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PSY - 657 Midterm Exam Questions And
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Mental Disorder - Answer✔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 - Answer✔Study of the nature, development, and
treatment of psychological disorders
Comorbidity - Answer✔presence of two or more disorders in an individual at the same time
acute - Answer✔New, usually of rapid onset and of concern, opposite of chronic
chronic - Answer✔Long-standing, constant. Opposite of acute
Mild, Moderate, Severe - Answer✔severity
Episodic - Answer✔happening in parts or segments
recurrent - Answer✔happening repeatedly
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Epidemiology - Answer✔the study of the distribution of mental or physical disorders in a
population
Prevalence - Answer✔The number or proportion of cases of a particular disease or condition
present in a population at a given time.
lifetime prevalence - Answer✔The percentage of people in a certain population who will have a
given disorder at any point in their lives.
Incidence - Answer✔The number or rate of new cases of a particular condition during a specific
time.
correlational study - Answer✔A research strategy that allows the precise calculation of how
strongly related two factors are to each other.
experimental study - Answer✔A study in which the researcher manipulates one of the variables
and tries to determine how the manipulation influences other variables.
case study - Answer✔an observation technique in which one person is studied in depth in the
hope of revealing universal principles
analogue - Answer✔we study not the true item of interest but an approximation to it
prospective - Answer✔Expected or likely to happen or become
retrospective - Answer✔Looking backward over a period of time
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PSY - 657 Midterm Exam Questions And
Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass.
Mental Disorder - Answer✔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 - Answer✔Study of the nature, development, and
treatment of psychological disorders
Comorbidity - Answer✔presence of two or more disorders in an individual at the same time
acute - Answer✔New, usually of rapid onset and of concern, opposite of chronic
chronic - Answer✔Long-standing, constant. Opposite of acute
Mild, Moderate, Severe - Answer✔severity
Episodic - Answer✔happening in parts or segments
recurrent - Answer✔happening repeatedly
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Epidemiology - Answer✔the study of the distribution of mental or physical disorders in a
population
Prevalence - Answer✔The number or proportion of cases of a particular disease or condition
present in a population at a given time.
lifetime prevalence - Answer✔The percentage of people in a certain population who will have a
given disorder at any point in their lives.
Incidence - Answer✔The number or rate of new cases of a particular condition during a specific
time.
correlational study - Answer✔A research strategy that allows the precise calculation of how
strongly related two factors are to each other.
experimental study - Answer✔A study in which the researcher manipulates one of the variables
and tries to determine how the manipulation influences other variables.
case study - Answer✔an observation technique in which one person is studied in depth in the
hope of revealing universal principles
analogue - Answer✔we study not the true item of interest but an approximation to it
prospective - Answer✔Expected or likely to happen or become
retrospective - Answer✔Looking backward over a period of time
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