chapter 12: psychological disorders

Question 1

a way to diagnose a disorder is.. society this means

Answer 1

behavior out of the norm

Question 2

a way to diagnose a disorder is.. individuals meaning …

Answer 2

weather behavior fosters a sense of unhappiness and a lack of wellbeing

Question 3

mental health professionals use …

Answer 3

criteria to asses abnormality

Question 4

model of abnormal behavior: biological model meaning ..

Answer 4

rise of neuron techniques example being research in brain involved in specific disorders like schizophrenia

Question 5

model of abnormal behavior: psychoanalytic model means..

Answer 5

Freud in the late 1900’s viewed that psychological disorder results from unconscious internal conflicts

Question 6

model of abnormal behavior: cognitive-behavior model..

Answer 6

that psychological disorder results from learned malolactic ways of thinking and behaving

Question 7

model of abnormal behavior: diathesis-stress model…

Answer 7

view that people are preposed to a mental disorder that will appear when partially exposed to stress (like biological model but expanding it and including stress)

Question 8

model of abnormal behavior: system theory..

Answer 8

view of biological, psychological and social risk factors combine to produce psychological effects

Question 9

define prevalence

Answer 9

refers to a frequency in which a given disorder occurs at a given time (tells us how many people have OCD in the US right now)

Question 10

define incidence

Answer 10

refers to new cases that arise at a given period (tracks trends if it is increasing, decreasing, or staying the same)

Question 11

define mental illness and the law

Answer 11

defendants that don’t know right from wrong or unable to control their behavior

Question 12

about #___% of people are affected from anxiety disorders that can interfere with ___ & ____

Answer 12

19
social & occupational

Question 13

define specific phobias

Answer 13

paralyzing fear of something arise from classical conditioning

Question 14

about #___-___% of people have at least 1 panic disorder(define it) during their late adolences early adulthood …. what is it closely related to? and what can it lead to?

Answer 14

15-20
panic attacks with fear without reasonable cause
heart attack symptoms
lead to agoriphobia

Question 15

define anxiety related disorders

Answer 15

vague symptoms not attached to phobias (no triggers)

Question 16

define somatic illness

Answer 16

a real physical illness caused by psychoglocial disorders like anxiety such as amnesia

Question 17

dissociative identity disorder means

Answer 17

disorder into 2 or more distinct personality (childhood stress or abuse)

Question 18

define sexual dysfunctions

Answer 18

the loss of apparent sexual function for at least 6 months

Question 19

define paraphillic disorder

Answer 19

inability for man to maintain an erection

Question 20

define arousal disorder

Answer 20

inability for a woman to become sexually aroused to reach orgasm

Question 21

borderline personality disorder

Answer 21

characterized by self image, mood, and inner personal relationships

Question 22

antisocial personality disorder

Answer 22

violent criminal behavior

Question 23

ADHD

Answer 23

childhood disorder characterized by impulsiveness and hyperactivity

Question 24

neurodevelopment disorder

Answer 24

like autism

Question 25

autistic spectrum

Answer 25

cannot be passed around

Question 26

gender differences means ____ seek our treatment

Answer 26

women

Question 27

cultural = ........ will be affected by a mental disorder

Answer 27

never gettin married

Question 28

what does Tajin Kyofusho mean

Answer 28

fear of people