Module 5.3

Question 1

psychological disorders

Answer 1

a disturbance in people’s thoughts, emotions, or behaviors that causes distress or suffering and impairs their daily lives

Question 2

factors to identify psychological disorders

Answer 2

levels of dysfunction, perception of distress, and deviation from the social norm are all factors used to identify psychological disorders

Question 3

postives of classifying psychological disorders

Answer 3

creates order and describes symptoms;
aims to predict a disorder’s future course;
suggests appropriate treatment; prompt research into its causes; help mental health professionals communicate about their cases and study the causes and treatments of disorders

Question 4

negatives of classifying psychological disorders

Answer 4

casts too wide a net and bringing “almost any kind of behavior within the compass of psychiatry”; pathologizing of everyday behavior; diagnostic labels can be subjective

Question 5

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)

Answer 5

the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders

Question 6

International Classification of Mental Disorders (ICD)

Answer 6

global categorization system for physical and mental illnesses published by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Question 7

eclectic approach

Answer 7

an approach to psychotherapy that uses techniques from various forms of therapy

Question 8

psychodynamic perspective on psychological disorders

Answer 8

unresolved childhood conflicts and unconscious thoughts

Question 9

humanistic perspective on psychological disorders

Answer 9

lack of social support and the inability fo fulfull one’s potential

Question 10

behavioral perspective on psychological disorders

Answer 10

maladaptive learned associations

Question 11

cognitive perspective on psychological disorders

Answer 11

maladaptive thoughts, beliefs, attitudes, or emotions

Question 12

biological perspective on psychological disorders

Answer 12

genetic or psychological predispositions

Question 13

evolutionary perspective on psychological disorders

Answer 13

maladaptive forms of behaviors that enabled human survival

Question 14

sociocultural perspective on psychological disorders

Answer 14

problematic social and cultural contexts

Question 15

biopsychosocial model

Answer 15

an integrated approach that studies how biological, psychological, and social-cultural factors interact to produce specific psychological disorders

Question 16

diathesis-stress model

Answer 16

the concept that genetic predispositions (diathesis) combine with environmental stressors (stress) to influence psychological disorders