Defining Psychopathology
True or false - abnormal behavior is nomothetic, meaning there is a single standard from which all individuals can be compared.
What is false?
Exorcisms were performed when ___________________ perspective was the understanding of mental illness
What is Supernatural?
_______________ theory of learning (by B.F. Skinner) states that, if you give a dog a treat every time it fetches, it's more likely to fetch in the future.
What is Operant conditioning?
To get a full picture of the biopsychosocial spheres of influence, you would use this type of assessment: _________________.
What clinical interview/clinical assessment?
__________ commitment occurs when a person can be legally declared to have a mental illness and be placed in a hospital for treatment.
What is civil?
The three components of psychological dysfunction.
What are cognitive, emotional and behavioral factors?
____________________, by Carl Rogers, emphasizes the need for human relationship to reach self-actualization
What is humanistic perspective?
Even when Johnny studies really hard for his Chemistry test, he still gets a failing grade. This has been happening all year, so during finals, he doesn't even bother studying. Johnny is displaying __________________ (a concept from Bandura's social learning).
What is learned helplessness?
________ is a statistical term for being an assessment's level of consistency.
What is reliability?
The insanity defense is use frequently in federal cases - true of false.
What is false?
A ____________________ is the clinical label given whereas a prognosis is a hypothesized course of the disorder.
What is diagnosis?
If a woman were being treated for "hysteria" by balancing her humors, ______________ is the intervention she'd likely receive.
What is bloodletting?
This term ties together social, psychological, and biological theories of psychology.
What is biopsychosoial model? [BONUS: it is a type of multidimensional and integrative approaches to understanding psychopathology.]
What is the mental status exam?
____________ is required before a person can participate in a research study.
What is informed consent?
The description of a disorder identifies the characteristics of psychopathology, whereas the ___________________ identifies why the psychopathology exists.
What is etiology?
According to psychoanalytic theory, the conflict between the Id and Superego can often lead to feelings of __________________.
What is anxiety?
___________ is a biological predisposition that is triggered when an individual encounters a stressor.
What is a diathesis?
The DSM-5 is a __________ approach to diagnosis, in that it combines both categorical and dimensional approaches to understanding psychopathology.
What is prototypical?
The closing of mental health hospitals (asylums) has led to increased _________________ of those with mental illness.
What is incarceration?
Impaired functioning, Violation of Cultural Norms & ___________________ are all factors in determining psychopathology
What is Individual Distress
Freud's structure of the mind consisted of these 3 parts.
What are the Id, Ego and Superego?
These are the three components of emotions.
What are behavior, physiology and cognition?
_________________ is the statistical term used to describe whether a test measures what it says it's going to measure.
What is validity?
The _______________ stems from the Tarasoff vs. Regents of the University of California after a student being seen by campus therapists killed another student.
What is Duty to Warn?