Chapter 1

Question 1

Three criteria for psychopathology

Answer 1

1. Distress/Impairment
2. Deviance (away from norm)
3. Dysfunction

Question 2

Explain the difference between incidence and prevalence

Answer 2

Incidence = How many new cases in a given time period. Prevalence = how many total in a population

Question 3

The course of disorders can be (3)

Answer 3

Chronic, Episodic, Time-Limited

Question 4

Onset of pathology can be (2)

Answer 4

Acute or insidious

Question 5

Prognosis is……

Answer 5

The expected/likely course

Question 6

What are the three older views on causes of pathology?

Answer 6

Supernatural, Biological, Psychological

Question 7

What’s stimulus generalising?

Answer 7

When you generalise it to others. Eg a dog breed > All dog breeds

Question 8

What is a neurotransmitter

Answer 8

A chemical messenger that carries signals between cells/neurons.

Question 9

The nervous system branches into….

Answer 9

The central nervous system (Brain + Spinal Cord)

The peripheral nervous system
(The further branches)

Question 10

What does the peripheral nervous system branch to

Answer 10

The autonomic and somatic nervous system

Question 11

The SNS and PSNS fall under which branch?

Answer 11

Autonomic nervous system

Question 12

If the prognosis is not good, what is it referred to in a clinical description?

Answer 12

Guarded