Personality Part 2

Question 1

Cultural bases of abnormal behavior

Answer 1

•Important to consider cultural context
•judgments of what is abnormal behavior can change over time

Question 2

Model of abnormal behavior

Answer 2

-Early beliefs
-Medical model
-Psychological models
-Sociocultural model
-Biopsychosocial model

Question 3

CDC meaning

Answer 3

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Question 4

CDC study in March 2021…

Answer 4

Found 41.5 percent of Americans under 30 are experiencing anxiety and depressive disorder symptoms.

Question 5

Most common disorders:

Answer 5

1. Anxiety disorders
2. Depression

Question 6

Diagnosis criteria for panic attack

Answer 6

Period of intense fear or discomfort that develops abruptly and reaches a peak within ten minutes.

Question 7

Symptoms of panic attack

Answer 7

To be consider a panic attack it might present 4 or more of the following symptoms:
-Palpitations
-Sweating
-Trembling or shaking
- Sensation of shortness of breath
- Feeling of choking
- Chest pain or discomfort
- Nausea or abdominal distress
- Feeling dizzy
- Derealization
- Fear of loosing control
- Fear of dying
- Numbness
- Chills or hot flushes

Question 8

PANIC DISORDERS DEFINITION

Answer 8

A panic disorder is characterized by recurrent attacks of overwhelming anxiety that usually occur suddenly and unexpectedly. After a number of panic attacks, the. Concerns about panicking in public may escalate to the point where you become afraid to leave home

Question 9

Generalized anxiety disorder(GAD(

Answer 9

-Chronic,high level of anxiety
- Free-floating anxiety
- Shakiness
- unable to relax
- fidgeting
- feeling of dread and foreboding

Question 10

OBSESSIVE- COMPULSIVE DISORDERS

Answer 10

Obsessive compulsive disorders is marked by persistent, uncontrollable intrusions of unwanted thoughts, which are called obsessions.