Normalcy and Abnormalcy

Question 1

Psychological disorder

Answer 1

psychological
dysfunction within an individual associated with
distress or impairment in functioning and a response
that is not typical or culturally expected

Question 2

4D’s of Psychological Disorder

Answer 2

1. Dysfunction
2. Distress or impairment
3. Atypical or not culturally expected (Deviance)
4. Danger

Question 3

Duration

Answer 3

how long the mental state has been
persisting

Question 4

Psychopatology

Answer 4

scientific study of mental
disorders

Question 5

Clinical Psychology

Answer 5

applied branch of psychology
that seeks to understand, assess, and treat
psychological conditions in a clinical setting

Question 6

Abnormal Psychology

Answer 6

branch of psychology that
studies unusual patterns of behavior, emotions, and
thought which may or may not indicate an underlying
condition

Question 7

Normal Behavior

Answer 7

one behavior that is like other
people in the society

Question 8

Clinical Assessment

Answer 8

systematic evaluation and measurement of psychological, biological, and social factors

Question 9

Criteria for determining AB behavior

Answer 9

Norm violation
Statistical rarity
Personal Discomfort
Deviation
Maladaptiveness

Question 10

Diagnosis

Answer 10

process of determining whether the
particular problem afflicting the individual meets all
criteria for a psychological disorder

Question 11

Epidemiology

Answer 11

study of the distribution of diseases,
disorders, or health-related behaviors in a given
population

Question 12

Prevalence

Answer 12

number of active cases in a population
during a given period of time

Question 13

Point Prevalence

Answer 13

proportion of actual, active cases
of a disorder in a given population at a given point in
time
how many people how the disorder right now

Question 14

1 year prevalence

Answer 14

everyone who experienced depression at any point in time throughout the entire year
e.g. 12 out of 100people had OCD - 2024
1 year prevalence for OCD in 2024 is 12%

Question 15

Lifetime prevalence

Answer 15

estimate number of people who have had a particular disorder at any time in their lives

Question 16

Incidence

Answer 16

Number of new cases occur at period of time

Question 17

Signs

Answer 17

manifestation of disease (objective)

Question 18

Symptoms

Answer 18

subjective complaints (nafefeel sa body)

Question 19

DSM IV Axis

Answer 19

Axis I: Clinical Disorder
Axis II: Personality Disorders & Mental Retardation
Axis III: General Mental Conditions
Axis IV: Psychosocial & Environmental Problem
Axis V: Global assessment of functioning

Question 20

Axis I

Answer 20

Clinical Disorder

Question 21

Axis II

Answer 21

Personality & Mental Retardiation

Question 22

Axis III

Answer 22

General Mental Conditions

Question 23

Axis IV

Answer 23

Psychosocial & Environmental Problems

Question 24

Axis V

Answer 24

Global Assessment of Functioning

Question 25

Psychological dysfunction

Answer 25

breakdown in cognitive, emotional, or behavioral functioning

Question 26

Distress/Impairment

Answer 26

extremely upset and can't function properly

Question 27

Atypical (Deviance)

Answer 27

deviaes from average or the norm

Question 28

Course

Answer 28

1. Chronic course 2. Episodic course 3. Time limited course

Question 29

Chronic course

Answer 29

tend to last a long time

Question 30

Episodic course

Answer 30

likely to recover and to suffer a recurrence

Question 31

Time limited

Answer 31

will improve w/o treatment