Chapter 1

Question 1

DSM V

• major classification of psychological disorders
• Helps therapists make an accurate diagnosis
• Does not contain info on how to treat the disorder
• contains a 5 axis system for making a correct diagnosis

Answer 1

Diagnostic and statistical manual 5th edition

Question 2

What is the difference between psychologists and psychiatrists?

Answer 2

Psychiatrists go to med school and can prescribe medicine

Question 3

Axis 1

Answer 3

Primary psychological disorder

Question 4

Axis 2

Answer 4

Personality disorders or mental retardation (childhood birth disorder)

Question 5

Axis 3

Answer 5

Physical disorders

Question 6

Axis 4

Answer 6

Intensity of physcosocial and environmental problems

Question 7

Axis 5

Answer 7

Global assessment of level of functioning

Question 8

Ex. of an anxiety disorder

Answer 8

PTSD

Question 9

Neuroscience
Nervous system- central nervous system. Brain and spinal cord
Structure, function, development, genetics, biochemistry, and medication

Answer 9

Biological approach

Question 10

Environmental determinants of observable behavior/actions
Reject explanations referencing thought
Emphasis on learning, reinforcement, rewards
Ivan Pavlov and bf skinner

Answer 10

Behavioral approach

Question 11

Sigmund freud
Psychoanalysis 
Unconscious Thought
Conflict between biological drives and demands of society
Early childhood family experiences
Emphasis on dreams
Use of projective tests: Rorschach ink blots
Thematic appreciation test (tat)

Answer 11

Psychodynamic approach

Question 12

Positive human qualities/potential 
Free will to make choices
Goal oriented 
Carl Rogers, Abraham Maslow
Emphasis on self actualization (live up to your full potential)

Answer 12

Humanistic approach

Question 13

Mental processes involved in knowing, thinking
Optimistic vs pessimistic
Memory, problem solving
Info processing- how humans interpret incoming info, weigh it, store it, and apply it

Answer 13

Cognitive approach

Question 14

Explanations of human behavior
-adaption, reproduction, natural selection all based on work of Charles Darwin
David buss, jane Goodall

Answer 14

Evolutionary approach

Question 15

Study of social and cultural environments
Differences between ethnic and cultural groups, within and across countries, and individualist culture vs collectivist culture

Answer 15

Sociocultural approach

Question 16

Nature vs nurture

Answer 16

Nature- genetics, heredity, twin studies, what you were born with, biological

Nurture- your environment, life experiences, your surroundings as you grow up

Question 17

History of psychology - roots in Ancient Greek philosophers

Answer 17

Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle

Question 18

Rene Descartes

Answer 18

“Interactive dualism”- belief that the mind and body are separate but interact to produce conscious experiences

Question 19

An in depth look at a single individual

One method of collecting data

Answer 19

Case study