CAUSES AND CRITERIA OF ABNORMALITY

Question 1

What are the three causes of abnormal behavior?

Answer 1

Biochemical imbalance, Genetic predisposition and Familial Transmission

Question 2

It is neurotransmitter dysregulation

Answer 2

Biochemical imbalance

Question 3

It is carried by genetic material

Answer 3

Genetic predisposition

Question 4

It is genetic transmission of disorder

Answer 4

Familial Transmission

Question 5

Explain the five criteria to identify abnormality

Answer 5

1. Violation of social norms - doesnt conform to standards
2. Statistical rarity - falls outside the normal probability curve
3. Personal distress - causes distress from self and others
4. Maladaptiveness of behavior - cant do the daily functioning
5. Danger - causes harm to self and others

Question 6

What are the four major categories of abnormal behavior?

Answer 6

POFN
Psychoses
Organic
Functional
Neuroses

Question 7

It is loss of reality with psychotic features

It has distortion of reality

Answer 7

Psychoses

Question 8

Structural damage to brain

Answer 8

Organic

Question 9

Unknown structural damage

Answer 9

Functional

Question 10

It is loss of reality

based on conflicts that cause anxiety

Answer 10

Neuroses

Question 11

What are the three factors of abnormality?

Answer 11

Predisposing, Precipitating and Perpertuating factors

Question 12

The effect is remote

Answer 12

Predisposing factor

Question 13

The effect is immediate

Answer 13

Precipitating factor

Question 14

Factors that make a person to be SUSCEPTIBLE or to develop a mental disorder

Answer 14

Predisposing factor

Question 15

Factors that TRIGGERS to develop manifestation of disorder

Answer 15

Precipitating factor

Question 16

Factors that MAINTAIN the disorder

Answer 16

Perpertuating factor

Question 17

A perspective that believes disorder have organic and physical cause.
The approachers are genetics, neurotransmitters, neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, biochemistry etc.

Answer 17

Biological Perspective

Question 18

It is the first neurotransmitter discovered

Involved in transmitting nerve impulses to the MUSCLES throughout the body

Answer 18

Acetylcholine

Question 19

TOO MUCH Acetylcholine

Answer 19

Depression

Question 20

LESS Acetylcholine in hippocampus

Answer 20

Dementia

Question 21

A neurotransmitter related to rewards and motivation, involved in movement, emotion, memory and thinking

Answer 21

Dopamine

Question 22

TOO MUCH Dopamine

Answer 22

Schizophrenia

Question 23

LOW LEVEL Dopamine

Answer 23

Depression and Parkinson’s disease

Question 24

A neurotransmitter that is inhibitory and reduces neuronal excitatory in the nervous system

Answer 24

GABA

Question 25

LOW LEVEL GABA

Answer 25

Anxiety/Anxiety Disorder

Question 26

A neurotransmitter that is for the fight and flight response

Answer 26

Norepinephrine

Question 27

LOW LEVEL Norepinephrine

Answer 27

Depression

Question 28

TOO MUCH Norepinephrine

Answer 28

Schizophrenia

Question 29

A neurotransmitter that is to balance excessive excitatory

Answer 29

Serotonin

Question 30

LOW LEVEL Serotonin

Answer 30

Depression, OCD

Question 31

A neurotransmitter that is opiate receptors in the brain | It has potent painkilling effects

Answer 31

Enkaplin

Question 32

These are the basic physical and functional units in heredity that made up of DNA and located in chromosomes

Answer 32

Genes

Question 33

genetic code in cell

Answer 33

Genotype

Question 34

How many % of risk na pwedeng magkaroon ang isang taong may first degree relative na may schizophrenia?

Answer 34

10%

Question 35

How many % of risk na pwedeng magkaroon ang isang identical twin na may schizophrenia?

Answer 35

40 - 50%

Question 36

What type of gene is cause of Alzheimer's Disease ?

Answer 36

Apoliprotein E or (apoE4) on Chromosomes 19

Question 37

A neurological disease that kills the cells in caudate nucleus that control cognitive functions

Answer 37

Hungtinton's disease

Question 38

What chromosome is related to Hungtinton's disease?

Answer 38

Chromose 4

Question 39

It refers to individyual differences in reactivity and self-regulation that manifest in the domains of emotion activity and attention

Answer 39

Temparaments

Question 40

It is the brain's ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connection throughout life. It allow us to adapt in the new environment

Answer 40

Neural Plasticity

Question 41

How many percent loss of gray matter affects to have schizophrenia?

Answer 41

25%

Question 42

I has a neural tissue especially of the brain and spinal cord that contains nerve-cell bodies as well as nerve fibers

Answer 42

Gray matter

Question 43

What are the two brain dysfunction causes of schizophrenia?

Answer 43

Gray matter and enlarge ventricles

Question 44

What is the difference between noraml and abnormal behavior in psychoanalytic perspective

Answer 44

Ego strength