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PSY 657 MIDTERM PRACTICE EXAM
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PSY 657 MIDTERM PRACTICE EXAMMental Disorder - ANSWER a syndrome characterized by clinically significant
disturbance in an individual's cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior that
reflects a dysfunction in the psychological, biological, or developmental processes
underlying mental functioning
Psychopathology/Abnormal Psychology - ANSWER Study of the nature,
development, and treatment of psychological disorders
Comorbidity - ANSWER presence of two or more disorders in an individual at the
same time
acute - ANSWER New, usually of rapid onset and of concern, opposite of chronic
chronic - ANSWER Long-standing, constant. Opposite of acute
Mild, Moderate, Severe - ANSWER severity
Episodic - ANSWER happening in parts or segments
recurrent - ANSWER happening repeatedly
Epidemiology - ANSWER the study of the distribution of mental or physical
disorders in a population
Prevalence - ANSWER The number or proportion of cases of a particular disease
or condition present in a population at a given time.
lifetime prevalence - ANSWER The percentage of people in a certain population
who will have a given disorder at any point in their lives.
Incidence - ANSWER The number or rate of new cases of a particular condition
during a specific time.
correlational study - ANSWER A research strategy that allows the precise
calculation of how strongly related two factors are to each other.
experimental study - ANSWER A study in which the researcher manipulates one of
the variables and tries to determine how the manipulation influences other
, variables.
case study - ANSWER an observation technique in which one person is studied in
depth in the hope of revealing universal principles
analog - ANSWER we study not the true item of interest but an approximation of it
prospective - ANSWER Expected or likely to happen or become
retrospective - ANSWER Looking backward over some time
internal validity - ANSWER a study is methodologically sound, free of confounds
or other sources of error, and able to be used to draw valid conclusions.
external validity - ANSWER the extent to which the results of a study can be
generalized to other situations and to other people
Hippocrates - ANSWER "Founder of Medicine" During the Golden Age in Greece
he was a scientist who believed all diseases came from natural causes. He also had
high ideals for physicians & an oath was made that is still used today.
Plato - ANSWER Student of Socrates
Galen - ANSWER Greek surgeon of the Roman Empire, he described heart valves
and studied arteries and veins.
mass madness - ANSWER the widespread occurrence of group behavior disorders
that were apparently cases of hysteria
Exorcism - ANSWER the act of freeing someone from demonic possession
Witchcraft - ANSWER Many people (mostly women) were accused of this and
burned at the stake in medieval and early modern Europe.
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