PSYCH 350 KU EXAM 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Who is the only psychologist ever to win a nobel prize? - Answer -Daniel Kahneman
What are the two approaches to defining abnormal? - Answer -Cultural Relativism and
Harmful Dysfunction
What is cultural relativism? - Answer -The argument that behavior in a particular culture
should not be judged by the standards of another culture
What is the Better Angels of our Nature about? - Answer -Cross cultural comparison of
the growing of equiality and the decrease in violence in human history
Also makes the claim that our minds like to divide the world into ingroups and outgroups
What is the Harmful Dysfunction approach to abnormality? - Answer -Scientifc/Medical
approach that there is a dysfunction when a person's behavior can be classified as
harmful
How is harmful dysfunction jointly determined? - Answer -It is determined through
science when considering a dysfunction, then decided if harmful through cultural values
What is thought to be the cause behind Harmful dysfunction? - Answer -Failure of
some designed function; involving disrupted biological and psychological mechanism of
adapted behavior
What are the pros of harmful dysfunction? - Answer -Potentional to compare and
analyze behavior across cultures
Richly informed by biology, neuroscience, medicine
Still acknowledges a role for culture
What are the cons of harmful dysfunction? - Answer -There aren't always mechanisms
to recognize a syndrome
What part of the brain helps evaluate protentional consequences of our actions? -
Answer -Orbitofrontal cortex
In the medical field, what does it mean to call something a disease? - Answer -A
definitive set of symptoms
Underlying mechanisms of disease process
Treaments that target disease mechanisms, not just symptoms
Why do they treat for the disease rather than the symptoms? - Answer -Symptoms can
be very misleading when diagnosing
, What does DSM mean? - Answer -Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders
How were the DSM and DSMII? - Answer -Very difficult to get consistent results
What was big in the DSM3? - Answer -Took homosexuality out of the syndromes
What did the DSM3 give us? - Answer -Gave basically a template for asking questions
in order to get a basic diagnosis
Best DSM so far? - Answer -DSM4
What was wrong with the DSM5? - Answer -It took a step back from the DSM4
Was rushed in order to make money
What were the specific issues in the DSM5? - Answer -Poor inter-rater reliability
Ineptitude and financial conflicts of interest
Expansion of diagnoses causing an increase in perscriptions
Who controls the psychiatry industry? - Answer -Big Pharma
What is the international version of the DSM? - Answer -ICD-10
Psychiatrist (MD) - Answer -4 years medical school, 4 years recidency
40% of med school applicants are accepted
Growing shortage of psychiatrists
Career focus is usually medication managament
Not fun
Clinical Psychologist (Ph.D) - Answer -6 years in school including internship
Low acceptance rate but apply to many schools
Perform Psychotherapy
Counseling Psychologist (Ph.D) - Answer -Very similar to clinical
Stronger focus on healthier individuals
Work less with severe mental illness
Do this if you don't like research
Clinical/ Counseling Psy.D - Answer -5 years of education
Most get degrees from diploma mills
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner - Answer -Get either a Doctor of nursing practice or
Master of Science
Focus on Medication management; can prescribe drugs
Becoming analogous to psychiatrists
Who is the only psychologist ever to win a nobel prize? - Answer -Daniel Kahneman
What are the two approaches to defining abnormal? - Answer -Cultural Relativism and
Harmful Dysfunction
What is cultural relativism? - Answer -The argument that behavior in a particular culture
should not be judged by the standards of another culture
What is the Better Angels of our Nature about? - Answer -Cross cultural comparison of
the growing of equiality and the decrease in violence in human history
Also makes the claim that our minds like to divide the world into ingroups and outgroups
What is the Harmful Dysfunction approach to abnormality? - Answer -Scientifc/Medical
approach that there is a dysfunction when a person's behavior can be classified as
harmful
How is harmful dysfunction jointly determined? - Answer -It is determined through
science when considering a dysfunction, then decided if harmful through cultural values
What is thought to be the cause behind Harmful dysfunction? - Answer -Failure of
some designed function; involving disrupted biological and psychological mechanism of
adapted behavior
What are the pros of harmful dysfunction? - Answer -Potentional to compare and
analyze behavior across cultures
Richly informed by biology, neuroscience, medicine
Still acknowledges a role for culture
What are the cons of harmful dysfunction? - Answer -There aren't always mechanisms
to recognize a syndrome
What part of the brain helps evaluate protentional consequences of our actions? -
Answer -Orbitofrontal cortex
In the medical field, what does it mean to call something a disease? - Answer -A
definitive set of symptoms
Underlying mechanisms of disease process
Treaments that target disease mechanisms, not just symptoms
Why do they treat for the disease rather than the symptoms? - Answer -Symptoms can
be very misleading when diagnosing
, What does DSM mean? - Answer -Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders
How were the DSM and DSMII? - Answer -Very difficult to get consistent results
What was big in the DSM3? - Answer -Took homosexuality out of the syndromes
What did the DSM3 give us? - Answer -Gave basically a template for asking questions
in order to get a basic diagnosis
Best DSM so far? - Answer -DSM4
What was wrong with the DSM5? - Answer -It took a step back from the DSM4
Was rushed in order to make money
What were the specific issues in the DSM5? - Answer -Poor inter-rater reliability
Ineptitude and financial conflicts of interest
Expansion of diagnoses causing an increase in perscriptions
Who controls the psychiatry industry? - Answer -Big Pharma
What is the international version of the DSM? - Answer -ICD-10
Psychiatrist (MD) - Answer -4 years medical school, 4 years recidency
40% of med school applicants are accepted
Growing shortage of psychiatrists
Career focus is usually medication managament
Not fun
Clinical Psychologist (Ph.D) - Answer -6 years in school including internship
Low acceptance rate but apply to many schools
Perform Psychotherapy
Counseling Psychologist (Ph.D) - Answer -Very similar to clinical
Stronger focus on healthier individuals
Work less with severe mental illness
Do this if you don't like research
Clinical/ Counseling Psy.D - Answer -5 years of education
Most get degrees from diploma mills
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner - Answer -Get either a Doctor of nursing practice or
Master of Science
Focus on Medication management; can prescribe drugs
Becoming analogous to psychiatrists
