PSY 657 UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED
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✔✔Mild intellectual disability - ✔✔have IQ scores ranging from 50-55 to approximately
70 and constitute by far the largest number of those diagnosed with an intellectual
disability. People in this group are considered educable, and their intellectual levels as
adults are comparable to those of average 8 to 11 years children.
✔✔moderate intellectual disability - ✔✔have IQ scores ranging from 35-40 and 50-55
and, even in adulthood, attain intellectual levels similar to those of average 4-to 7-year-
old children. Although some can be taught to read and write a little and may manage to
achieve a fair command of spoken language, their rate of learning is slow, and their
level of conceptualizing is extremely limited.
✔✔severe intellectual disability - ✔✔have IQ scores ranging from 20-25 to 35-40 and
commonly suffer from impaired speech development, sensory defects, and motor
handicaps. They are always dependent on others for care
✔✔profound intellectual disability - ✔✔have IQ scores below 20-25 and are severely
deficient in adaptive behavior and unable to master any but the simplest tasks. Severe
physical deformities and retarded growth are typical. Convulsive seizures and deafness
are also common. Tend to have poor health, low resistance to disease, and a short life
expectancy.
✔✔Down Syndrome - ✔✔form of moderate-to-severe intellectual disability associated
with chromosomal abnormality and typically accompanied by characteristic physical
features
✔✔ Unipolar Mood Disorder - ✔✔mood disorder in which a person experiences only
depressive episodes, as opposed to bipolar disorder, in which both manic and
depressive episodes occur.
✔✔Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymic Disorder) - ✔✔a new DSM-5 disorder
that involves long-standing depressed mood (2 years or more). The disorder
incorporates dysthymic disorder and chronic major depression from DSM-IV.
✔✔Major Depressive Disorder - ✔✔moderate to severe mood disorder in which a
person experiences only major depressive episodes but no hypomanic, manic, or mixed
episodes. Single episode if only one; recurrent episode if more than one
✔✔Bipolar Mood Disorder - ✔✔mood disorders in which a person experiences both
manic and depressive episodes.
✔✔Cyclothymic Disorder - ✔✔mild mood disorder characterized by cyclical periods of
hypomanic and depressive symptoms.
, ✔✔Bipolar I Disorder - ✔✔a form of bipolar disorder which the person experiences both
manic (or mixed) episodes and major depressive episodes.
✔✔Bipolar II Disorder - ✔✔a form of bipolar disorder in which the person experiences
both hypomanic episodes and major depressive episodes
✔✔Schizoaffective Disorder - ✔✔a mix of symptoms of schizophrenia and mood
disorder symptoms. The person not only has psychotic symptoms that meet criteria for
schizophrenia but also has marked changes in mood for a substantial amount of time.
✔✔Treatments for Mood Disorders pt. 1 - Pharmacotherapy - ✔✔treatment by drugs.
✔✔Treatment for mood disorders pt. 2 - SSRI's - ✔✔selective serotonin reuptake
inhibitors - a medication that inhibits serotonin and is used in the treatment of
depression.
✔✔Treatment for mood disorders pt. 3 - Mood stabilizers - ✔✔psychiatric medication
used to treat mood disorders characterized by intense and sustained mood shift, such
as bipolar disorder and the bipolar type of schizoaffective disorder.
✔✔Electroconvulsive Therapy - ✔✔Also known as electroshock therapy and is often
used with patients who are severely depressed (especially among the elderly) and who
may present an immediate and serious suicidal risk, including those with psychotic or
melancholic features.
✔✔CBT - ✔✔therapy based on altering dysfunctional thoughts and cognitive distortions.
✔✔Suicide - ✔✔taking one's own life.
✔✔Crisis Intervention - ✔✔provision of psychological help to an individual or group in
times of severe and special stress.
✔✔Anorexia Nervosa - ✔✔intense fear of gaining weight or becoming "fat" coupled with
refusal to maintain adequate nutrition and with severe loss of body weight. It is the
relentless pursuit of thinness as well as behaviors designed to accomplish this goal.
Patients are severely underweight.
✔✔Bulimia Nervosa - ✔✔frequent occurrence of binge-eating episodes accompanied
by a sense of loss of control over eating and recurrent inappropriate behavior such as
purging or excessive exercise to prevent weight gain. People are usually of normal
weight or overweight.
