Intro-Lecture 1

Question 1

T/F: Statistically unusual behavior is only considered to be negative

Answer 1

FALSE, also includes positive rare behaviors

Question 1

_______: behavior could be called “abnormal” if it is rare

Answer 1

statistically unusual behavior

Question 2

______ : behavior could be called “abnormal” if it goes against social norms

Answer 2

Socially Unacceptable Behavior

Question 3

T/F: socially unacceptable behavior differs among people of the same culture

Answer 3

True

Question 4

______: behavior could be called “abnormal” if it affects one’s ability to function

Answer 4

Dysfunctional Behavior

Question 5

______: behavior could be called “abnormal” if it causes someone to be distressed

Answer 5

Personally distressing behavior

Question 6

T/F: distress can be normal

Answer 6

True

Question 7

T/F: everyone who engages in abnormal behavior is distressed

Answer 7

false, NOT everyone

Question 8

What are the 4 Ds when defining normality and disease

Answer 8

deviance
distress
dysfunction
danger

Question 9

define dysfunction

Answer 9

behavior that interferes with DAILY function

Question 10

Which type of psychologist mainly focuses on research?

Answer 10

Ph.D.s

Question 11

Which type of psychologist is more clinically focused?

Answer 11

Psy.D.s

Question 12

_____ account for more disability in developed countries than any other group of illnesses

Answer 12

Mental Illnesses

Question 13

What is the DSM?

Answer 13

Manual used to determine a diagnosis and help communicate that diagnosis after it is made

Question 14

What are some benefits to using the DSM?

Answer 14

standardizes each disorder
guides therapy for diagnosis
allows of statistical analysis

Question 15

Why was the DSM updated in 2022? What new disorder was added?

Answer 15

Goals of better assessment of symptom severity and specific “treatment targets” for clinicians, as well as handling comorbidities

prolonged grief disorder

Question 16

What are some critics of the new DSM-V-TR?

Answer 16

-too subjective
-diagnoses being based too much around social norms and cultural biases
-Concern over initial nondisclosure agreement of authors of DSM-V and strong ties to the pharmaceutical industry

Question 17

Why is the diagnostic criteria in the DSM helpful?

Answer 17

Features sets of criteria for specific illnesses that help determine whether a patient has a fully developed disease or merely symptoms of that disease without meeting sufficient criteria for formal diagnosis.

Question 18

What is different about the psychiatric patient when compared to a non-psychiatric patient

Answer 18

-Psychiatric patient is basically all subjective information
-Little-no external validating criteria
-Lower diagnostic reliability

Question 19

What is caffeine classified as ?

Answer 19

substance

Question 20

What is different about the approach to a psych patient?

Answer 20

it dives much further into the record of the patient’s life.

goes WAY more in depth

Question 21

define insight-oriented interviewing

Answer 21

interviewing designed to learn about “what lies beneath” the objective data, which will allow you to get a feel for what types of mental disorders may be affecting the patient as well as clues to what treatments might be most effective