PSYCH 439 Exam 1 Guide with Questions and Answers
psychological disorder ANSWER pattern of abnormal behavior that involves a disturbance of psychological function or behavior.
Criteria to determine if behavior is abnormal ANSWER Unusualness.
social deviance.
Faulty perception or interpretat...
PSYCH 439 Exam 1 Guide with Questions
and Answers
psychological disorder ANSWER pattern of abnormal behavior that involves a disturbance of
psychological function or behavior.
Criteria to determine if behavior is abnormal ANSWER Unusualness.
social deviance.
Faulty perception or interpretations of reality.
significant personal distress.
Maladaptive or self-defeating behavior.
dangerousness.
Mental disorder ANSWER behavioral or psychological symptom or pattern that's associated
with significant amounts of distress. Impaired function in social or professional lives
Risk factors of a mental disorder ANSWER biological, psychological, and sociocultural
comorbidity ANSWER more than one psychological disorder at the same time
Pussin and Pimel ANSWER reformers of the treatment of the mentally ill. a. people who
behave abnormally should be treated humanely and with concern - moral therapy.
Deinstitutionalization ANSWER mental hospital population across the US decreased from
about 600,000 in the 1950s to about 40,000 today
, Production of phenothiazines ANSWER help people with mental illness function more
normally in society
Wilhelm Griesinger ANSWER abnormal behavior is rooted in diseases of the brain.
Influenced Kraepelin
Emil Kraepelin ANSWER a. linked mental disorders to physical diseases.
Identified two main groups of mental disorders, dementia praycocks (schizophrenia) and
manic depressive (bipolar)
Major contribution- classification system DSM
sociocultural model ANSWER a. Causes are from the failures of society - unemployment,
lack of opportunity.
a. Simply being labeled mentally ill - denies a person the right to a normal life
biopsychosocial model ANSWER a. Integrative model - combines all three models -
biological, psychological and sociocultural models
internal validity ANSWER independent variable can be causally related to changes in the
dependent variables
external validity ANSWER results can be generalized to other settings and conditions.
construct validity ANSWER treatment effects can be accounted for by the theory represented
in the independent variable
biological perspective on abnormal behavior ANSWER based on the brain and how it
changes during mental illness. gives rise to the development of the medical model.
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