Unit 15

Question 1

2152

Answer 1

15.1

Question 2

Etiology

Answer 2

origins or causes or symptoms

Question 3

Mental disorder defense

Answer 3

bad boy in such an extreme state while doing crime that he do not know that they crime

Question 4

What are the pros and cons of DSM-5

Answer 4

Pros: ensures that all psychologists use the same criteria
Cons: psychologists need to decide if symptom is severe enough to warrant treatment

the # of symptoms needed to diagnose seem arbitrary

Question 5

Antisocial personality disorder (APD)

Answer 5

individuals who have a profound lack of empathy or emotional connection with others, a disregard for others’ rights

Question 6

Borderline personality disorder (BPD)

Answer 6

characterized by intense extremes between positive and negative emotions, an unstable sense of self, impulsivity, and difficult social relationships

Question 7

Dissociative disorder

Answer 7

a category of mental disorders characterized by a split between conscious awareness from feeling, cognition, memory, and identity

Question 8

Dissociative identity disorder (DID)

- multiple personality disorder

Answer 8

, in which a person experiences a split in identity such that they feel different aspects of themselves as though they were separated from each other

Question 9

Histrionic personality disorder (HPD)

Answer 9

characterized by excessive attention seeking and dramatic behaviour