Final Exam

Question 1

What is psychopathology?

Answer 1

Study of symptoms and causes of mental disorders

Question 2

What is psychodiagnosis?

Answer 2

Attempts to describe, assess, and understand the situation

Question 3

What is psychotherapy?

Answer 3

Program of systematic intervention

Question 4

What are the mental health professions?

Answer 4

Clinical psychologist
Counseling psychologist
Mental health/marriage counselor
Neuropsychologist
Psychiatrist

Question 5

What is the DSM5?

Answer 5

A classification system for mental disorders

Question 6

What is prevalence?

Answer 6

Percentage of people in a population who have the disorder during a given interval of time

Question 7

What is lifetime prevalence?

Answer 7

Existence of a disorder during a person’s life

Question 8

Why is there a stigma associated with mental illness?

Answer 8

Prejudice, discrimination and lack of self worth

Question 9

What is trephining?

Question 10

Why did people believe exorcism would help treat mental illness?

Question 11

Who is Hippocrates and how did he advance medical science and the treatment of mental illness?

Question 12

Describe what happened to people suspected of being witches during the 15th and 17th century?

Answer 12

The women were executed

Question 13

Who is Philip panel and how is he associated with the rise of humanism?

Answer 13

Took charge of mental hospital in Paris; removed chains, replaced dungeons with sunny rooms, and encouraged exercise; changes shown to foster recovery

Question 14

Who is the father of US psychiatry?

Answer 14

Benjamin Rush

Question 15

Who is kroeplin and why is he important?

Answer 15

Defined syndromes based on clusters of symptoms gave the Foundation for Dsm

Question 16

What is a model?

Answer 16

Attempts to describe a phenomenon that cannot be directly observed

Question 17

What is the multipath model? How is the biopsychosocial model a mutipath model?

Answer 17

Views disorders from a holistic frame work

Question 18

What is the amygolala and what role does it play in psychological disorders?

Answer 18

The fear circuit

Question 19

What is a neuron? What are The functions of the following- dendrites, axon, myelin sheath, terminal buttons, synapse and neurotransmitters

Question 20

What is neuroplasticity?

Answer 20

Ability of the brain to evolve and adapt

Question 21

What is psychopharmacology? What are the classes of drugs used to treat mental illness?

Answer 21

Study of effects of psychotropic medications
- antianxiety
- antipsychotics
-antidepressants
-mood stabilizers

Question 22

What is ECT?when Is It used?

Answer 22

Electroconvulsive therapy
- induce small seizures with electricity or magnetism
- can change brain chemistry and reverse some symptoms
-for those not responding to other treatments

Question 23

What are they components of the psychodynamic theory?

Answer 23

Id: pleasure principle
Ego: realistic and rational
Superego: moral considerations (conscience)

Question 24

What is Pavlov known for?

Answer 24

Classical conditioning

Question 25

What is bf skinner known for?

Answer 25

Operant conditioning

Question 26

What is exposure therapy? Flooding? Gradual?

Question 27

What is cognitive behavioral therapy?

Answer 27

Thoughts profoundly affect emotions and behaviors

Question 28

What is unconditional positive regard?

Answer 28

Person-centered therapy that allow clients to grow their potential

Question 29

What is the importance of family and group therapy?

Answer 29

Stresses importance of teaching message sending

Question 30

How is poverty associated with mental illness?

Answer 30

Limited Sense of personal control, poorer physical health, higher incidence of depression

Question 31

What is reliability? What is validity? Why are both important when making a diagnosis?

Answer 31

Consistent Consistent and correct

Question 32

What is a case study?

Answer 32

Intensive study of one individual

Question 33

What does it mean when a test is standardized?

Question 34

What is psychological assessment?

Question 35

What are 4 main assessments methods?

Question 36

What are the 2 types of interviews? Which is more reliable and which is more valid?

Question 37

What is the difference between naturalistic and controlled observation?

Question 38

What are projective personality tests?

Question 39

What is the Rorschach ink blot and thematic apperception test?

Question 40

What is the most widely used intelligence test?

Question 41

Which personality test has validity scales, including a lie and fake scale?

Question 42

What are the different types of neurological tests used by neuropsychologists?

Question 43

Why do we need a classification system for diagnosis?

Question 44

Why did we need a new Dsm?

Question 45

What are some of the categories of the Dsm?

Question 46

What is anxiety?

Question 47

What role does the amygdala play in anxiety disorders?

Question 48

What role does serotonin play in anxiety?