Abnormal Psychology Exam 1 CSULB
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Correct Answers
Diathesis Stress Model Correct Answer: Individual vulnerability x experience.
Diathesis is another way of saying vulnerability.
Stress is like a change, doesn't have to be stressful.
Diathesis can be: genetics, temperament, sensitivity to startle
Stress can be individual, cultural, and societal influences
Abnormal psych attempts to Correct Answer: Describe (a set of behaviors)
Explain
Predict
and change/modify behaviors
Common features of abnormality (4 D's) Correct Answer: Deviance, distress,
dysfunction, and danger
Deviance Correct Answer: Think statistically
a behavior that is extreme in some way with regard to frequency or severity
,e.g. crying everyday
Deviant from the norm; defined by culture/society; changes over time
Distress Correct Answer: Is a certain set of behaviors causing significant distress?
Negative emotions, upsetting, suffering
Dysfunction Correct Answer: Is it causing a problem in some way (or problems)
Interference/impairment; difficulty doing what you need or what to do
e.g. anxiety causing avoidance is impairment
Danger Correct Answer: To self and or others
violence, injury; neglect, malnourishment
*Exception not the rule
Psychiatric epidemiology Correct Answer: the study of the prevalence of mental
illness in a society
, Prevalence Correct Answer: the percentage of individuals in a targeted
population who have a particular disorder during a specific period of time
Point prevalence Correct Answer: the percentage of people with a disorder in
the past month/year/etc. [specified period]
Lifetime prevalence Correct Answer: The percentage of people in the
population who have had a disorder at some point in their life
(all who have or have had it)
Incidence Correct Answer: number of new cases of a disorder that appear in an
identified population within a specified time period
Comorbidity Correct Answer: presence of two or more disorders in an individual
at the same time
Prev, lifetime prev, or incidence?
Approximately 10% of adolescents will experience a first episode of depression
this year? Correct Answer: "First episode" tells us it's new cases. Therefore,
incidence
Prev, lifetime prev, or incidence?
Almost 10% of adults have major depressive disorder in any given year Correct
Answer: "in any given year" tells us it's point prevalence
Prev, lifetime prev, or incidence?
Gonzales Questions with 100%
Correct Answers
Diathesis Stress Model Correct Answer: Individual vulnerability x experience.
Diathesis is another way of saying vulnerability.
Stress is like a change, doesn't have to be stressful.
Diathesis can be: genetics, temperament, sensitivity to startle
Stress can be individual, cultural, and societal influences
Abnormal psych attempts to Correct Answer: Describe (a set of behaviors)
Explain
Predict
and change/modify behaviors
Common features of abnormality (4 D's) Correct Answer: Deviance, distress,
dysfunction, and danger
Deviance Correct Answer: Think statistically
a behavior that is extreme in some way with regard to frequency or severity
,e.g. crying everyday
Deviant from the norm; defined by culture/society; changes over time
Distress Correct Answer: Is a certain set of behaviors causing significant distress?
Negative emotions, upsetting, suffering
Dysfunction Correct Answer: Is it causing a problem in some way (or problems)
Interference/impairment; difficulty doing what you need or what to do
e.g. anxiety causing avoidance is impairment
Danger Correct Answer: To self and or others
violence, injury; neglect, malnourishment
*Exception not the rule
Psychiatric epidemiology Correct Answer: the study of the prevalence of mental
illness in a society
, Prevalence Correct Answer: the percentage of individuals in a targeted
population who have a particular disorder during a specific period of time
Point prevalence Correct Answer: the percentage of people with a disorder in
the past month/year/etc. [specified period]
Lifetime prevalence Correct Answer: The percentage of people in the
population who have had a disorder at some point in their life
(all who have or have had it)
Incidence Correct Answer: number of new cases of a disorder that appear in an
identified population within a specified time period
Comorbidity Correct Answer: presence of two or more disorders in an individual
at the same time
Prev, lifetime prev, or incidence?
Approximately 10% of adolescents will experience a first episode of depression
this year? Correct Answer: "First episode" tells us it's new cases. Therefore,
incidence
Prev, lifetime prev, or incidence?
Almost 10% of adults have major depressive disorder in any given year Correct
Answer: "in any given year" tells us it's point prevalence
Prev, lifetime prev, or incidence?