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✔✔Mild intellectual disability - ✔✔have IQ scores ranging from 50-55 to approximately
70 and constitute by far the largest number of those diagnosed with an intellectual
disability. People in this group are considered educable, and their intellectual levels as
adults are comparable to those of average 8 to 11 years children.
✔✔moderate intellectual disability - ✔✔have IQ scores ranging from 35-40 and 50-55
and, even in adulthood, attain intellectual levels similar to those of average 4-to 7-year-
old children. Although some can be taught to read and write a little and may manage to
achieve a fair command of spoken language, their rate of learning is slow, and their
level of conceptualizing is extremely limited.
✔✔severe intellectual disability - ✔✔have IQ scores ranging from 20-25 to 35-40 and
commonly suffer from impaired speech development, sensory defects, and motor
handicaps. They are always dependent on others for care
✔✔profound intellectual disability - ✔✔have IQ scores below 20-25 and are severely
deficient in adaptive behavior and unable to master any but the simplest tasks. Severe
physical deformities and retarded growth are typical. Convulsive seizures and deafness
are also common. Tend to have poor health, low resistance to disease, and a short life
expectancy.
✔✔Down Syndrome - ✔✔form of moderate-to-severe intellectual disability associated
with chromosomal abnormality and typically accompanied by characteristic physical
features
✔✔ Unipolar Mood Disorder - ✔✔mood disorder in which a person experiences only
depressive episodes, as opposed to bipolar disorder, in which both manic and
depressive episodes occur.
✔✔Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymic Disorder) - ✔✔a new DSM-5 disorder
that involves long-standing depressed mood (2 years or more). The disorder
incorporates dysthymic disorder and chronic major depression from DSM-IV.
✔✔Major Depressive Disorder - ✔✔moderate to severe mood disorder in which a
person experiences only major depressive episodes but no hypomanic, manic, or mixed
episodes. Single episode if only one; recurrent episode if more than one
✔✔Bipolar Mood Disorder - ✔✔mood disorders in which a person experiences both
manic and depressive episodes.
✔✔Cyclothymic Disorder - ✔✔mild mood disorder characterized by cyclical periods of
hypomanic and depressive symptoms.
, ✔✔Bipolar I Disorder - ✔✔a form of bipolar disorder which the person experiences both
manic (or mixed) episodes and major depressive episodes.
✔✔Bipolar II Disorder - ✔✔a form of bipolar disorder in which the person experiences
both hypomanic episodes and major depressive episodes
✔✔Schizoaffective Disorder - ✔✔a mix of symptoms of schizophrenia and mood
disorder symptoms. The person not only has psychotic symptoms that meet criteria for
schizophrenia but also has marked changes in mood for a substantial amount of time.
✔✔Treatments for Mood Disorders pt. 1 - Pharmacotherapy - ✔✔treatment by drugs.
✔✔Treatment for mood disorders pt. 2 - SSRI's - ✔✔selective serotonin reuptake
inhibitors - a medication that inhibits serotonin and is used in the treatment of
depression.
✔✔Treatment for mood disorders pt. 3 - Mood stabilizers - ✔✔psychiatric medication
used to treat mood disorders characterized by intense and sustained mood shift, such
as bipolar disorder and the bipolar type of schizoaffective disorder.
✔✔Electroconvulsive Therapy - ✔✔Also known as electroshock therapy and is often
used with patients who are severely depressed (especially among the elderly) and who
may present an immediate and serious suicidal risk, including those with psychotic or
melancholic features.
✔✔CBT - ✔✔therapy based on altering dysfunctional thoughts and cognitive distortions.
✔✔Suicide - ✔✔taking one's own life.
✔✔Crisis Intervention - ✔✔provision of psychological help to an individual or group in
times of severe and special stress.
✔✔Anorexia Nervosa - ✔✔intense fear of gaining weight or becoming "fat" coupled with
refusal to maintain adequate nutrition and with severe loss of body weight. It is the
relentless pursuit of thinness as well as behaviors designed to accomplish this goal.
Patients are severely underweight.
✔✔Bulimia Nervosa - ✔✔frequent occurrence of binge-eating episodes accompanied
by a sense of loss of control over eating and recurrent inappropriate behavior such as
purging or excessive exercise to prevent weight gain. People are usually of normal
weight or overweight.
