PSYC2101 - Assessment, Personality
and Psychopathology correctly
answered
What are ratings and what are some problems with them? - correct answer ✔✔- Ultra-brief
screening tool which can be used for anxiety
- scoring 3 or more means possible anxiety but not that you have an anxiety disorder
Problem:
- Sometimes your symptoms arent listed on the ratings such as trouble sleeping etc as it is not
measured or peaks in certain situations
Statistical deviance - correct answer ✔✔behaviour that does not often occur in society and
away from the mean
Are all mental disorders simply extremes of normal behaviour? - correct answer ✔✔- No as
temper tantrums for kids during the developmental stage is normal but not for adults.
- Abnormality can be socially determined but there are things that are categorically and
universally abnormal
Is all suffering pathological? - correct answer ✔✔No, as you can experience negative emotions
from things such are bereavement, relationship breakup and PTSD
- A family member dying and a person grieving is seen as culturally accepted
, - Continued suffering could be seen as psychological
Do all mental disorders involve suffering? - correct answer ✔✔No,
- Mania and conduct disorders do not involve suffering but cause impairment in functioning
Do people with mental disorders hold unrealistic beliefs? - correct answer ✔✔No,
- Depressive realism (Alloy and Abramson, 1979)
- Healthy participants overestimated their control over the light, depressed people were
accurate
- Sometimes people with mental disorders are more realistic than people without
What is ABC Analysis? - correct answer ✔✔Direct observation tool that can be used to help
understand the patterns in events leading up to a behaviour as well as the consequence
associated with it.
- Can be use in different consequences.
What is Antecdent? - correct answer ✔✔- Refers to prompts, cues, stimuli, events or
interactions that precede or come before a behaviour
- Can be seen as triggers; can include things that contribute to or cause a behaviour
and Psychopathology correctly
answered
What are ratings and what are some problems with them? - correct answer ✔✔- Ultra-brief
screening tool which can be used for anxiety
- scoring 3 or more means possible anxiety but not that you have an anxiety disorder
Problem:
- Sometimes your symptoms arent listed on the ratings such as trouble sleeping etc as it is not
measured or peaks in certain situations
Statistical deviance - correct answer ✔✔behaviour that does not often occur in society and
away from the mean
Are all mental disorders simply extremes of normal behaviour? - correct answer ✔✔- No as
temper tantrums for kids during the developmental stage is normal but not for adults.
- Abnormality can be socially determined but there are things that are categorically and
universally abnormal
Is all suffering pathological? - correct answer ✔✔No, as you can experience negative emotions
from things such are bereavement, relationship breakup and PTSD
- A family member dying and a person grieving is seen as culturally accepted
, - Continued suffering could be seen as psychological
Do all mental disorders involve suffering? - correct answer ✔✔No,
- Mania and conduct disorders do not involve suffering but cause impairment in functioning
Do people with mental disorders hold unrealistic beliefs? - correct answer ✔✔No,
- Depressive realism (Alloy and Abramson, 1979)
- Healthy participants overestimated their control over the light, depressed people were
accurate
- Sometimes people with mental disorders are more realistic than people without
What is ABC Analysis? - correct answer ✔✔Direct observation tool that can be used to help
understand the patterns in events leading up to a behaviour as well as the consequence
associated with it.
- Can be use in different consequences.
What is Antecdent? - correct answer ✔✔- Refers to prompts, cues, stimuli, events or
interactions that precede or come before a behaviour
- Can be seen as triggers; can include things that contribute to or cause a behaviour
