PSYC 1101 Psychological Disorders Review Questions and Correct Answers
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PSYC 1101
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PSYC 1101
PsychopathologyScientific study of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders.
What helps diagnose a mental illness?1.) Statistical Abnormality (Extremities on bell curve) 2.) Social Nonconformity (following social norms -- ex: hold door open, raising hand, etc.) Going out of your way to not conf...
PSYC 1101 Psychological Disorders Review Questions and Correct Answers Psychopathology ✅Scientific study of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. What helps diagnose a mental illness? ✅1.) Statistical Abnormality (Extremities on bell curve) 2.) Social Nonconformity (following social norms -- ex: hold door open, raising hand, etc.) Going out of your way to not conform means you could be statistically abnormal. 3.) Situational Context (EX: watering lawn in the rain) -- situational actions must be appropriate. 4.) Cultural Relativity: we shouldn't be ethniocentric: don't focus on your own ethnicity as means of judging someone else's culturally sound actions. Maladaptive Behavior ✅Causes psychological discomfort and disability. We all have anxiety/depression, but when it affects your everyday life, the behavior is maladaptive. Insanity✅Legal term (not psychological) -- you didn't have enough cognitive reasoning in your mind and you didn't know that what you were doing was wrong. Expert Witnesses in Court ✅Psychologists and psychiatrists - recognized by law as being qualified to give their opinions on a specific topic. DSM -5✅Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (2013) -- current edition It is constantly being updated -- EX: transgender and homosexuality are no longer listed as mental disorders in the text. Gender Dysphoria ✅If you're transgender and you're unhappy that your sex and gender have misaligned. But, this could be due to social pressure, meaning that it doesn't have to be a mental disorder. Comorbidity ✅Suffering from more than 1 mental disorder at the same time. Caution with labeling mental disorders ✅Label the problem; not the person! Instead of saying "a schizophrenic", say "a person with schizophrenia". Neurocognitive Disorders ✅Adult mental disorders - mental deterioration from dementia onwards. Such as Alzheimer's and Schizophrenia. Psychosis ✅Loss of contact with shared views of reality -- perception differences.
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