Psy 311: Psychopathology
Exam 1 Questions and
Answers
User [Date] [Course title]
, What is abnormal psychology? - Correct Answer: cognitive, behavioral, or emotional dysfunction
associated with distress or impairment in functioning that is not typical or culturally normative
Definition of psychopathology - Correct Answer: the scientific study of mental disorders
Etiology is - Correct Answer: the cause or causes of a disease or in this case: mental disorder
What categories are included in psychopathology? *hint: to determine a mental disorder - Correct
Answer: Etiology; Consequences; Course; Classification
The Four D's of Abnormal Psychology - Correct Answer: deviance, distress, dysfunction, danger
What is deviance? - Correct Answer: anything that is atypical, not culturally expected, socially
unacceptable, unusual
What is distress? - Correct Answer: anything that is unpleasant and upsetting to the person - internal
subjective experience
What is dysfunction? - Correct Answer: anything that is interfering with ability to conduct daily activities,
impairment
What is danger? - Correct Answer: anything that is posing risk of harm to self or others
What are you deviating from? - Correct Answer: social normative behaviors, thoughts, and emotions
What is deviance a synonym for in contemporary language? - Correct Answer: crazy
Do you deviate from laws or rules? - Correct Answer: No, only social norms
Statistically deviance is _________ - Correct Answer: an infrequent behavior, cognition, or emotion
Exam 1 Questions and
Answers
User [Date] [Course title]
, What is abnormal psychology? - Correct Answer: cognitive, behavioral, or emotional dysfunction
associated with distress or impairment in functioning that is not typical or culturally normative
Definition of psychopathology - Correct Answer: the scientific study of mental disorders
Etiology is - Correct Answer: the cause or causes of a disease or in this case: mental disorder
What categories are included in psychopathology? *hint: to determine a mental disorder - Correct
Answer: Etiology; Consequences; Course; Classification
The Four D's of Abnormal Psychology - Correct Answer: deviance, distress, dysfunction, danger
What is deviance? - Correct Answer: anything that is atypical, not culturally expected, socially
unacceptable, unusual
What is distress? - Correct Answer: anything that is unpleasant and upsetting to the person - internal
subjective experience
What is dysfunction? - Correct Answer: anything that is interfering with ability to conduct daily activities,
impairment
What is danger? - Correct Answer: anything that is posing risk of harm to self or others
What are you deviating from? - Correct Answer: social normative behaviors, thoughts, and emotions
What is deviance a synonym for in contemporary language? - Correct Answer: crazy
Do you deviate from laws or rules? - Correct Answer: No, only social norms
Statistically deviance is _________ - Correct Answer: an infrequent behavior, cognition, or emotion
