Chapter 11

Question 1

mental disorder

Answer 1

any behavior or emotional state that causes an individual great suffering, does not go away after a reasonable length of time, is self-destructive, seriously impairs the person’s ability to work or get along with others, or causes the person to endanger others or the community.

Question 2

limitations and some problems that are built into the effort to classify and label mental disorders

Answer 2

1. the danger of overdiagnosis.
2. The power of diagnostic labels.
3. The confusion of serous mental disorders with normal problems.
4. The illusion of objectivity.

Question 3

project tests

Answer 3

psychological tests used to infer a person’s motives, conflicts and unconscious