2: Normality

Question 0

A person’s behavior is determined by:

Answer 0

External and internal forces

Question 1

A collection of values, beliefs and behaviors handed down from one generation to another.

Answer 1

Culture

Question 2

Give examples of external forces.

Answer 2

Culture
Social status
Economic structures

Question 3

Collective organization of behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, beliefs and customs.

Answer 3

Culture

Question 4

Anything that is used to represent any other thing.

Answer 4

Symbol

Question 5

True or false: culture is symbolic.

Answer 5

TRUE

Question 6

Components/elements of culture:

Answer 6

Symbols
Values
Beliefs
Traditions
Customs
Technology
Language

Question 7

Cultural practices that are common to an identifiable group extending beyond the boundaries of one culture.

Answer 7

International culture

Question 8

Identifiable cultural patterns existing within a larger culture.

Answer 8

Subcultures

Question 9

Ways in which humans think, feel and process information.

Answer 9

Psychological universals

Question 10

Give examples of social universals:

Answer 10

Incest taboos
Life in groups
Families
Food sharing

Question 11

Long period of infant dependency, year-round sexuality and the complex brain that enables us to use symbols, languages & tools are examples of what cultural universality?

Answer 11

Biological universals

Question 12

Held commonly by more than one culture, but not by universal nuclear family

Answer 12

Cultural generality

Question 13

Unique to one culture and is of fundamental importance to the population

Answer 13

Cultural particularity

Question 14

Culture influences what psychological factors?

Answer 14

Internal processes

Interpersonal processes

Question 15

Interpersonal processes pertains to:

Answer 15

Affiliation
Aggression
Group behavior

Question 16

Give examples of internal processes.

Answer 16

Self
Person perception
Social cognition

Question 17

True or false: Culture influences our concept of self.

Answer 17

TRUE

Question 18

Culture affects health and illness through what?

Answer 18

By affecting nature and quality of help-seeking behavior

Question 19

The following differ accdg to culture:

Answer 19

• importance of individual vs group
• cause of psychopathology
• symptoms

Question 20

T or F: Culture affects treatment of illnesses.

Answer 20

TRUE

Question 21

It is the pattern of behavior or personality traits that are typical or that conform to a standard that is acceptable.

Answer 21

Normality

Question 22

The opposite of health:

Answer 22

Illness

Question 23

It is the state of complete physical, mental and social well-being.

Answer 23

Health

Question 24

True or false: Health is just the absence of disease or infirmity.

Answer 24

FALSE

Question 25

What is the goal of treatment? (absence-of-pathology perspective)

Answer 25

To free the person from the presence of symptoms and to help persin attain reasonable functioning.

Question 26

True or false: Average is not the same as healthy. (Limitation)

Answer 26

TRUE (statistical perspective)

Question 27

In what perspective is health the state of ideal functioning?

Answer 27

Utopia perspective

Question 28

Health is a condition not deemed sufficiently troublesome to seek treatment for it is not pathological.

Answer 28

Pragmatic perspective

Question 29

Mental health is an "ideal fiction" (therefore a limitation) according to:

Answer 29

Sigmund Freud (utopia perspective)

Question 30

The perspective that emphasized on psychometric models of psychopathology in psychology and medical diagnosis and classifications.

Answer 30

Statistical perspective

Question 31

Health is the average level of functioning accdg to what perspective?

Answer 31

Statistical perspective

Question 32

Emphasized in humanistic and psychoanalytic models of treatment.

Answer 32

Utopia perspective

Question 33

Perspective that defines health as a functional interplay of interacting systems that operate in relative adaptivity over time.

Answer 33

Systems perspective

Question 34

Systems perspective levels of adaptation are the ff:

Answer 34

``` Biological Cognitive Affective Interpersonal Occupational Familial ```

Question 35

It emphasizes multiple processes and levels of adaptation that need ti be studied longitudinally.

Answer 35

Systems perspective

Question 36

A condition is a disorder is relative to society & citizens w/in the society.

Answer 36

Pragmatic perspective

Question 37

Mental disorder is self-serving & relative to complaints of local patients and interests of local clinicians.

Answer 37

Limitation of pragmatic perspective

Question 38

Biological perspective emphasizes this model.

Answer 38

Absence-of-pathology perspective

Question 39

The standard or optimal pattern of neurochemical structure and function is ambiguous and arbitrary.

Answer 39

Absence-of-pathology perspective

Question 40

A biological etiology or pathology may not always be present.

Answer 40

Absence-of-pathology perspective

Question 41

Successful performance of mental functions results in:

Answer 41

Productive activities Fulfilling relationship w/ others Ability to adapt to changes Cope with adversities

Question 42

True or False: We value individuality in the Filipino culture.

Answer 42

TRUE

Question 43

True or false: Culture influences our concept of self.

Answer 43

TRUE

Question 44

True or False: Culture is the same all over the world.

Answer 44

FALSE

Question 45

Example of global culture.

Answer 45

Communications, internet

Question 46

What characteristic of culture changes in one aspect and will likely generate changes in other aspects?

Answer 46

Culture is integrated (system)

Question 47

Culture is adaptive and maladaptive. The adaptive strategy is employed by:

Answer 47

Hominids

Question 48

Culture is possibly maladaptive why?

Answer 48

Because it is man-made

Question 49

Culture strongly influences mental health how?

Answer 49

By affecting concept of normality and variables that affect psychological development.