15.1 What Are Psychological Disorders?

Question 1

psychological disorder

Answer 1

group of DSM-5 disorders characterized by an inflexible and pervasive personality style that differs markedly from the expectations of one’s culture and causes distress and impairment; people with these disorders have a personality style that frequently brings them into conflict with others and disrupts their ability to develop and maintain social relationships

Question 2

Psychopathology

Answer 2

study of psychological disorders, including their symptoms, causes, and treatment; manifestation of a psychological disorder

Question 3

etiology

Answer 3

cause or causes of a psychological disorder

Question 4

atypical

Answer 4

describes behaviors or feelings that deviate from the norm

Question 5

harmful dysfunction

Answer 5

model of psychological disorders resulting from the inability of an internal mechanism to perform its natural function