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Read each statement carefully and select the best answer. A psychological dysfunction refers to

• a breakdown in cognitive functioning

• a breakdown in emotional functioning

• a breakdown in behavioral functioning

• all of these

Read each statement carefully and select the best answer. In regard to the criteria that define abnormality, it would be correct to state that

• no one criterion has yet been developed that fully defines abnormality

• personal distress is one criterion that defines abnormality

• the criteria differ depending on the cause of the psychological disorder

• the criteria differ depending on whether the individual has a psychological disorder or a psychological dysfunction

Read each statement carefully and select the best answer. The historic belief that the movements and/or positions of the moon, stars, and planets influence human behavior is still held by followers of the pseudoscience called

• graphology

• parapsychology

• astronomy

• astrology

Read each statement carefully and select the best answer. Until the 1970s, hysterical disorders were diagnosed only in women. In fact, the term "hysteria" derives from the Greek hysteron, which means

• ovary

• uterus

• pregnancy

• vagina

Read each statement carefully and select the best answer. You are listening to old musical tunes, including "My Melancholy Baby". Your friends are impressed when you tell them that "melancholic," referring to a depressive personality, derives from a Greek word meaning

• blood

• phlegm

• yellow bile

• black bile

Read each statement carefully and select the best answer. In terms of their typical course, schizophrenia follows a chronic course, while mood disorders, including depression, follow a(n) course

• episodic

• time-limited

• guarded

• insidious

Read each statement carefully and select the best answer. The biological and psychological models or theories of abnormality derived originally from the ancient Greek concept in which the mind was considered separate from the body

• flow of bodily fluids affected behavior and personality

• female reproductive organs were associated with psychopathology

• movement of the planets influenced human behavior

• mind was considered separate from the body

Read each statement carefully and select the best answer. In an attempt to rid the body of the excessive humors thought to be causing psychological disorder, physicians throughout history have used treatments such as

• bloodletting

• induced seizure

• exorcism

• drilling through the skull

Read each statement carefully and select the best answer. During the Middle Ages, as well as at other times, mentally ill people were sometimes forced to undergo the religious ritual called exorcism in order to

• expel evil spirits from the individual

• balance the bodily humors

• stimulate damaged brain regions

• improve the individual’s moral character

Dr. Littlefox studies the origins and causes of psychological disorders, including the biological, psychological, and social dimensions. Dr. Littlefox studies the ___ of a disorder.

• prognosis

• etiology

• outcome

• psychopathology