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PSY 657 - PSYCHOPATHOLOGY CURRENT EXAM WITH QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
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PSY 657 - PSYCHOPATHOLOGY CURRENT EXAM WITHQUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
abnormal psychology - ANSWER Field of psychology is concerned with the study,
assessment, treatment, and prevention of abnormal behavior.
family aggregation - ANSWER The clustering of certain traits, behaviors, or
disorders within a given family. Family aggregation may arise because of genetic
or environmental similarities.
nomenclature - ANSWER naming system, allows for both clinicians and
researchers to share a common language and shorthand terms for complex clinical
conditions.
stigma - ANSWER negative labeling
epidemiology - ANSWER study of the distribution of diseases, disorders, or
health-related behaviors in a given population. key within mental health is to
determine the frequency of the prevalence of the disorder - ANSWER # of active
cases in a population during any given time, usually expressed in %
point prevalence - ANSWER The number of cases of a specific condition or
disorder that can be found in a population at one given point in time.
1-year prevalence - ANSWER the total number of cases of a health-related state or
condition in a population for a given year
lifetime prevalence - ANSWER the proportion of living persons in a population
who have ever had a disorder up to the time of the epidemiological assessment
incidence - ANSWER The number or rate of new cases of a particular condition
during a specific time.
what is the percentage of lifetime prevalence of having any DSM5 disorder? -
ANSWER 46.4%
What are the most common individual disorders? - ANSWER MDD, alcohol abuse,
,specific phobias and social phobias
Comorbidity - ANSWER occurrence of two or more identified disorders in the
same psychologically disordered individual
Acute - ANSWER disorder of sudden onset with intense symptoms
chronic - ANSWER frequent disorder with progressing symptoms
etiology - ANSWER study of the cause of disease
case study - ANSWER An in-depth investigation of an individual subject or family
that involves data from interviews or psychological testing
observer bias - ANSWER tendency of observers to see what they expect to see
generalizability - ANSWER the extent to which the findings from a single study
can be used to conclude other samples
self-report data - ANSWER data collected directly from participants, typically
using interviews or questionnaires
direct observation - ANSWER method of collecting research data that involves
directly observing behavior in a given situation
Hypothesis - ANSWER statement or proposition that is tested in an experiment
sampling - ANSWER The process of selecting representative units from a total
population
external validity - ANSWER extent to which we can generalize findings to
real-world settings
internal validity - ANSWER extent to which we can draw cause-and-effect
inferences from a study and how confident we are in the findings
comparison group (control group) - ANSWER Group of subjects who do not
exhibit the disorder being studied but who are comparable in all other respects to
the criterion group. Also, a comparison group of subjects who do not receive a
condition or treatment the effects of which are being studied.
criterion group - ANSWER group of subjects who exhibit the disorder being
, studied
correlational research - ANSWER studying the world as it is and how variables go
together without manipulating any
positive correlation - ANSWER a relationship between two variables in which both
variables either increase or decrease together
negative correlation - ANSWER the relationship between two variables in which
one variable increases as the other variable decreases
correlation - ANSWER A measure of the relationship between two variables.
measured by the correlation coefficient (r)
statistical significance - ANSWER a measure of the probability that a given result
could have occurred by chance
effect size - ANSWER a statistical term referring to the strength of the relationship
between two variables in a statistical population
meta-analysis - ANSWER statistical method for combining and analyzing the
results from many studies to draw a general conclusion about relationships among
variables
third variable problem - ANSWER refers to the problem of making causal
inferences in correlational research, where the correlation between two variables
could be due to their shared correlation with an unmeasured third variable
retrospective research - an ANSWER research approach that attempts to retrace
earlier events in the life of a subject
prospective research - ANSWER method that often focuses on individuals who
have a higher-than-average likelihood of becoming psychologically disordered
before abnormal behavior is observed
longitudinal design - ANSWER research design in which one participant or group
of participants is studied over a long period
random assignment - ANSWER a procedure used to create equivalent groups in
which every research participant has an equal chance of being assigned to any
group in the study
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