PSY - 657 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS. VERIFIED 2025/2026.
Mental Disorder - ANS a syndrome characterized by clinically significant disturbance in an
individual's cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior that reflects a dysfunction in the
psychological, biological, or developmental processes underlying mental functioning
Psychopathology/Abnormal Psychology - ANS Study of the nature, development, and
treatment of psychological disorders
Comorbidity - ANS presence of two or more disorders in an individual at the same time
acute - ANS New, usually of rapid onset and of concern, opposite of chronic
chronic - ANS Long-standing, constant. Opposite of acute
Mild, Moderate, Severe - ANS severity
Episodic - ANS happening in parts or segments
recurrent - ANS happening repeatedly
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, Epidemiology - ANS the study of the distribution of mental or physical disorders in a
population
Prevalence - ANS The number or proportion of cases of a particular disease or condition
present in a population at a given time.
lifetime prevalence - ANS The percentage of people in a certain population who will have a
given disorder at any point in their lives.
Incidence - ANS The number or rate of new cases of a particular condition during a specific
time.
correlational study - ANS A research strategy that allows the precise calculation of how
strongly related two factors are to each other.
experimental study - ANS A study in which the researcher manipulates one of the variables
and tries to determine how the manipulation influences other variables.
case study - ANS an observation technique in which one person is studied in depth in the
hope of revealing universal principles
analogue - ANS we study not the true item of interest but an approximation to it
prospective - ANS Expected or likely to happen or become
retrospective - ANS Looking backward over a period of time
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AND ANSWERS. VERIFIED 2025/2026.
Mental Disorder - ANS a syndrome characterized by clinically significant disturbance in an
individual's cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior that reflects a dysfunction in the
psychological, biological, or developmental processes underlying mental functioning
Psychopathology/Abnormal Psychology - ANS Study of the nature, development, and
treatment of psychological disorders
Comorbidity - ANS presence of two or more disorders in an individual at the same time
acute - ANS New, usually of rapid onset and of concern, opposite of chronic
chronic - ANS Long-standing, constant. Opposite of acute
Mild, Moderate, Severe - ANS severity
Episodic - ANS happening in parts or segments
recurrent - ANS happening repeatedly
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, Epidemiology - ANS the study of the distribution of mental or physical disorders in a
population
Prevalence - ANS The number or proportion of cases of a particular disease or condition
present in a population at a given time.
lifetime prevalence - ANS The percentage of people in a certain population who will have a
given disorder at any point in their lives.
Incidence - ANS The number or rate of new cases of a particular condition during a specific
time.
correlational study - ANS A research strategy that allows the precise calculation of how
strongly related two factors are to each other.
experimental study - ANS A study in which the researcher manipulates one of the variables
and tries to determine how the manipulation influences other variables.
case study - ANS an observation technique in which one person is studied in depth in the
hope of revealing universal principles
analogue - ANS we study not the true item of interest but an approximation to it
prospective - ANS Expected or likely to happen or become
retrospective - ANS Looking backward over a period of time
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