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The models or paradigm an investigator uses influences:

Biological researchers focus primarily on ______ in understanding abnormal behavior.

Drugs that alleviate the symptoms of mental dysfunction by affecting the brain are called:

The model of abnormality that focuses on the role of values and choices in behavior is the:

If you are being encouraged to see the link between the way you interpret your experiences and the way you feel and to question the accuracy of your interpretations, you are probably receiving:

An athlete who is actually well-prepared nevertheless thinks just before a contest, “I can’t do this! I need to be perfect, and I know I’m going to fail!” The theorist who would emphasize the illogical thinking process of this athlete as a source of poor performance MOST likely would support which dimension of abnormality?

Marie comes from a supportive, loving family and has a stable socio-economic background. She has developed depression due to a serotonin deficiency. Anne has distant parents, failing grades, and insufficient funds for basic necessities and also develops depression. These two cases demonstrate what principle of developmental psychopathology?

Dr. Tim required half of a group of healthy volunteers to study a passage for an hour. The other half of the participants studied for 15 minutes. Dr. Tim then administered a memory test of details from the passage. What was the dependent variable?

When a young child yells and throws toys (“temper tantrum”), the parents give the child a good deal of attention. As time goes on, the temper tantrums become more and more common. A behavioral psychologist would say that the temper tantrums result from:

The movement that has tried to find the common strategies that “good” therapists use is called: