Chapter 15

Question 1

Mental Disorder

Answer 1

Persistent disturbance in behaviour, thought or emotion that causes significant distress

Question 2

Abnormal psychological experiences conceptualized as illness that are affected by :
Biological and environmental causes,defined symptoms and possible cures

Answer 2

Medical Model

Question 3

Objectively observed indicators of a disorder

Answer 3

Signs

Question 4

Symptoms

Answer 4

Subjectively reported behaviours, thoughts and emotions

Question 5

DSM

Answer 5

Classification system that describes the features used to diagnosed each recognized mental disorder

Question 6

DSM III and DSM IV

Answer 6

Moved from vague disorder descriptions to a detailed lsit of over 200 disorders

Question 7

Individual having more than one mental disorder

Answer 7

Comorbidity

Question 8

Explains mental disorders as a result of interactions among biological and psychological

Answer 8

Biopsychosocial Perspective Model

Question 9

Medical Model of Mental Disorder

Answer 9

Suggests knowing a persons diagnosis is useful because any given category of mental illness is likely to have a specific cause

Question 10

Diathesis- Stress model

Answer 10

Suggests a person may be pre-disposed for a mental disorder that remains unexpressed until triggered by stress

Question 11

Research Domain Criteria Project

Answer 11

New initiative that aims to guide the classification and understanding of mental disorders by revealing the basic processes that give rise to them

Question 12

The WHO (World Mental Health) Surveys…

Answer 12

Assess the presence of mental disorders in nearly two dozen countries worldwide

Question 13

Researchers study causes of abnormal functioning on:

Answer 13

biological, psychological and social processes

Question 14

Biological Factors include

Answer 14

genes,cells, brain circuits

Question 15

Psychological processes include

Answer 15

learning, attention and memory

Question 16

_____ likely attached to labelling people with psychological disorders

Answer 16

Stigmas

Question 17

Roughly ___% of people suffering with psychological disorders do not seek treatment

Answer 17

60

Question 18

Class of mental disoder where anxiety is the predominant feature

Answer 18

Anxiety Disorder

Question 19

The DSM 5 recognizes the following as an anxiety disorder:

Answer 19

phobic, panic, and generalized anxiety disorder

Question 20

Phobic Disorders

Answer 20

Characterized by persistent, and excessive fear of specific objects, activities or situations

Question 21

Disorder that involves an irrational fear of a particular object or situation that interferes with an individuals ability to function (ex, phobia of needles)

Answer 21

Specific Phobia

Question 22

Disorder that involves an irrational fear of being publicly humiliated or embarrased

Answer 22

Social Phobia

Question 23

Agoraphobia

Answer 23

Fear of leaving their house, not being able to escape

Question 24

Idea that people are predisposed towards certain fears and who was this predisposed by?

Answer 24

Prepardness Theory: Martin Seligman

Question 25

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Answer 25

Disorder where repetitive, intrusive obsessive thoughts interfere with an individuals functioning, moderate heritability

Question 26

Disorder characterized by :chronic physiological arousal, recurrent unwanted thoughts or images of the trauma

Answer 26

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Question 27

Around 1 in ___ Canadian Soldiers returning from Afghanistan will have__

Answer 27

20; PTSD

Question 28

Brain Imaging Techniques

Answer 28

Identify hightened amygdala activity and smaller hippocampus