PSY30010 Abnormal Psychology Week 1 UPDATED Questions and CORRECT Answers
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PSY30010 Abnormal Psychology Week 1
UPDATED Questions and CORRECT
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abnormality - CORRECT ANSWER- There is still no universal agreement about what is
meant by abnormality or disorder
Indicators of Abnormality - CORRECT ANSWER- subjective distress, maladaptiveness,
statistical devian...
PSY30010 Abnormal Psychology Week 1
UPDATED Questions and CORRECT
Answers
abnormality - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔There is still no universal agreement about what is
meant by abnormality or disorder
Indicators of Abnormality - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔subjective distress, maladaptiveness,
statistical deviancy,
violation of the standards of society,
social discomfort,
irrationality and unpredictability, dangerousness
Indicator of abnormality: Subjective distress - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔If people suffer or
experience psychological pain, we are inclined to consider this as indicative of abnormality.
People with depression clearly report being distressed, as do people with anxiety disorders.
Indicator of abnormality: Maladaptiveness. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Maladaptive
behaviour interferes with our well-being and with our ability to enjoy our work and our
relationships
Indicator of abnormality: Statistical Deviancy. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔This tells us that
in defining abnormality we make value judgments. If something is statistically rare and
undesirable (as is severely diminished intellectual functioning), we are more likely to
consider it abnormal than something that is statistically rare and highly desirable (such as
genius) or something that is undesirable but statistically common (such as rudeness).
Indicator of abnormality: Violation of the standards of society. - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔When people fail to follow the conventional social and moral rules of their cultural
group, we may consider their behaviour as abnormal.
Indicator of abnormality: Social discomfort. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Not all rules are
explicit. And not all rules bother us when they are violated. Nonetheless, when someone
, violates an implicit or unwritten social rule, those around him or her may experience a sense
of discomfort or unease.
Indicator of abnormality: Irrationality and unpredictability. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔We
expect people to behave in certain ways. Although a little unconventionality may add some
spice to life, there is a point at which we are likely to consider a given unorthodox behaviour
abnormal.
Indicator of abnormality: Dangerousness. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔It seems quite
reasonable to think that someone who is a danger to him- or herself or to another person must
be psychologically abnormal.
DSM-5 - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition; a widely used system for classifying
psychological disorders.
nomenclature - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A system of naming, especially in the arts or
sciences
DSM-5 definition of mental disorder - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔a syndrome that is present
in an individual and that involves clinically significant disturbance in behavior, emotion
regulation, or cognitive functioning
advantages of classification - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔provide naming system and
common language.
Structure information in a helpful manner.
Classification facilitates research.
Helps delineates which types of psychological difficulties warrant insurance etc.
Disadvantages of classification - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔- Loss of information regarding
individual
- Stigma associated with diagnosis
- Stereotypes based on diagnosis
- Labeling can impact self-concept
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