Introduction to
Psychopathology Exam
Questions and Answers
User [Date] [Course title]
,Psychopathology - Correct Answer: The field concerned with the nature, development, and treatment of
mental disorders
Emotional/Mental overload on Therapists - Correct Answer: Therapists often see other therapists due to
overload of emotional/mental stress from patients
Stigma - Correct Answer: refers to the destructive beliefs and attitudes held by a society that are
ascribed to groups that are considered "different."
Anxiety and depression facts - Correct Answer: 70% of americans will experience anxiety, depression or
both
Not even 1/3 will seek help
4 Characteristics of stigma - Correct Answer: 1. A label is applied to a group that sets them apart from
others
2. The label s linked to deviant or undesirable attributes by society
3. People with the label are seen as different from those without the label, contributing to an "us"
versus "them" mentality
4. People with the label are discriminated against unfairly
Fact about psychological jobs - Correct Answer: 90% of psychological jobs are just "sitting in the muck"
with patients
Schizophrenia - Correct Answer: Is episodic (occurs in episodes) but is chronic
Harms of stigma - Correct Answer: Due to negative stigma associated with mental health treatment,
many individuals do not seek treatment, out of fear of how society will treat them
4 Characteristics of someone with mental disorder - Correct Answer: -Personal distress
-Disability
-violation of social norms
-Dysfunction
, Personal distress - Correct Answer: -A person's behavior may be classified as disordered if it causes the
individual great distress.
-Not all mental disorders cause personal distress.
-Some disorders may not cause distress to the person, but may cause distress to others.
-Not all behavior that causes distress is disordered.
Disability - Correct Answer: -Impairment in some area of life
-Phobias
-disability alone cannot be used to define mental disorder because not all disorders involve disability
Social norms - Correct Answer: Widely held standards that people use to make judgments about where
behaviors are situated on the moral spectrum
violation of social norms - Correct Answer: -Behavior that violates social norms might be classified as
disordered.
Dysfunction - Correct Answer: -There is no universally accepted definition of "dysfunction" at this time.
-Maladaptive behavioral, psychological, or biological states that prevent the individual from interacting
with the environment in what society has determined to be an appropriate manner.
Demonology - Correct Answer: -belief that evil spirits are within people and control them
-unormal behavior was pointed at displeasure of gods/ possession of demons
-Treatment involved prayer, brews, flogging, and starvation
Biological origins - Correct Answer: -according to hippocrates, mental illness had common causes and
should be treated like cold
-3 classifications of mental disorder:
-mania
-melancholia
Psychopathology Exam
Questions and Answers
User [Date] [Course title]
,Psychopathology - Correct Answer: The field concerned with the nature, development, and treatment of
mental disorders
Emotional/Mental overload on Therapists - Correct Answer: Therapists often see other therapists due to
overload of emotional/mental stress from patients
Stigma - Correct Answer: refers to the destructive beliefs and attitudes held by a society that are
ascribed to groups that are considered "different."
Anxiety and depression facts - Correct Answer: 70% of americans will experience anxiety, depression or
both
Not even 1/3 will seek help
4 Characteristics of stigma - Correct Answer: 1. A label is applied to a group that sets them apart from
others
2. The label s linked to deviant or undesirable attributes by society
3. People with the label are seen as different from those without the label, contributing to an "us"
versus "them" mentality
4. People with the label are discriminated against unfairly
Fact about psychological jobs - Correct Answer: 90% of psychological jobs are just "sitting in the muck"
with patients
Schizophrenia - Correct Answer: Is episodic (occurs in episodes) but is chronic
Harms of stigma - Correct Answer: Due to negative stigma associated with mental health treatment,
many individuals do not seek treatment, out of fear of how society will treat them
4 Characteristics of someone with mental disorder - Correct Answer: -Personal distress
-Disability
-violation of social norms
-Dysfunction
, Personal distress - Correct Answer: -A person's behavior may be classified as disordered if it causes the
individual great distress.
-Not all mental disorders cause personal distress.
-Some disorders may not cause distress to the person, but may cause distress to others.
-Not all behavior that causes distress is disordered.
Disability - Correct Answer: -Impairment in some area of life
-Phobias
-disability alone cannot be used to define mental disorder because not all disorders involve disability
Social norms - Correct Answer: Widely held standards that people use to make judgments about where
behaviors are situated on the moral spectrum
violation of social norms - Correct Answer: -Behavior that violates social norms might be classified as
disordered.
Dysfunction - Correct Answer: -There is no universally accepted definition of "dysfunction" at this time.
-Maladaptive behavioral, psychological, or biological states that prevent the individual from interacting
with the environment in what society has determined to be an appropriate manner.
Demonology - Correct Answer: -belief that evil spirits are within people and control them
-unormal behavior was pointed at displeasure of gods/ possession of demons
-Treatment involved prayer, brews, flogging, and starvation
Biological origins - Correct Answer: -according to hippocrates, mental illness had common causes and
should be treated like cold
-3 classifications of mental disorder:
-mania
-melancholia
