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psychopathology
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set of broad personality traits including superficial charm, a grandiose sense of self-worth,...
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context
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the circumstances surrounding a behavior which influences whether a behavior is viewed as...
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gender roles
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expectations for the behavior of an individual based on his or her gender
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cultural relativism
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the perspective that holds that there are no universal standards or rules for labeling a behavior...
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unusualness
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one criterion for abnormality suggesting that behaviors that are rare are considered abnormal....
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discomfort
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one criterion for abnormality that suggesting that behaviors should be considered abnormal...
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mental illness
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one criterion for abnormality suggesting that there is a clear, identifiable physical process...
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maladaptive
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one criterion for abnormality suggesting that behaviors causing people to suffer distress and...
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biological theories
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theories that saw abnormal behavior as similar to physical diseases, caused by the breakdown...
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supernatural theories
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theories that saw abnormal behavior as a result of divine intervention, curses, demonic possession,...
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psychological theories
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theories that saw abnormal behavior as a result of traumas or chronic stress. rest, relaxation,...
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trephination
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a treatment for abnormality in the Stone Age in which holes were drilled in the skulls of people...
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psychic epidemics
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a phenomenon in which large numbers of people begin to engage in unusual behaviors that appear...
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moral treatment
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type of treatment delivered in mental hospitals in which patients were treated with respect...
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general paresis
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a disease that leads to paralysis, insanity, and eventually death
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mesmerism
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treatment for hysterical patients based on the idea that magnetic fluids in the patients' bodies...
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psychoanalysis
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the study of the unconscious
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behaviorism
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the study of the impact of reinforcements and punishments on behavior
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cognitions
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thought processes that influence behavior and emotion
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self-efficacy beliefs
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beliefs that one can engage in the behaviors necessary to overcome a situation
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patients' rights movements
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patients' rights advocates argued that mental patients can recover more fully or live more...
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deinstitutionalization
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movement in which thousands of mental patients were released from mental institutions; a...
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community mental-health movement
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movement launched in 1963 that attempted to provide coordinated mental-health services to people...
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managed care
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a loose collection of methods for organizing health care that ranges from simple monitoring...
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integrationist approach
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how biological, psychological, and social theories interact
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mental hygiene movement
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movement to treat mental patients more humanely and to view mental disorders as medical diseases
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