Psy 3604 Exam 1 UMN Questions and Answers(A+ Solution guide)

elements of abnormality - Answer-subjective distress, maladaptiveness, statistical deviancy, violation of the standards of society, social discomfort, irrationality and unpredictability, dangerousness advantages of classifying mental disorders - Answer-common nomenclature, can be validating, data + research, economic + political implication disadvantages of classifying mental disorders - Answer-stereotyping, blame on individual, stigma DSM is... - Answer-not without problems, a-theoretical, descriptive + concrete cultural differences in abnormality - Answer-some languages don't account for some mental symptoms/illnesses, examples of cultural differences in abnormality - Answer-native americans, alaska natives, and southeast asian cultures have no word for depressed, taijin kyofusho is an anxiety disorder in japan associated with things that may offend, embarrass, or make uncomfortable prevalence - Answer-number of active cases in a population during any given period of time incidence - Answer-number of new cases that occur during a given period of time epidemiology - Answer-study of distribution of diseases, disorders, or health-related behaviors most prevalent disorders - Answer-anxiety, depression, phobias treatments - Answer-medication, psychotherapy, hospitalization 3 approaches to research - Answer-case studies, self report data, observational approach hypothesis - Answer-statement or proposition, usually based on an observation, that is tested in an experimentcorrelational design - Answer-no manipulation of variables experimental design - Answer-scientists control all variables except one issues with dsm - Answer-oversimplification, comorbidity, misdiagnoses/overdiagnoses, labeling and stigma paracelsus - Answer-Swiss physician who believed in diseases not the devil johann weyer - Answer-German, The founder of the modern study of psychopathology, save the witches st. vincent - Answer-against exorcism phillipe pinel - Answer-give kindness, humanitarian hippocrates - Answer-brain pathology galen - Answer-ventricular theory of the mind european middle ages interpretation of abnormal behavior - Answer-demonic possession islamic middle ages interpretation of abnormal behavior - Answer-humane treatment, 1st mental hospital asylums - Answer-began as peaceful places... turned negative physical explanations of behavior - Answer-opioids and other medications alter mood