PSY 350 (PSYCHOPATHOLOGY) EXAM 1 –
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According to behavioral - Kind of behavior that is strange or unusual, social
definitions of mental deviant behavior, or maladaptive behavior
disorders, this term refers
to a certain kind of
behavior. Describe this
behavior
social deviant behavior departs from the world
behavior that hinders a person's ability to function in
maladaptive behavior
work, school, relationships, or society
What position was taken in the behavioral definition does not work
lecture regarding the
definitions of
psychopathology?
1. many consensus pathologies do not involve
What specific arguments
characteristic behavior
were raised in favor of or
2. specific types of behavior specified by behavioral
against the behavioral
definitions dont hold up
definition?
3. 4 D approach
1) Deviance: Does the person act in a way that deviates
from cultural norms for acceptable behavior?
2) Danger: Is the behavior self-destructive, or causing
danger to others in the environment??
4 D's of psychopathology
3) Dysfunction: Is the behavior maladaptive, and
disturbing day-to-day life?
4) Distress: Does the behavior cause discomfort and
negative feelings about the person's state?
, Psychopathology the scientific study of abnormal behavior
What is a a disability is where someone cannot do something and
disability/dysfunction it is considered a functional impairment
definition of
psychopathology?
what is the difference psychopathology refers to behavioral disability, not a
between a kind of behavior
psychopathology definition
of disability and a
behavioral definition?
significant restriction (disability) to engage in deliberate
How does Ossorio define
action (choosing) to participate in social practices (love
psychopathology?
and work)
According to Ossorio's No, because you do not know the conditions as to why
definition, if you knew that she is starving herself
Jill was starving herself, (i.e. she can be on a hunger strike)
should you conclude on
this basis that she has a
psychopathological
condition (mental
disorder)? Why or why not?
according to Ossorio, what -not abnormal
is "normality"? -not suffering from pathological condition
1. person is not in a pathological state
According to Ossorio, what
2. person is very capable of participating in life in
is "positive mental health"?
meaningful and fulfilling ways
What is a phobia? persistent and unreasonable fear of a particular object
What is needed for a phobia must be debilitating and disabling
phobia to be classified as a
mental disorder?
agoraphobia
What are the typical types
specific phobia
of phobia?
social phobia
fear of being away from safe home base when
agoraphobia
something terrible happens
What is the most common agoraphobia
phobia?
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Terms in this set (90)
According to behavioral - Kind of behavior that is strange or unusual, social
definitions of mental deviant behavior, or maladaptive behavior
disorders, this term refers
to a certain kind of
behavior. Describe this
behavior
social deviant behavior departs from the world
behavior that hinders a person's ability to function in
maladaptive behavior
work, school, relationships, or society
What position was taken in the behavioral definition does not work
lecture regarding the
definitions of
psychopathology?
1. many consensus pathologies do not involve
What specific arguments
characteristic behavior
were raised in favor of or
2. specific types of behavior specified by behavioral
against the behavioral
definitions dont hold up
definition?
3. 4 D approach
1) Deviance: Does the person act in a way that deviates
from cultural norms for acceptable behavior?
2) Danger: Is the behavior self-destructive, or causing
danger to others in the environment??
4 D's of psychopathology
3) Dysfunction: Is the behavior maladaptive, and
disturbing day-to-day life?
4) Distress: Does the behavior cause discomfort and
negative feelings about the person's state?
, Psychopathology the scientific study of abnormal behavior
What is a a disability is where someone cannot do something and
disability/dysfunction it is considered a functional impairment
definition of
psychopathology?
what is the difference psychopathology refers to behavioral disability, not a
between a kind of behavior
psychopathology definition
of disability and a
behavioral definition?
significant restriction (disability) to engage in deliberate
How does Ossorio define
action (choosing) to participate in social practices (love
psychopathology?
and work)
According to Ossorio's No, because you do not know the conditions as to why
definition, if you knew that she is starving herself
Jill was starving herself, (i.e. she can be on a hunger strike)
should you conclude on
this basis that she has a
psychopathological
condition (mental
disorder)? Why or why not?
according to Ossorio, what -not abnormal
is "normality"? -not suffering from pathological condition
1. person is not in a pathological state
According to Ossorio, what
2. person is very capable of participating in life in
is "positive mental health"?
meaningful and fulfilling ways
What is a phobia? persistent and unreasonable fear of a particular object
What is needed for a phobia must be debilitating and disabling
phobia to be classified as a
mental disorder?
agoraphobia
What are the typical types
specific phobia
of phobia?
social phobia
fear of being away from safe home base when
agoraphobia
something terrible happens
What is the most common agoraphobia
phobia?
