Psychological Disorders

Question 1

deviance

Answer 1

labels both extremes of behaviours that fall outside of what is typical behaviour of others

Question 2

distress

Answer 2

intense negative feelings due to their actions

Question 3

dysfunction

Answer 3

bahviours that interferes with persons daily life functions

Question 4

dangerous

Answer 4

danger to oneself or others

Question 5

DSM

Answer 5

categorizes and describes mental illnesses

Question 6

categorical model

Answer 6

one or the other

Question 7

dimensional model

Answer 7

spectrum

Question 8

high degree of comorbidity

Answer 8

may be evidence that this is an ineffective classification model

Question 9

prognosis

Answer 9

probable course of an illness

Question 10

acute

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short term

Question 11

chromic

Answer 11

long lasting

Question 12

episodic

Answer 12

comes and goes

Question 13

point prevelance

Answer 13

measuring at a particular instance in time who has disorder

Question 14

annual prevalance

Answer 14

anyoe who has had/has the disorder im the past year

Question 15

lifetime prevalence

Answer 15

anyone who has/had disroder in their lifetme

Question 16

depression

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intense recurrent episodes of sadness

Question 17

generalized anxiety disorder

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constant severe anxiety

Question 18

schizophrenia

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disorganozed thoughts and bahviours

Question 19

schizophrenia positive symptoms

Answer 19

• hallucinations
• delusions
• disorginized thinking
• disorganized motor beaviour

Question 20

schizophrenia negative symptoms

Answer 20

• flat effect (little emotional response)
• innapropriate reactions
• avolation (decreased otivation)
• alogia (decreased speech)

Question 21

etiology

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causes of disorder

Question 22

biological model

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genetics may play a role and predispose someone to a disorder
an imbalance of neurotransimitters in brain

Question 23

enviromental model

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where we live
what we eat
who we socialize with
people with predisposed schizophrenia only experience symtoms if triggered by enviromental stress

Question 24

behavioural model

Answer 24

focus on our reactions to external factors
conditioned!!!
can you really learn hallucinations though?

Question 25

cognitive model

Answer 25

maladaptive interpretations of our enviroment

under stress people adopt negative interpretations

Question 26

synesthesia

Answer 26

see colours in music

Question 27

illness anxiety disorder

Answer 27

persistent fear of having an illness despite doctors evaluations