PSYC 100 Final Exam | Study Questions
and correct detailed Answers | 2026
Updates | 100% correct
Abnormal Behavior/Mental Disorder - ANSWER- -actions, thoughts and feelings that are
outside of cultural norms, cause emotional distress, cause dysfunction in living, are dangerous
to self or others
The DSM - ANSWER- -Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, medical model,
describes symptoms and typical age of onset or other characteristic of the disorder
Problems with DSM - ANSWER- -over diagnosis, labeling, serious problems vs normal
problems, subjective nature of determining a disorder
Diathesis Stress Model - ANSWER- -biological factors (genetics, brain, chemistry, and others)
that are paired with environmental stressors to create a psychological disorder
Insanity - ANSWER- -a LEGAL term, not a medical term or diagnosis
Insanity's three different meanings - ANSWER- -a persons ability to tell right from wrong, not
guilty by reason of insanity, a person's ability understand the legal proceedings, competency to
stand trial (mentally retarded) whether the person is a direct danger to self or others,
involuntary commitment to a mental hospital
Anxiety Disorders - ANSWER- -excessive levels of negative emotions, such as nervousness,
tension, worry, fright and anxiety
phobias - ANSWER- -an intense, irrational fear of anything
,specific phobia - ANSWER- -a fear of one specific thing
social phobia or social anxiety disorder - ANSWER- -a fear of social interactions, particularly
those with strangers or those in which the person might be viewed negatively
agoraphobia - ANSWER- -a fear of leaving one's home
generalized anxiety disorder - ANSWER- -a vague, uneasy sense of general tension and
apprehension that lasts for years
panic disorder - ANSWER- -a pattern of anxiety in which long periods of calm are broken by
intensely uncomfortable attacks of anxiety (panic attack, anxiety attack)
panic attacks - ANSWER- -involve sudden changes in respiration, heart beat, blood pressure,
and a feeling of intense fear of dying or fear that of going crazy, 5% women, 2% men, but 12%
have experienced it
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - ANSWER- -experiencing anxiety, irritability, upsetting
memories, dreams, and realistic flashbacks of a traumatic event
symptoms of PTSD - ANSWER- -extreme avoidance of things that remind them of event,
associated with war but can be anything traumatic
obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) - ANSWER- -involves obsessions, intense anxiety
provoking thoughts, and or compulsions, irresistible urges to engage in specific irrational
behaviors
, example of OCD - ANSWER- -intrusive thoughts about germs leads to compulsive hand
washing
dissociative disorders - ANSWER- -rare conditions involving sudden cognitive changes, such
as change in memory, perception or identity
depersonalization/dissociation - ANSWER- -feeling of unreal or out of your body, feeling of
head floating, hands enlarged
dissociative identity disorder, multiple personality - ANSWER- -where an individual appears to
shift abruptly and repeatedly from one personality to another, may be caused by severe child
abuse
major depression - ANSWER- -characterized by episodes of deep unhappiness, loss of interest
in life, and other symptoms, mood shifts downward, episodic meaning symptoms are
experienced for a period of time and then dissipate
mood disorders - ANSWER- -psychological disorders involving depression and or abnormal
elation
cognitive factors in depression - ANSWER- -Aaron Beck believe that our thoughts/cognitions
are an important factor in emotional problems, our beliefs about ourselves and our
relationships make us more or less vulnerable to depression, negative vs positive thoughts
example of major depression - ANSWER- -failing test internally would be its all my fault,
externally would be my professor sucks, stable would be I was born stupid, global wold be I'll fail
all of my classes
and correct detailed Answers | 2026
Updates | 100% correct
Abnormal Behavior/Mental Disorder - ANSWER- -actions, thoughts and feelings that are
outside of cultural norms, cause emotional distress, cause dysfunction in living, are dangerous
to self or others
The DSM - ANSWER- -Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, medical model,
describes symptoms and typical age of onset or other characteristic of the disorder
Problems with DSM - ANSWER- -over diagnosis, labeling, serious problems vs normal
problems, subjective nature of determining a disorder
Diathesis Stress Model - ANSWER- -biological factors (genetics, brain, chemistry, and others)
that are paired with environmental stressors to create a psychological disorder
Insanity - ANSWER- -a LEGAL term, not a medical term or diagnosis
Insanity's three different meanings - ANSWER- -a persons ability to tell right from wrong, not
guilty by reason of insanity, a person's ability understand the legal proceedings, competency to
stand trial (mentally retarded) whether the person is a direct danger to self or others,
involuntary commitment to a mental hospital
Anxiety Disorders - ANSWER- -excessive levels of negative emotions, such as nervousness,
tension, worry, fright and anxiety
phobias - ANSWER- -an intense, irrational fear of anything
,specific phobia - ANSWER- -a fear of one specific thing
social phobia or social anxiety disorder - ANSWER- -a fear of social interactions, particularly
those with strangers or those in which the person might be viewed negatively
agoraphobia - ANSWER- -a fear of leaving one's home
generalized anxiety disorder - ANSWER- -a vague, uneasy sense of general tension and
apprehension that lasts for years
panic disorder - ANSWER- -a pattern of anxiety in which long periods of calm are broken by
intensely uncomfortable attacks of anxiety (panic attack, anxiety attack)
panic attacks - ANSWER- -involve sudden changes in respiration, heart beat, blood pressure,
and a feeling of intense fear of dying or fear that of going crazy, 5% women, 2% men, but 12%
have experienced it
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - ANSWER- -experiencing anxiety, irritability, upsetting
memories, dreams, and realistic flashbacks of a traumatic event
symptoms of PTSD - ANSWER- -extreme avoidance of things that remind them of event,
associated with war but can be anything traumatic
obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) - ANSWER- -involves obsessions, intense anxiety
provoking thoughts, and or compulsions, irresistible urges to engage in specific irrational
behaviors
, example of OCD - ANSWER- -intrusive thoughts about germs leads to compulsive hand
washing
dissociative disorders - ANSWER- -rare conditions involving sudden cognitive changes, such
as change in memory, perception or identity
depersonalization/dissociation - ANSWER- -feeling of unreal or out of your body, feeling of
head floating, hands enlarged
dissociative identity disorder, multiple personality - ANSWER- -where an individual appears to
shift abruptly and repeatedly from one personality to another, may be caused by severe child
abuse
major depression - ANSWER- -characterized by episodes of deep unhappiness, loss of interest
in life, and other symptoms, mood shifts downward, episodic meaning symptoms are
experienced for a period of time and then dissipate
mood disorders - ANSWER- -psychological disorders involving depression and or abnormal
elation
cognitive factors in depression - ANSWER- -Aaron Beck believe that our thoughts/cognitions
are an important factor in emotional problems, our beliefs about ourselves and our
relationships make us more or less vulnerable to depression, negative vs positive thoughts
example of major depression - ANSWER- -failing test internally would be its all my fault,
externally would be my professor sucks, stable would be I was born stupid, global wold be I'll fail
all of my classes
