elements that define science - Answer- systematic empiricism, production of public knowledge, examination of solvable problems systematic empiricism - Answer- structured observation which is theory driven and used to test hypotheses production of public knowledge - Answer- scientific findings are submitted to the scientific commu...

Test Bank for Abnormal Psychology An Integrative Approach 8th Edition By David H. Barlow Page 1 WWW.NURSINGTESTBANKSWORLD.COM 1. Psychological abnormality is generally defined using “the four D's.” First, explain what the four Ds are and what they mean regarding psychological abnormality. Then provide an example of a time when each aspect of abnormality would not be considered abnormal. 2. Suppose a friend says to you, “I feel really lousy today, and I don't know why. You're...

Test Bank for Abnormal Psychology An Integrative Approach 8th Edition By David H. Barlow 1. Psychological abnormality is generally defined using “the four D's.” First, explain what the four Ds are and what they mean regarding psychological abnormality. Then provide an example of a time when each aspect of abnormality would not be considered abnormal. 2. Suppose a friend says to you, “I feel really lousy today, and I don't know why. You're taking abnormal psych—what do yo...

Tamica works at an urban mental health center that serves a population in which a high percentage of people are recent immigrants or first-generation Americans and most are impoverished. Their lives are considerably different from what Tamica has experienced and she often finds herself diagnosing multiple disorders in her clients, many more than what she diagnosed when working with a less-marginalized population. Her supervisor challenges her and asks whether she might be unconsciously exagger...

Test Bank for Abnormal Psychology An Integrative Approach 8th Edition By David H. Barlow Page 1 WWW.NURSINGTESTBANKSWORLD.COM 1. Psychological abnormality is generally defined using “the four D's.” First, explain what the four Ds are and what they mean regarding psychological abnormality. Then provide an example of a time when each aspect of abnormality would not be considered abnormal. 2. Suppose a friend says to you, “I feel really lousy today, and I don't know why. You're...

Abnormal Psychology EXAM ABAB Design - An experimental design, often involving a single subject, wherein a baseline period (A) is followed by a treatment (B). To confirm that the treatment resulted in a change in behavior, the treatment is then withdrawn (A) and reinstated (B). Abnormal Psychology - Field of psychology concerned with the study, assessment, treatment, and prevention of abnormal behavior. Acute - Term used to describe a disorder of sudden onset, usually with intense sympt...