ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM 1
CSULB QUESTIONS WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST VERSION
2025/2026.
Diathesis Stress Model - ANS 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 - ANS Describe (a set of behaviors)
Explain
Predict
and change/modify behaviors
Common features of abnormality (4 D's) - ANS Deviance, distress, dysfunction, and danger
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,Deviance - ANS 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 - ANS Is a certain set of behaviors causing significant distress?
Negative emotions, upsetting, suffering
Dysfunction - ANS 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 - ANS To self and or others
violence, injury; neglect, malnourishment
*Exception not the rule
Psychiatric epidemiology - ANS the study of the prevalence of mental illness in a society
Prevalence - ANS the percentage of individuals in a targeted population who have a particular
disorder during a specific period of time
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, Point prevalence - ANS the percentage of people with a disorder in the past month/year/etc.
[specified period]
Lifetime prevalence - ANS 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 - ANS number of new cases of a disorder that appear in an identified population
within a specified time period
Comorbidity - ANS 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? -
ANS "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 - ANS "in any given
year" tells us it's point prevalence
Prev, lifetime prev, or incidence?
Approximately 15% of individuals living in the U.S. will experience depression during their
lifetime - ANS "During their lifetime" tells us it's lifetime prevalence
What percent of adults in the U.S. have a mental health disorder any given year? -
ANS 25%(to 30%)
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CSULB QUESTIONS WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST VERSION
2025/2026.
Diathesis Stress Model - ANS 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 - ANS Describe (a set of behaviors)
Explain
Predict
and change/modify behaviors
Common features of abnormality (4 D's) - ANS Deviance, distress, dysfunction, and danger
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,Deviance - ANS 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 - ANS Is a certain set of behaviors causing significant distress?
Negative emotions, upsetting, suffering
Dysfunction - ANS 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 - ANS To self and or others
violence, injury; neglect, malnourishment
*Exception not the rule
Psychiatric epidemiology - ANS the study of the prevalence of mental illness in a society
Prevalence - ANS the percentage of individuals in a targeted population who have a particular
disorder during a specific period of time
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, Point prevalence - ANS the percentage of people with a disorder in the past month/year/etc.
[specified period]
Lifetime prevalence - ANS 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 - ANS number of new cases of a disorder that appear in an identified population
within a specified time period
Comorbidity - ANS 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? -
ANS "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 - ANS "in any given
year" tells us it's point prevalence
Prev, lifetime prev, or incidence?
Approximately 15% of individuals living in the U.S. will experience depression during their
lifetime - ANS "During their lifetime" tells us it's lifetime prevalence
What percent of adults in the U.S. have a mental health disorder any given year? -
ANS 25%(to 30%)
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