Ch. 1: Intro

Question 1

Psychopathology

Answer 1

field concerned with the nature, development, and treatment of mental disorders

Question 2

Stigma

Answer 2

destructive beliefs and attitudes held by a society, ascribed to outgroups

Question 3

Mental Disorder

Answer 3

disorder occurs within the individual, causes personal distress or disability, not a culturally specific reaction to an event, and not primarily a result of social deviance or conflict with society

Question 4

Harmful Dysfunction

Answer 4

alternate definition of mental disorders; internal mechanism is unable not perform its natural function (the one it evolved to perform)