When Physical Illness Became the Model for Conceptualizing Mental Illness

question 34

Multiple Choice

When physical illness became the model for conceptualizing mental illness,

• A) the view of mental illness shifted from possession by demons to moral weakness.
• B) treatments began for these problems.
• C) these problems became part of religion rather than medicine.
• D) drug treatments were the first alternative to be developed.

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Definitions:

White Rat

Often used in psychological experiments, a specific breed of rat distinguished by its albino coloration.

Modern Conceptualization

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Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired; a response that is initially elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.

Information

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