Module 5.3

Question 1

Psychological Disorder

Answer 1

A disturbance in people’s thoughts, emotions, or behaviors that causes distress or suffering and impairs their daily lives

Question 2

Medical Model

Answer 2

The concept that diseases–in this case, psychological disorders–have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and, in most cases, cured, often through treatment in a hospital.

Question 3

Diathesis-Stress Model

Answer 3

The concept that genetic predispositions (diathesis) combine with environmental stressors (stress) to influence psychological disorder.

Question 4

Epigenetics

Answer 4

“above” or “in addition to” (epi) genetics; the study of the molecular mechanisms by which environments can influence genetic expression (without a DNA change)

Question 5

DSM-5-TR

Answer 5

The American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision; a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders