Psychology Test 4

Philippe Pinel (1745-1826) was the first to promote BLANK for psychological disorders, instead of the brutal treatments used during his time.

moral treatment

Mental health workers are most likely to consider socially unusual behavior as disordered if it is

personally distressful.

Mental health workers would be likely to identify alcohol misuse as a psychological disorder because it is

personally dysfunctional.

Mira claims that alcohol use disorder is a disease that, like pneumonia, can be cured or prevented with proper treatment. Her belief is most clearly consistent with

the medical model.

The conception of psychological disorders as biologically based sicknesses is known as

the medical model.

Ongoing patterns of behavior that interfere with normal day-to-day life are best characterized as

dysfunctional.

Personally distressing thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are considered to be symptoms of a psychological disorder if they are

dysfunctional.

In discovering that certain psychological disorders occur only in particular cultures, we are providing evidence for

a biopsychosocial approach.

An intense fear of heights is not considered to be a psychological disorder unless it

interferes with effective functioning.

To call psychological disorders "sicknesses" is especially likely to encourage research supporting the

Đ) medical model.

A biopsychosocial approach to substance abuse would be most likely to emphasize

the interactive influences of nature and nurture on substance abuse.