ADULT PSYCHOPATHOLOGY MIDTERM
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2024/2025.
Cultural idiom - ANSWER -A behavior or linguistic term, phrase, or
way of talking about symptoms, problems, or suffering among
individuals with similar cultural backgrounds to express or
communicate essential features of distress (e.g., stating, "I feel so
depressed" to express low mood or discouragement that does not
meet the threshold for major depressive disorder
Cultural explanation - ANSWER -A label, attribution, or feature of an
explanatory model that provides a culturally coherent concept of
etiology or cause for symptoms, illness, or distress (e.g., the
attribution of psychopathology to "stress," spirits, or failure to follow
culturally prescribed practices).
Cultural syndrome - ANSWER -A cluster or group of co-occurring,
distinctive symptoms found in specific cultural groups, communities,
or contexts (e.g., ataque de nervios [attack of nerves]). The syndrome
may or may not be recognized as an illness in the local cultural
,context (i.e., it might be labeled in nonmedical ways), but such
cultural patterns of distress and features of illness may nevertheless
be recognizable by an outside observer.
Central Nervous System - ANSWER -Brain and spinal cord
Peripheral nervous system - ANSWER -Nerves that originate in the
spinal cord and connect the spinal cord to the organ of the body.
Autonomic nervous system (Function) - ANSWER -Regulates
involuntary body functions such as heartbeat, blood flow, breathing,
and digestion.
How is the autonomic nervous system divided? - ANSWER
sympathetic (SNS) and parasympathetic (PNS)
Sympathetic Nervous system - ANSWER -Fight, flight, freeze.
Situations that require alertness and energy.
Parasympathetic nervous system - ANSWER -Rest and Digest.
,Conserves and restores. This can be used for calming purposes.
Regarding the PNS and SNS, do they work together? - ANSWER -Yes.
The PNS and SNS work together to respond to the body's needs.
What are all of the brain lobes? - ANSWER -Frontal, temporal, parietal,
occipital, cerebellum
Cerebellum - ANSWER -Controls your movement. Motor skills.
Frontal Lobe - ANSWER -Decision making, correctionaltiy,
personality. This is the last lobe that fully develops.
Parietal lobe - ANSWER -Touch and taste
Occipital Lobe - ANSWER -Vision and depth perception
Temporal Lobe - ANSWER -Hearing and memory processing
, What is the Soma? - ANSWER -The soma is the cell body of a neuron
that contains the nucleus which is the genetic material of the cell. what
are dendrites? - ANSWER -Short fibers that extend from the soma
which recieve input
Axon - ANSWER -Nerve fiber that extends from the soma. The long
part. It transmits signals through electrochemical process to other
neurons, muscles, or glands.
What are the primary neurotransmitters? - ANSWER -Serotonin,
Dopamine, and Norepinephrine.
What does serotonin do? - ANSWER -It is the feel good chemical.
Serotonin helps regulate mood and social behavior, appetite,
digestion, and sleep, memory, and sexual desire and function.
Serotonin is also connected to depression medication.
What does Norepinephrine do? - ANSWER -It is the stress hormone.
