PSYC-6302 - Abnormal Psychology oed answer key

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Which is true of normality?

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It is the expected behavior or way of living based on what is commonly observed in the majority of the population.

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Pioneer of hypnosis to treat patients with hysteria

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Franz Anton Mesmer

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The proponent of surgical therapy for mental disorders.

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Egaz Moniz

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He was an advocate of humane treatment of mentally-ill patients.

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Philippe Pinel

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The psychiatrist who developed the cathartic method of treatment

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Josef Breuer

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He advocated the use of insulin shock therapy for treatment of mental illness

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The principal part of the mind that is present at birth and is part of the unconscious

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He described the importance of goal-oriented achievement and contribution to the society.

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He believed that the brain is responsible for awareness, thinking and emotional perception.

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One of the elements that described abnormality in which an individual becomes a threat to himself or others.

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This is the era wherein there was a revival in the belief that mental illnesses were caused by spiritual and demonic forces.

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A person who is depressed after losing his job avoids social interaction for several months exhibits this element of abnormality.

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He described the Germ theory of disease, which laid the foundation for establishing the biologic connections between infection, brain illness and abnormal behavior.

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An American psychiatrist believed that abnormal behavior was due to an excess of blood in the brain. He treated his patients by drawing copious amounts of blood from their brain.

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