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P110| Abnormal Psychology| Module 3| Abnormal Behavior in Childhood & Adolescence| hmspa2021 | 1 ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY  General branch in psychology that includes both psychopathology and clinical psychology.  The branch of psychology that studies abnormal behavior and ways of helping people who are affected by psychological disorders.  PSYCHOPATHOLOGY: The branch of psychology that deals with the systematic investigation of abnormal behavior.  CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY: The branch of psychology that focuses on psychological knowledge and practice used in helping a person with abnormal behavior to find better coping and adjustment.  PSYCHIATRY: A branch of medicine dealing with the prevention, diagnosis, and therapy of mental illnesses. TIMELINE OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS 1. 400 BC  HIPPOCRATES suggests that PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS have both biological and psychological causes. 2. 200 CE  GALEN suggests that normal and abnormal behaviors are related to four bodily fluids or humor.  CHOLERIC (yellow bile): o A doer and a leader o Have a lot of ambition, energy, and drive, and try to instill it in others, but can dominate people of other temperaments. o They are easily angered or bad-tempered.  SANGUINE (blood): o Generally optimistic, cheerful, even-tempered, confident, rational, popular, and fun-loving. o Tend to daydream and not accomplish anything o May also be impulsive, acting on whims in an unpredictable fashion.  MELANCHOLIC (black bile): o Kind and considerate


P110| Abnormal Psychology| Module 3| Abnormal Behavior in Childhood & Adolescence| hmspa2021 | 4  INSULIN SHOCK THERAPY, ELECTRIC SHOCK TREATMENTS, AND BRAIN SURGERY begin to be used to treat psychopathology. 18.1938  B.F. SKINNER publishes “The Behavior of Organisms” which describes the principles of operant conditioning. 19.1943  The MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY (MMPI) is published. 20.1946  ANNA FREUD publishes “Ego and the Mechanisms of Defense” 21.1950  The FIRST EFFECTIVE DRUGS for severe psychotic disorders are developed.  HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY (based on the ideas of Carl Jung, Alfred Adler, and Carl Rogers) gains some acceptance. 22.1952  The FIRST EDITION of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-I) is published. 23.1958  JOSEPH WOLPE effectively treats patients with PHOBIAS using SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION based on principles of behavioral science. 24.The 1990s  Increasingly sophisticated research methods are developed; no one influence – biological or environmental – is found to cause psychological disorders in isolation from the other.