PSYC 1000 - Tulane - Chapter 15 – Rollins –
Questions and Answers
Psychopathology - -Ongoing patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior that
impair functioning, deviate from the norm, cause distress, disrupt lives.
- Psychological disorder - -Deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional patterns of
thoughts, feelings, or behaviors.
- Biopsychosocial model - -A model of illness that holds that physical illness
is caused by a complex interaction of biological, psychological, and
sociocultural factors.
- Diathesis-stress Model - -Asserts that most psychiatric disorders result
from a combination of genetic vulnerability and negative environmental
stressors
(Diathesis = predisposition)
- DSM-V - -Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth
Edition: A reference for coding psychiatric disorders or conditions.
- Anxiety disorders - -Psychological disorders characterized by distressing,
persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety
- Generalized anxiety disorder - -An anxiety disorder in which a person is
continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system
arousal. Marked by pathological worry. Source generally cannot be located.
Tends to fade with age.
- Panic disorder - -An anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable minutes-
long episodes of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and
accompanying chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensations.
- Phobias - -An anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and
avoidance of a specific object or situation.
- Agoraphobia - -Fear or avoidance of situations in which escape may be
difficult or help unavailable when panic strikes.
- Specific phobia - -A marked fear of a specific object or situation; a general
label for any phobia other than agoraphobia and social phobia.
- Social anxiety disorder - -An anxiety disorder involving the extreme and
irrational fear of being embarrassed, judged, or scrutinized by others in
social situations
Questions and Answers
Psychopathology - -Ongoing patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior that
impair functioning, deviate from the norm, cause distress, disrupt lives.
- Psychological disorder - -Deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional patterns of
thoughts, feelings, or behaviors.
- Biopsychosocial model - -A model of illness that holds that physical illness
is caused by a complex interaction of biological, psychological, and
sociocultural factors.
- Diathesis-stress Model - -Asserts that most psychiatric disorders result
from a combination of genetic vulnerability and negative environmental
stressors
(Diathesis = predisposition)
- DSM-V - -Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth
Edition: A reference for coding psychiatric disorders or conditions.
- Anxiety disorders - -Psychological disorders characterized by distressing,
persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety
- Generalized anxiety disorder - -An anxiety disorder in which a person is
continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system
arousal. Marked by pathological worry. Source generally cannot be located.
Tends to fade with age.
- Panic disorder - -An anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable minutes-
long episodes of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and
accompanying chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensations.
- Phobias - -An anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and
avoidance of a specific object or situation.
- Agoraphobia - -Fear or avoidance of situations in which escape may be
difficult or help unavailable when panic strikes.
- Specific phobia - -A marked fear of a specific object or situation; a general
label for any phobia other than agoraphobia and social phobia.
- Social anxiety disorder - -An anxiety disorder involving the extreme and
irrational fear of being embarrassed, judged, or scrutinized by others in
social situations
