PSYCH 3082 EXAM 1 GROS LSU | COMPLETE
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS) LATEST UPDATE
Ways to determine if somethings a psychological disorder - CORRECT ANSWER -Distress,
impairment, and cuktural context
Distress - CORRECT ANSWER -Normal in some situations
Dysfunctional distress occurs when a person is much more distressed than others would be
Impairment - CORRECT ANSWER -Must be pervasive and / or significant
Culture - CORRECT ANSWER -Consider "normalcy" relative to behavior of others in same cultural
context
Accepted definition of psychological disorders - CORRECT ANSWER -Behavioral, psychological, or
biological dysfunctions that are unexpected in their cultural context and associated with present
distress and / or impairment in functioning or increased risk of suffering, death, pain, or
impairment
Psychopathology - CORRECT ANSWER -Scientific study of psychological dysfunction
Scientific practitioner model - CORRECT ANSWER -Consumer of science - enhancing the practice
Evaluator if science - determining the effectiveness of the practice
Creator of science - conducting research that leads to new procedures useful in practice
Clinical description - CORRECT ANSWER -Begins with the presenting problem
, Symptoms
Description aims to distinguish clinically significant dysfunction from common human
experience
Prevalence - CORRECT ANSWER -The proportion of a population that has a characteristic,
regardless of when they first developed it
Incidence - CORRECT ANSWER -The number of new cases of a characteristic that develop in a
population over a specific period of time
Onset of disorders - CORRECT ANSWER -Acute vs insidious
Acute onset - CORRECT ANSWER -Sudden and rapid appearance of symptoms
Insidious onset - CORRECT ANSWER -Gradual development of symptoms over time
Course of disorders - CORRECT ANSWER -Episodic, time-limited, or chronic
Prognosis - CORRECT ANSWER -Good vs guarded
Etiology - CORRECT ANSWER -What contributes to the development of psychopathology
The cause of a disease
Supernatural tradition - CORRECT ANSWER -Deviant behavior as a battle of good vs evil
Believed to be caused by demonic possessions, witchcraft, sorcery
Treatments included exorcism, torture, religious rituals
Mass hysteria
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS) LATEST UPDATE
Ways to determine if somethings a psychological disorder - CORRECT ANSWER -Distress,
impairment, and cuktural context
Distress - CORRECT ANSWER -Normal in some situations
Dysfunctional distress occurs when a person is much more distressed than others would be
Impairment - CORRECT ANSWER -Must be pervasive and / or significant
Culture - CORRECT ANSWER -Consider "normalcy" relative to behavior of others in same cultural
context
Accepted definition of psychological disorders - CORRECT ANSWER -Behavioral, psychological, or
biological dysfunctions that are unexpected in their cultural context and associated with present
distress and / or impairment in functioning or increased risk of suffering, death, pain, or
impairment
Psychopathology - CORRECT ANSWER -Scientific study of psychological dysfunction
Scientific practitioner model - CORRECT ANSWER -Consumer of science - enhancing the practice
Evaluator if science - determining the effectiveness of the practice
Creator of science - conducting research that leads to new procedures useful in practice
Clinical description - CORRECT ANSWER -Begins with the presenting problem
, Symptoms
Description aims to distinguish clinically significant dysfunction from common human
experience
Prevalence - CORRECT ANSWER -The proportion of a population that has a characteristic,
regardless of when they first developed it
Incidence - CORRECT ANSWER -The number of new cases of a characteristic that develop in a
population over a specific period of time
Onset of disorders - CORRECT ANSWER -Acute vs insidious
Acute onset - CORRECT ANSWER -Sudden and rapid appearance of symptoms
Insidious onset - CORRECT ANSWER -Gradual development of symptoms over time
Course of disorders - CORRECT ANSWER -Episodic, time-limited, or chronic
Prognosis - CORRECT ANSWER -Good vs guarded
Etiology - CORRECT ANSWER -What contributes to the development of psychopathology
The cause of a disease
Supernatural tradition - CORRECT ANSWER -Deviant behavior as a battle of good vs evil
Believed to be caused by demonic possessions, witchcraft, sorcery
Treatments included exorcism, torture, religious rituals
Mass hysteria
