Psychological Disorders

Question 1

What are the 6 major categories of psychological disorders?

Answer 1

Anxiety Disorder
Mood Disorder
Schizophrenia 
Substance-Related Disorders
Dissociative Disorders
Personality Disorders

Question 2

List the 4 criteria for identifying abnormal behavior:

Answer 2

Statistical Infrequency
Disability
Dysfunction
Personal Distress
Violation of norms

Question 3

Symptoms of Depression:

Answer 3

Frequent and Intense sad affects
Decreased enjoyment
Anxiety 
Difficulty Concentrating 
Lack of energy

Question 4

7 Psychological Perspectives of Abnormal Behavior:

Answer 4

Sociocultural (problems reflect cultural values & beliefs)
Behavioral (Inappropriate conditioning and modeling)
Evolutionary (exaggerated form of adaptive reaction)
Humanistic (block personal growth)
Cognitive (faulty thinking)
Biological (problems with brain function, genetics, predisposition, biochemistry)
Psychoanalysis/Psychodynamic (unconscious unresolved conflict)

Question 5

Abnormal Behavior

Answer 5

Patterns of emotion, thought, and action considered
pathological (diseased or disordered) for one or more of four reasons: statistical infrequency, disability or dysfunction, personal distress, or violation of norms

Question 6

Psychosis

Answer 6

Serious mental disorders characterized by extreme mental disruption and defective or lost contact with reality

Question 7

Insanity

Answer 7

A legal term is applied when people cannot be held responsible for their actions, or are judged incompetent to manage their own affairs, because of mental illness.