Unit 5: Psychological Disorders

Question 1

Proposes it is useful to think of abnormal behavior as a disease.

Answer 1

Medical Model

Question 2

The reference guide used by clinicians to classify psychological disorders.

Answer 2

DSM 5 (Diagnostic & Statistic Manual- Fifth Edition)

Question 3

(1973) two-part study completed by David Rosenhan.
Pt. 1) : Pseudo patients were admitted to twelve mental hospitals in 5 different states.
Pt. 2) : Psychiatric hospital staff were asked to detect the non-existent “fake” patients. The staff falsely identified large numbers of hospital patients as imposters.

Answer 3

The Rosenhan Study

Question 4

Disorders that focus on fear & worry.

Answer 4

Anxiety Disorders

Question 5

Anxious about something specific.
Ex: snakes, spiders, heights (pinpointed fear).

Answer 5

Phobia Anxiety

Question 6

Feelings of dread/ doom and physical stress lasting at least 6 months.
Ex: worry about things most people wouldn’t worry about.

Answer 6

Generalized Anxiety

Question 7

Frequent, disruptive panic attacks.

Answer 7

Panic Disorder

Question 8

Sudden intense panic; multiple physical and emotional symptoms.

Answer 8

Panic Attack

Question 9

Obsessions and compulsions:
- Features a pattern of unwanted thoughts and fears (obsession)
- Lead you to do repetitive behaviors. (compulsions)
Ex: Checking and rechecking

Answer 9

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Question 10

Symptoms include persistent ASD (Acute Stress Disorder) lasting longer than a month or can emerge as late as 6 months post trauma.

Answer 10

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Question 11

Identifications of all of the factors that possibly contribute to an illness.
- Etiology is complex bc people are complex
- Composing of factors to why someone struggles with certain disorder NOT a cause.

Answer 11

Etiology

Question 12

Disorders in which mood is severely disturbed.
Ex: depression, bipolar, manic episodes, schizophrenia.

Answer 12

Mood Disorders

Question 13

Severe depression, sudden, no apparent external cause.
- Most common of diagnosed disorders of mood.
- 1.5 to 3 times more likely in women than in men.

Answer 13

Major Depressive Disorder

Question 14

Psychological disorder marked by the experience of both depressed and manic episodes or periods.

Answer 14

Bipolar Disorder

Question 15

Significant shift between extreme highs 7 lows in a person’s mental and emotional state.

Answer 15

Manic Episode

Question 16

People have difficulties determining the difference between reality and delusions.

Answer 16

Schizophrenia

Question 17

False beliefs that are not based on reality.

Answer 17

Delusions

Question 18

False sensory perceptions.

Answer 18

Hallucinations

Question 19

(Too much)/ over the top symptoms. Delusions and Hallucinations.

Answer 19

Positive Symptoms

Question 20

(Less than)/ absence of poor attentions, flat affect: lack of emotion, poor speech production.

Answer 20

Negative Symptoms

Question 21

Extreme emaciation; fear of gaining weight.

Answer 21

Anorexia Nervosa

Question 22

Effort to binge eat, followed by methods to avoid weight gain.
Ex: Self-induced vomiting

Answer 22

Bulimia Nervosa

Question 23

Attribution Style Theory:

Question 24

4 Criteria to determine whether a subject is Abnormal or Normal: