Memorize Abnormal Psychology History and Models: 74 Flashcards from Trepanning to the DSM-5
Learn abnormal psychology history and models with 74 flashcards: humoral theory, Bedlam, Pinel, deinstitutionalization, DSM-5, diathesis-stress, CBT.
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Abnormal psychology exams love two things: dates (1547, 1946, the 1960s) and models (diathesis-stress, medical model, psychoanalytic theory). The Flip It deck Abnormal Psychology: History and Theoretical Models (deck code QV4579, 74 cards) covers both halves in one place, from trepanning and the four humors to the DSM-5 and the ICD-11. Here is how to work through it efficiently.
Study this deck: Abnormal Psychology: History & Theoretical Models
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What the 74 cards cover
The deck follows the textbook arc of a first abnormal psychology unit:
- Definitions of abnormality: adaptive vs maladaptive behaviors, psychopathology, statistical abnormality, psychometric abnormality (IQ below 70-75), deviant behavior, multiple causality.
- Three historical traditions: supernatural (demonological method, exorcism, trepanning, the Malleus Maleficarum), biological (Hippocratic Corpus 450-350 BC, humoral theory, Galen, somatogenic view) and psychological (psychogenic view, catharsis, hypnosis).
- Asylums and reform: Bedlam (St. Mary of Bethlehem, 1547, Henry VIII), Philippe Pinel removing chains, Dorothea Dix, the mental hygiene movement, 400,000 US patients in state hospitals by 1939, The Snake Pit (Mary Jane Ward, 1946), the NIMH (1946), deinstitutionalization and the roughly 90 percent drop in hospital patients.
- Classification: DSM-5 (three sections, three defining elements of a mental disorder), ICD-10 and ICD-11 (in force since January 2022).
- Theoretical models: biological paradigm, psychological paradigm, medical model, diathesis-stress model (predisposing vs precipitating causes), neuroticism, sociocultural influences, attachment theory.
- Freud: id, ego, superego, psychosexual stages, fixation, transference.
- Therapies: behavior therapy, humanistic therapy (Carl Rogers), CBT (Albert Ellis and Aaron Beck), rational emotive behavior therapy, negative schemas, play therapy, family systems therapy.
- Disorders sampled: schizophrenia, ADHD, antisocial personality disorder, DID (post-traumatic vs socio-cognitive models), social anxiety disorder, GAD, specific phobias, PTSD.
Sample cards
| Front | Back |
|---|---|
| Trepanning | Ancient practice of cutting holes in the skull to release evil spirits thought to cause mental illness |
| Four temperaments | Melancholic (black bile), choleric (yellow bile), phlegmatic (phlegm), sanguine (blood) |
| When was the first asylum established in England? | 1547, when Henry VIII established St. Mary of Bethlehem (Bedlam) in London |
| What reform did Philippe Pinel introduce? | Removing chains from patients and treating them with kindness rather than cruelty |
| Deinstitutionalization | The 1960s movement to close large mental hospitals and provide community-based care |
| What three key elements define a mental disorder in the DSM-5? | Disturbances in behavior/thoughts/emotions, personal distress or impairment, internal dysfunction |
| Diathesis-stress model | Disorders are caused by both predisposing causes (underlying vulnerability) and precipitating causes (triggers) |
| Who are the founders of CBT? | Albert Ellis (Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy) and Aaron Beck (Cognitive Therapy) |
| Two main etiologies of DID | Post-traumatic model (inescapable trauma) and socio-cognitive model (implicit role-playing) |
Two study tips specific to this deck
Sort every card into "somatogenic" or "psychogenic" before you flip it. The deck ends on exactly this pair of cards, and it is the hidden organizing principle of the whole unit. Hippocrates, Galen, the medical model and the biological paradigm sit on one side; Freud, catharsis, humanistic therapy and CBT on the other. The diathesis-stress model and multiple causality are the bridge. Tagging each card this way turns 74 isolated facts into two columns you can reconstruct on exam day.
Build a single reform timeline and hang the numbers on it. The dates in this deck are few but they are the ones examiners pick: 1547 Bedlam, late 1700s Pinel, 1800s Dix, 1939 (400,000 patients), 1946 (The Snake Pit and the NIMH), 1960s deinstitutionalization, 2022 ICD-11. Write them once on one line; the cards asking "when" and "who" then become retrieval practice for a story you already know.
Where to find it
Log in to Flip It and search the library for deck code QV4579, "Abnormal Psychology: History and Theoretical Models". Do a first pass in order (the cards move chronologically, then by model), then shuffle and answer the definition cards in your own words before flipping.
If you want the wider context of Freud, Rogers, Beck and their contemporaries, pair this deck with our guide to the History of Psychology and its famous psychologists.
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