PSYC 3140 Midterm Exam questions with correct answers

PSYC 3140 Midterm Exam questions with
correct answers
Discontinuity |vs |Continuity |Hypothesis |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-D: |only |strong |terns |can |accurately |
portray |true |nature |of |abnormal |behaviour



C: |viewed |as |a |continuum |from |mental |health |to |mental |illness



Abnormal |Psychology |Criteria |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--distress

-statistical |rarity

-violation |of |moral |standards

-personal |discomfort



Syndrome |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--group |of |symptoms



"Harmful |Dysfunction" |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--inability |of |mental |capacity |to |perform |a |natural |
function

-harm |to |the |person |as |judged |by |the |standards |of |the |person's |culture



Etiology |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--factors |that |cause |to |the |development |of |psychological |distress



Paradigm |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--set |of |shared |assumptions |that |includes |both |the |substance |of |a |
theory |and |beliefs |about |how |scientists |should |collect |data |and |test |theory



Genotype |vs. |Phenotype |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-G: |physiological |genetic |constitution |of |person, |fixed
|at |birth




P: |observable |behaviour |that |can |change |over |time, |brought |out |in |situation



Molecular |Genetics |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--attempt |to |specify |genes |involved |in |mental |illness

, Linkage |Analysis |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--collects |DNA |from |pro-bards |and |relatives |to |find |
inheritance |patterns |for |disorders



Neurotransmitters |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--chemical |substances |that |allow |a |nerve |impulse |to |cross |
synapse |

-too |much/little |can |cause |psychopathy



Behavioural |paradigm |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-3 |types

1) |classical |conditioning: |phobias

2) |operant |conditioning: |rewards |abnormal |behaviour

3) |modeling: |learn |abnormal |behaviour



Cognitive |Paradigm |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--develop |schemas |that |result |in |faulty |thinking



Psychoanalytic |Paradigm |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--abnormal |behaviour |results |from |unconscious |
conflicts



Humanistic |Paradigm |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--emphasis |on |free |will, |lack |of |insight

-Carl |Rogers



Diathesis |Stress |Paradigm |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--interaction |between |a |predisposition |(diathesis) |
and |a |environmental |disturbance |(stress)

-diathesis |+ |stress |= |disorder

-having |diathesis |does |not |equal |disorder



DSM |5 |Goals |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--decrease |usage |of |"not |otherwise |specified"

-add |dimensional |assessments |

-align |with |ICD

-all |info |based |on |empirical