Abnormal Psychology (Hooley) | Midterm Chapters (1-3, 6-8)
Questions and Answers with 100% Correct Answers | Latest Version
Question 1.
concerned with understanding the nature, causes, and treatment of mental disorders.
Correct Answer: Abnormal PSychology
Question 2.
Family aggregation
Correct Answer: whether a disorder runs in families
Question 3.
social distress, maladaptiveness, statistical deviancy, violation of the standards of society,
social discomfort, irrationality and unpredictability, dangerousness.
Correct Answer: Indicators of Abnormality
Question 4.
Subjective Distress
Correct Answer: if people suffer of experience psychological pain
Question 5.
this behavior interferes with our well-being and with our ability to enjoy our work and our
relationships. (not all disorders involve this)
Correct Answer: Maladaptiveness
Question 6.
Statistical Deviancy
Correct Answer: away from the normal, statistically rare and undesirable
Question 7.
when people fail to follow the conventional social and moral rules of their cultural group
Correct Answer: Violation of the Standards of Society
Question 8.
when someone violates an implicit or unwritten social rule, those around him or her may
experience a sense of discomfort or unease
Correct Answer: social discomfort
Question 9.
Irrationality and unpredictability
,Correct Answer: behavior or states of mind that are so out of the expected and
ordinary that it impairs one's participation in the culture
Question 10.
Dangerousness
Correct Answer: a person's potential for doing harm to the self or to others
Question 11.
nomenclature
Correct Answer: naming system
Question 12.
Stigma
Correct Answer: disgrace
Question 13.
Stereotyping
Correct Answer:
Question 14.
diagnostic label can be hard to shake as it becomes ingrained into their self concept
Correct Answer: labeling
Question 15.
DSM-5 defintion of mental disorder
Correct Answer: a mental disorder is defined as a syndrome that is present in an
individual and that involves clinically significant disturbance in behavior,
emotion regulation, or cognitive functioning. These disturbances are thought to
reflect a dysfunction in biological, psychological, or developmental processes
that are necessary for mental functioning.
Question 16.
the study of the distribution of diseases, disorders, or health related behaviors in a given
population.
Correct Answer: Epidemiology
Question 17.
The number or proportion of cases of a particular disease or condition present in a
population at a given time.
Correct Answer: Prevalence
, Question 18.
the estimated proportion of actual, active cases of a disorder in a given population at a
given point in time
Correct Answer: point prevalence
Question 19.
the total number of cases of a health-related state or condition in a population for a given
year
Correct Answer: 1-year prevalence
Question 20.
estimate of the number of people who have had a particular disorder at any time in their
lives
Correct Answer: lifetime prevalence
Question 21.
refers to the number of new cases that occur over a given period of time (typically 1 year)
Correct Answer: Incidence
Question 22.
Comorbidity
Correct Answer: the co-occurrence of two or more disorders in a single
individual
Question 23.
Acute symptoms
Correct Answer: short duration
Question 24.
Chronic Symptoms
Correct Answer: long duration
Question 25.
Etiology
Correct Answer: causes of disorders
Question 26.
an observation technique in which one person is studied in depth in the hope of revealing
universal principles (subject to bias, low generalizability)
Correct Answer: Case study
Questions and Answers with 100% Correct Answers | Latest Version
Question 1.
concerned with understanding the nature, causes, and treatment of mental disorders.
Correct Answer: Abnormal PSychology
Question 2.
Family aggregation
Correct Answer: whether a disorder runs in families
Question 3.
social distress, maladaptiveness, statistical deviancy, violation of the standards of society,
social discomfort, irrationality and unpredictability, dangerousness.
Correct Answer: Indicators of Abnormality
Question 4.
Subjective Distress
Correct Answer: if people suffer of experience psychological pain
Question 5.
this behavior interferes with our well-being and with our ability to enjoy our work and our
relationships. (not all disorders involve this)
Correct Answer: Maladaptiveness
Question 6.
Statistical Deviancy
Correct Answer: away from the normal, statistically rare and undesirable
Question 7.
when people fail to follow the conventional social and moral rules of their cultural group
Correct Answer: Violation of the Standards of Society
Question 8.
when someone violates an implicit or unwritten social rule, those around him or her may
experience a sense of discomfort or unease
Correct Answer: social discomfort
Question 9.
Irrationality and unpredictability
,Correct Answer: behavior or states of mind that are so out of the expected and
ordinary that it impairs one's participation in the culture
Question 10.
Dangerousness
Correct Answer: a person's potential for doing harm to the self or to others
Question 11.
nomenclature
Correct Answer: naming system
Question 12.
Stigma
Correct Answer: disgrace
Question 13.
Stereotyping
Correct Answer:
Question 14.
diagnostic label can be hard to shake as it becomes ingrained into their self concept
Correct Answer: labeling
Question 15.
DSM-5 defintion of mental disorder
Correct Answer: a mental disorder is defined as a syndrome that is present in an
individual and that involves clinically significant disturbance in behavior,
emotion regulation, or cognitive functioning. These disturbances are thought to
reflect a dysfunction in biological, psychological, or developmental processes
that are necessary for mental functioning.
Question 16.
the study of the distribution of diseases, disorders, or health related behaviors in a given
population.
Correct Answer: Epidemiology
Question 17.
The number or proportion of cases of a particular disease or condition present in a
population at a given time.
Correct Answer: Prevalence
, Question 18.
the estimated proportion of actual, active cases of a disorder in a given population at a
given point in time
Correct Answer: point prevalence
Question 19.
the total number of cases of a health-related state or condition in a population for a given
year
Correct Answer: 1-year prevalence
Question 20.
estimate of the number of people who have had a particular disorder at any time in their
lives
Correct Answer: lifetime prevalence
Question 21.
refers to the number of new cases that occur over a given period of time (typically 1 year)
Correct Answer: Incidence
Question 22.
Comorbidity
Correct Answer: the co-occurrence of two or more disorders in a single
individual
Question 23.
Acute symptoms
Correct Answer: short duration
Question 24.
Chronic Symptoms
Correct Answer: long duration
Question 25.
Etiology
Correct Answer: causes of disorders
Question 26.
an observation technique in which one person is studied in depth in the hope of revealing
universal principles (subject to bias, low generalizability)
Correct Answer: Case study
