At One Time, Disordered People Were Simply Warehoused in Asylums

question 158

Multiple Choice

At one time, disordered people were simply warehoused in asylums. These were replaced with psychiatric hospitals in which attempts were made to diagnose and cure those with psychological disorders. This best illustrates one of the beneficial consequences of

• A) psychoanalytic theory.
• B) the DSM-IV-TR.
• C) the medical model.
• D) linkage analysis.

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Definitions:

Actor-Observer Effect

A psychological phenomenon in which people tend to attribute their own actions to situational factors while attributing other people's actions to their internal characteristics.

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency to explain someone's behavior based on internal factors, such as personality or disposition, while underestimating external factors.

Locus of Causality

The perceived source of control over events in an individual's life, internal or external to oneself.

Counterfactual Thinking

The psychological process of imagining alternative outcomes to events that have already occurred, often starting with "what if" questions.