PSYC

Question 1

concerned with the specific factors that are regularly and perhaps uniquely associated with a particular disorder

Answer 1

etiological validity

Question 2

concerned with the accuracy of predicting future treatment and treatment outcomes

Answer 2

predictive validity

Question 3

the degree to which two measures of constructs that theoretically should be related, are in fact related.

Answer 3

convergent validity

Question 4

Something that has been shown to prospectively predict a psychopathological outcome

Answer 4

risk factors

Question 5

Something that predicts the continuation of symptoms over time among those who are symptomatic

Answer 5

maintenance factors

Question 6

Something that reduces the effects of a risk factor

Answer 6

protective factors

Question 7

SAME event/factor can lead to DIFFERENT outcomes/disorders

Answer 7

multi finality

Question 8

: DIFFERENT event/factors can lead to SAME outcome/disorder

Answer 8

equifinality

Question 9

existing vulnerability that precedes stressor

Answer 9

diathesis

Question 10

any event that triggers the onset of disturbance

Answer 10

stress

Question 11

Total number of active cases (old and new) present in the population at a given time

Answer 11

prevalence

Question 12

Total number of people in a given population who have been affected by the disorder at some point in their lives

Answer 12

lifetime prevalence

Question 13

The number of new cases of a disorder that occur in a population within a specific time period

Answer 13

incidence

Question 14

Study of the frequency and
distribution of disorders
within a population

Answer 14

epidemiology

Question 15

Manifestation of more than one disorder (at same time)

Answer 15

comorbidity

Question 16

shared values, beliefs, and practices of a group of people

Answer 16

culture

Question 17

a group of signs and symptoms that tend to co-occur and are assumed to have a common etiology or cause

Answer 17

syndrome

Question 18

thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that indicate a mental disorder

Answer 18

symptoms

Question 19

Behaviors and feelings that are of potential harm

Answer 19

dangerousness

Question 20

Leads to judgments of abnormality

Answer 20

deviance

Question 21

Causes emotional or physical pain

Answer 21

distress

Question 22

Interferes with a person’s ability to function in daily life

Answer 22

dysfunction