Psychology 100 Final Exam Study Guide 2025 – Most
Tested Topics & Key Concepts REAL
Abnormal Behavior - ANSWER ✨✔---Behavior that causes people to experience distress and
prevents them from functioning in their daily lives.
Medical Perspective - ANSWER ✨✔---The perspective that suggests when an individual displays
symptoms of abnormal behavior, the root cause will be found in a physical examination of the
individual, which may reveal a hormonal imbalance, a chemical deficiency, or a brain injury.
Psychoanalytic Perspective - ANSWER ✨✔---The perspective that suggests that abnormal behavior
stems from childhood conflicts over opposing wishes regarding sex and aggression
Behavioral Perspective - ANSWER ✨✔---The perspective that looks at the behavior itself as the
problem
Cognitive Perspective - ANSWER ✨✔---The perspective that suggests that people's thoughts and
beliefs are a central component of abnormal behavior
Humanistic Perspective - ANSWER ✨✔---The perspective that emphasizes the responsibility people
have for their own behavior, even when such behavior is abnormal
Sociocultural Perspective - ANSWER ✨✔---The perspective that assumes that people's behavior
both normal and abnormal is shaped by the kind of family group, society, and culture in which they live.
, DSM-IV-TR - ANSWER ✨✔---A system, devised by American Psychiatric Association, used by most
professionals to diagnose and classify abnormal behavior.
Anxiety Disorder - ANSWER ✨✔---The occurrence of anxiety without an obvious external cause,
affecting daily functioning.
Phobia - ANSWER ✨✔---Intense, irrational fears of specific objects or situations.
Panic Disorder - ANSWER ✨✔---Anxiety disorder that takes the form of panic attacks lasting from a
few seconds to as long as several hours.
Generalized anxiety disorder - ANSWER ✨✔---The experience of long-term, persistent anxiety and
worry
Obsessive-compulsive disorder - ANSWER ✨✔---A disorder characterized by obsessions or
compulsions
Obsession - ANSWER ✨✔---A persistent, unwanted thought or idea that keeps recurring
Compulsion - ANSWER ✨✔---An irresistible urge to repeatedly carry out some act that seems
strange and unreasonable.
Somatoform disorders - ANSWER ✨✔---Psychological difficulties that take on a physical form, but
for which there is no medical cause.
Hypochondriasis - ANSWER ✨✔---A disorder in which people have a constant fear of illness and a
preoccupation with their health.
Conversion Disorder - ANSWER ✨✔---A major somatoform disorder that involves an actual
physical disturbance, such as the inability to use a sensory organ or the complete or partial inability to
move an arm or leg.
Tested Topics & Key Concepts REAL
Abnormal Behavior - ANSWER ✨✔---Behavior that causes people to experience distress and
prevents them from functioning in their daily lives.
Medical Perspective - ANSWER ✨✔---The perspective that suggests when an individual displays
symptoms of abnormal behavior, the root cause will be found in a physical examination of the
individual, which may reveal a hormonal imbalance, a chemical deficiency, or a brain injury.
Psychoanalytic Perspective - ANSWER ✨✔---The perspective that suggests that abnormal behavior
stems from childhood conflicts over opposing wishes regarding sex and aggression
Behavioral Perspective - ANSWER ✨✔---The perspective that looks at the behavior itself as the
problem
Cognitive Perspective - ANSWER ✨✔---The perspective that suggests that people's thoughts and
beliefs are a central component of abnormal behavior
Humanistic Perspective - ANSWER ✨✔---The perspective that emphasizes the responsibility people
have for their own behavior, even when such behavior is abnormal
Sociocultural Perspective - ANSWER ✨✔---The perspective that assumes that people's behavior
both normal and abnormal is shaped by the kind of family group, society, and culture in which they live.
, DSM-IV-TR - ANSWER ✨✔---A system, devised by American Psychiatric Association, used by most
professionals to diagnose and classify abnormal behavior.
Anxiety Disorder - ANSWER ✨✔---The occurrence of anxiety without an obvious external cause,
affecting daily functioning.
Phobia - ANSWER ✨✔---Intense, irrational fears of specific objects or situations.
Panic Disorder - ANSWER ✨✔---Anxiety disorder that takes the form of panic attacks lasting from a
few seconds to as long as several hours.
Generalized anxiety disorder - ANSWER ✨✔---The experience of long-term, persistent anxiety and
worry
Obsessive-compulsive disorder - ANSWER ✨✔---A disorder characterized by obsessions or
compulsions
Obsession - ANSWER ✨✔---A persistent, unwanted thought or idea that keeps recurring
Compulsion - ANSWER ✨✔---An irresistible urge to repeatedly carry out some act that seems
strange and unreasonable.
Somatoform disorders - ANSWER ✨✔---Psychological difficulties that take on a physical form, but
for which there is no medical cause.
Hypochondriasis - ANSWER ✨✔---A disorder in which people have a constant fear of illness and a
preoccupation with their health.
Conversion Disorder - ANSWER ✨✔---A major somatoform disorder that involves an actual
physical disturbance, such as the inability to use a sensory organ or the complete or partial inability to
move an arm or leg.
