A Psychological Approach to Abnormal Behavior

abnormal behavior anxiety associated aversive blind called Chapter clinical concept considered contingencies cues culture deal definition demand characteristics deviant deviant behavior diagnosis discriminative stimulus disease disorders drug DSM-II effect emitted environment evaluation example experience experimental formulation Freud function given havior human hypnosis hypnotic hysterical illustrated important indicate individual involved label lead learned major manifest manner Meichenbaum ment mental illness moral treatment neurosis normal noted observed operant operational definition patient pattern percent person physical physician physiological placebo present problem procedures professional psychiatric hospital psychiatrists psychological psychophysiologic disorders psychosis psychotherapy psychotic reaction reinforcement reported response result role enactment schizo schizophrenic sexual sick sick role similar situation social society specific sponses stimuli student studies subjects symptoms systematic desensitization talk techniques theory therapist therapy tients tion tive treated treatment Ullmann variables verbal