Explaining and Classifying Psychological Disorders
This manual for classifying mental disorders was developed by the World Health Organization.
What is the International Classification of Mental Disorders (ICD)?
These define expectations and roles a society may have for its members in individual and social situations.
What are social norms?
The system is based on the individual's current stage of life.
What is the chronosystem?
This psychological perspective proposes that the causes of mental disorders focus on physiological or genetic issues.
What is the biological perspective?
Seeing a celebrity in a commercial would be an example of this psychology concept.
What is a peripheral route to persuasion.
This system represents the groups that have direct contact with the individual.
What is the microsystem?
This model assumes that psychological disorders develop due to a genetic vulnerability in combination with stressful life experiences.
What is the diathesis-stress model?
An example of this concept would be, Sally asking her parents for $50 first, knowing they will say no, she is really hoping they will give her $20.
What is door-in-the-face?
This system represents cultural events that affect the individuals and others around them.
What is the macrosystem?
The three Ds of classifying and diagnosing a mental disorder.
What is dysfunction, distress, and deviation?
This form of conformity prompts individuals to conform to groups norms to fit in, gain acceptance, and feel good.
What is normative social influence?
This system represents the relationships between groups in the system below it.
What is the mesosystem?
Most psychologists employ this approach when diagnosing and treating clients.
What is the eclectic approach?
This is when the original group attitude is strengthened after the discussion of views and opinions within the group.
What is group polarization?
This system represents indirect factors in an individual's life.
What is the exosystem?