(A) Culture & Psych- Allen

Question 1

Define culutre

Answer 1

A set of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features of society or a social group that encompasses art, literature, lifestyles, values traditions, and beliefs

Question 2

How would you describe a mental disorder?

Answer 2

HARMFUL DYSFUNCTION
 (harmful is based on social norms and dysfunction is scientific)

-failure of a person’s internal mechanisms to perform their functions as designed by nature and impinges harmfully on well-being defined by social values/meanings

Question 3

What order is disturbed when someone has a DISORDER?

Answer 3

BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL, neither one alone is sufficient to justify the label disorder

Question 4

Symptoms of Major depressive disorder

Answer 4

SIG E CAPS

Sleep disturbance
Interest loss
Guilt
Energy Loss
Concentration Problems
Appetite Changes
Psychomotor retardation or agitation
Suicidal ideations
Depressed mood

Question 5

How many of the 9 characteristics of depression does someone need to have?

Answer 5

5! for 2 OR MORE WEEKS!

Question 6

What is a Q-sort procedure?

Answer 6

Sort words associated with depression and anxiety into categories, allows to see person’s cognitive maps

Question 7

How does illness vary by culture?

Answer 7

Cultures possess different explanatory models for disease and illness - which organize beliefs about etiology, symptoms, etc