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| Abnormal behavior pattern that involoves a disturbance of psychological functioning or behavior. |
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| the branch of psychology that deals with the description, causes, and treatment of abnormal behavior patterns |
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| A biological perspective in which abnormal behavior is viewed as symptomatic of underlying illness |
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| A harsh, prehistoric practice of cutting a hole in a person's skull, possibly in an attempt to release demons |
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According to the ancient Hippocratic belief system, the vital bodily fluids (phlegm, black bile, blood, yellow bile).
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| A late 1950's policyof shifting the burden of care from state hospitals to community-based treatment setting in order to reform mental health system |
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| The term given by Kraeplin to the disorder now called schizophrenia |
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| The theoretical model of Freud and his followers, in which abnormal behavior is viewed as the product of clashing forces within the personality |
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| A form of research in which behavior is observed and measured in its natural enviornment |
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| A state of being unaware of whether one has received and expiremental treatment |
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| An inert medication or bogas treatment that is intended to control for expectancy effects |
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| An intergrative model for explaining abnormal in terms of the interations of biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors |
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| The set of traits specified by an individual's genetic code |
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| An individual's actual or expressed traits |
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| The case first diagnosed with a given disorder |
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| A carefully drawn biography based on clinical interviews, observations, and psychologiacal tests |
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| Single-case Expiremental Design |
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| A type of case study in which the subject is used as his or her own control |
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| An expirimental design that consists of repeated measurement of a subject's behavior through a sequence of alternating baseline and treatment |
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| Adoption of a questioning attitude and careful scrutiny of claims and arguments in the light of evidence |
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