PSYC 3140 - Psychological Health, Distress,
& Impairment Exam questions with correct
answers
What's |in |a |name? |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--a |set |of |assumptions |about |the |nature |of |the |thing |being
|named
-what |assumptions |might |be |implicit |in |calling |this |course |"abnormal |psychology" |versus
|"psychological |health, |impairment, |and |distress"? |That |there |is |a |categorical |difference |- |a |dividing |
line |- |between |normal |and |abnormal
Abnormal |is |generally |negative, |and |deviant, |normal |is |generally |positive |and |acceptable
What |abnormal |and |normal |are |is |generally |stable |across |time |and |place
Pathologization |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-the |processes |through |which |an |experience |comes |to |be |
considered |medically |or |psychologically |abnormal
What |used |to |be |"Normal" |behaviour |that |are |now |becoming |pathologized. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-
what |was |"Abnormal" |behaviour |that |is |now |normal |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-
Marecek |& |Lafrance |(2021) |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-"A |central |element |of |contemporary |psy |
discourses |is |their |use |of |medical |metaphors |to |describe |psychological |suffering. |We |speak |of |such |
suffering |using |terms |like |illness, |healing, |symptom, |syndrome, |trauma, |and |relapse."
- |But |these |are |not |only |metaphors!
What |is |the |medical |model |? |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-Something |is |a |disease/disorder |if |there |is |an |
identifiable |physical/biological |irregularity |that |leads |to |a |reduction |in |healthy |function.
If |that |irregularity |is |correctly |identified, |it |will |lead |to |accurate |diagnosis |and, |if |available, |
appropriate |treatment.
, Physical |sign/symptom
Test |(x-ray, |scan, |blood |test)
Diagnosis
Underlying |cause
Treatment
what |is |medicalization? |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-psychological |suffering |is |presented |as |if |it |were |akin |
to |a |biomedical |disease
presents |psychological |suffering |as |if |it |resides |solely |inside |the |individual, |and |can |be |explained |with |
reference |to |the |interior |of |the |person |- |their |body |and/or |mind
external |sources |of |suffering |(social, |material, |interpersonal) |are |not |part |of |the |model
makes |sense |of |psychological |suffering |by |defining |it |as |clusters |of |signs |and |symptoms—lists |of |
discrete |difficulties |and |dysfunctions |- |rather |than |attending |to |the |whole |person-in-context
can |reduce |the |suffering |person |to |a |generic |patient/label, |without |agency |or |identity
Marecek |& |Lafrance |then |explain |how |psychiatry |has |become |increasingly |biologized, |and |
subsequently |medicalized, |over |the |past |few |decades |- |with |a |focus |on |the |DSM |(next |week's |focus!)
What |happens |when |psychological |distress |is |viewed |through |the |medical |model? |Do |we |run |into |any
|problems? |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-●Is |psychological |health |exactly |like |physical |health?
●Are |mental |"disorders" |exactly |like |physical |disorders?
●In |addition |to |the |problems |already |described, |the |model |breaks |down |when |we |try |and |define |
what |a |mental |"disorder" |actually |is
●Why? |Clusters |of |signs |and |symptoms |overlap |and |don't |lead |to |discrete |diagnoses |No |reliable |
biological |markers |exist |for |any |of |the |clinical |entities |considered |psychiatric |disorders |No |purely |
biological/physical |causes |have |been |discovered |(even |genetic |ones) |No |clinical, |lab |tests |exist |to |
& Impairment Exam questions with correct
answers
What's |in |a |name? |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--a |set |of |assumptions |about |the |nature |of |the |thing |being
|named
-what |assumptions |might |be |implicit |in |calling |this |course |"abnormal |psychology" |versus
|"psychological |health, |impairment, |and |distress"? |That |there |is |a |categorical |difference |- |a |dividing |
line |- |between |normal |and |abnormal
Abnormal |is |generally |negative, |and |deviant, |normal |is |generally |positive |and |acceptable
What |abnormal |and |normal |are |is |generally |stable |across |time |and |place
Pathologization |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-the |processes |through |which |an |experience |comes |to |be |
considered |medically |or |psychologically |abnormal
What |used |to |be |"Normal" |behaviour |that |are |now |becoming |pathologized. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-
what |was |"Abnormal" |behaviour |that |is |now |normal |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-
Marecek |& |Lafrance |(2021) |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-"A |central |element |of |contemporary |psy |
discourses |is |their |use |of |medical |metaphors |to |describe |psychological |suffering. |We |speak |of |such |
suffering |using |terms |like |illness, |healing, |symptom, |syndrome, |trauma, |and |relapse."
- |But |these |are |not |only |metaphors!
What |is |the |medical |model |? |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-Something |is |a |disease/disorder |if |there |is |an |
identifiable |physical/biological |irregularity |that |leads |to |a |reduction |in |healthy |function.
If |that |irregularity |is |correctly |identified, |it |will |lead |to |accurate |diagnosis |and, |if |available, |
appropriate |treatment.
, Physical |sign/symptom
Test |(x-ray, |scan, |blood |test)
Diagnosis
Underlying |cause
Treatment
what |is |medicalization? |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-psychological |suffering |is |presented |as |if |it |were |akin |
to |a |biomedical |disease
presents |psychological |suffering |as |if |it |resides |solely |inside |the |individual, |and |can |be |explained |with |
reference |to |the |interior |of |the |person |- |their |body |and/or |mind
external |sources |of |suffering |(social, |material, |interpersonal) |are |not |part |of |the |model
makes |sense |of |psychological |suffering |by |defining |it |as |clusters |of |signs |and |symptoms—lists |of |
discrete |difficulties |and |dysfunctions |- |rather |than |attending |to |the |whole |person-in-context
can |reduce |the |suffering |person |to |a |generic |patient/label, |without |agency |or |identity
Marecek |& |Lafrance |then |explain |how |psychiatry |has |become |increasingly |biologized, |and |
subsequently |medicalized, |over |the |past |few |decades |- |with |a |focus |on |the |DSM |(next |week's |focus!)
What |happens |when |psychological |distress |is |viewed |through |the |medical |model? |Do |we |run |into |any
|problems? |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-●Is |psychological |health |exactly |like |physical |health?
●Are |mental |"disorders" |exactly |like |physical |disorders?
●In |addition |to |the |problems |already |described, |the |model |breaks |down |when |we |try |and |define |
what |a |mental |"disorder" |actually |is
●Why? |Clusters |of |signs |and |symptoms |overlap |and |don't |lead |to |discrete |diagnoses |No |reliable |
biological |markers |exist |for |any |of |the |clinical |entities |considered |psychiatric |disorders |No |purely |
biological/physical |causes |have |been |discovered |(even |genetic |ones) |No |clinical, |lab |tests |exist |to |
