Clinical Psyc-Chapter 3 Definitions

Question 1

Categorical Approach to Classification

Answer 1

An entity is determined to be either a member of a category or not.

Question 2

Classification Utility

Answer 2

The usefulness of a classification scheme.

Question 3

Classification Validity

Answer 3

The extent to which the principles used in classifying an entity are effective in capturing the nature of the entity.

Question 4

Comorbidity

Answer 4

When a person receives diagnoses for two or more disorders at the same point in time.

Question 5

Developmental Psychopathology

Answer 5

A framework for understanding problem behavior in relation to the milestones that are specific to each stage of a person’s development.

Question 6

Diagnosis

Answer 6

The result of applying the decision-making rules of a diagnostic system to the symptoms of a specific individual.

Question 7

Diagnostic System

Answer 7

A classification based on rules used to organize and understand diseases and disorders.

Question 8

Dimensional Approach to classification

Answer 8

Classified entities differ in the extent to which they possess certain characteristics or properties.

Question 9

Dyscontrol

Answer 9

The impairment resulting form a disorder must be involuntary or not readily controlled.

Question 10

Harmful Dysfunction

Answer 10

The behaviors associated with a mental disorder are dysfunctional and the dysfunction causes harm to the individual or to those around him or her.

Question 11

Prototype Model

Answer 11

Members of a diagnostic category may differ in the degree to which they represent the concepts underlying the category.