Chapter 1,2,3 study guide

Question 1

How do we determine abnormal versus normal behavior? 

Answer 1

Deviance, dysfunction, dangerousness , distress

Question 2

The basic of bio-psycho-social approach

Answer 2

Biological =biological regions and causes
Psychological = combination of experience, thoughts, emotions, personality
Social cultural = social, and culture context, in which a person lives

Question 3

What’s a stigma?

Answer 3

It’s label that sets people apart

Question 4

What impact (if any) does stigma does to another person?

Answer 4

People get treated bad, discussed, no interaction with people with mental illness

Question 5

What is a spiritual disorder?

Answer 5

Disorder results of possession by evil, or demonic spirits

Question 6

What is a humanitarian disorder?

Answer 6

Disorder, results of cruelty, stressed, or poor living condition

Question 7

What is a scientific disorder?

Answer 7

Disorder results of causes we can objectively measure (biological alternatives, learning, emotional stressors)

Question 8

What is a descriptive research?

Answer 8

Neutralistic observation, survey, case studies

Question 9

What is a correlation research?

Answer 9

Analyze data, relationships between two variables

Question 10

What is an Experimental research?

Answer 10

Researcher manipulates, one or more variables (IV & DV, experimental, control, placebo group)

Question 11

What is a double blind procedure?

Answer 11

Both people are tested as administrator and “blind”condition ( use for clinical trials)

Question 12

What is a quasi experiment?

Answer 12

It’s an Experiment but not randomly assigned participants to condition

Question 13

What is a quasi-experiment do ?

Answer 13

Used to study things we cannot do true experiments on

Question 14

What is a single case study?

Answer 14

Experimental research design for one single individual

Question 15

What is a clinician?

Answer 15

Healthcare professionalproviding psychological services

Question 16

What is a client?

Answer 16

Person seeking psychological services

Question 17

What is a clinical psychologist ?

Answer 17

Diagnose and treat disorders through therapy (PHD & PSYD)

Question 18

What is a psychiatrist?

Answer 18

Can prescribe medication (MD)

Question 19

What is DSM-5?

Answer 19

Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders

Question 20

What is a DSM-5 use for

Answer 20

Used to diagnose patient before treating them

Question 21

A diagnosis CONSISTENTLY across individuals

Answer 21

Reliability

Question 22

Test, diagnosis, rating ACCURATELY, based on persons, psychological status

Answer 22

Validity

Question 23

What is a principal diagnosis?

Answer 23

Disorder that is considered to be the primary reason the individual seeks professional help

Question 24

What is a differential diagnosis?

Answer 24

The critical process of systematically ruling out alternatives diagnosis

Question 25

What is comorbid?

Answer 25

Multiple diagnostic conditions, stimulus within the same person

Question 26

What is case foundation

Answer 26

Condition is analyze of the factors that might have influence the clients current status

Question 27

What is the case foundation designed for?

Answer 27

Allows clinician to decide any treatment plans specific for the client

Question 28

What is an immediate goals?

Answer 28

Trading clients in a crisis to manage symptoms

Question 29

What is a short term goal?

Answer 29

Aimed at alternating symptoms by addressing problematic behavior, thinking or emotions

Question 30

What is a long-term goal?

Answer 30

More fundamental and deeply rooted alternations and clients personality, and relationships

Question 31

What is a treatment site ?

Answer 31

Psychiatric hospitals, specialized patients treatment centers

Question 32

What is a outpatient treatment?

Answer 32

Halfway houses, daytime treatment programs, and other

Question 33

What is a modality of treatment?

Answer 33

Form in which the clinician offers psychotherapy - individual psychotherapy, family therapy group therapy

Question 34

What is evidence based practice in psychological

Answer 34

Decisions that make use of the best available research evidence in clinical expertise

Question 35

Outcome of treatment

Answer 35

Treatment works. Client remains and therapy and it improves.

Question 36

What is a psychological assessment?

Answer 36

Range of measurements techniques which involves having people provides scoreable information about their psychological functioning

Question 37

What makes a good assessment

Answer 37

Provide reproducible and accurate results

Question 38

What is standardization?

Answer 38

Specific test, instructions for administration and scoring and score should have a clear meaning

Question 39

What are the different types of fallacy?

Answer 39

Sick sick fallacy Me too fallacy Barnum effect

Question 40

What is a clinical unstructured interview?

Answer 40

Open any question (fam history, personal life)

Question 41

What is a clinical structure interview

Answer 41

Standard questions with predetermined wording, and or order (help diagnose)

Question 42

What is a mental status examination?

Answer 42

Method of objectively, assessing a client behavior and functioning

Question 43

What is intelligence testing (IQ)?

Answer 43

Scores that allows evaluation of client, strength and weaknesses

Question 44

What are the types of personality testing

Answer 44

Self reports and projecting testing

Question 45

What is self-report testing?

Answer 45

Standard questions with fixed response categories that test takers completed on their own

Question 46

What is a projecting testing?

Answer 46

Testtakers has presented with ambiguous items task and is asked to provide the meaning of it

Question 47

What is a neuropsychological assessment?

Answer 47

Process of gathering information about a client brain function on biases performance and psychological test

Question 48

What is a neural imaging?

Answer 48

Provide pictures of the brain structure or level of activity

Question 49

How do clinicians put it all together?

Answer 49

Clinicians use results from assessments, personal experiences, diagnostic criteria, work with clients to come up with diagnostic