Abnormal Psychology
Although no definition has won universal acceptance, this term can be defined as the scientific study of abnormal behavior in an effort to describe, predict, explain , and change pattens of abnormal functioning.
What is Abnormal Psychology?
These are the models of abnormailty
What is biological, psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, humanistic-existential, and sociocultural?
Idigraphic information (interviews, psychological tests, behavioral observations) gathered to determine how and why a person is behaving abnotrmally
What is a clinical assessment?
A person experiences wide-ranging and persistent feelings of worry and anxiety. This is MOST likely _______ disorder
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
The _____ model of abnormality pays particular attention to the client's family structure, societal norms, and the client's roles in society.
What is the socio-cultural model?
These are the 4D's of abnormality.
What is deviance, distress, dysfunction, and danger?
Model of abnormality that assumes that abnormal functioning arises from inheritance, and brain function/chemistry.
What is the Biological Model?
An assessment tool is said to have high _____ if it yields the same results each time it is given to the same people.
What is test-retest reliability?
Every once in a while, Ona feels nervous to the point of terror. This feeling seems to come on suddenly and randomly. Her experience is an example of a(n):
What is panic disorder?
A therapist's preferred method of assessing abnormal behavior is to watch clients in their everyday environments and record their activities and behaviors. This approach is known as:
What is a naturalistic observation?
1) A theorist who believes that psychological factors are the primary causes of abnormal functioning adheres to the _____ perspective.
2) A theorist who believes that physical/biological factors are the primary causes of abnormal functioning adheres to the _____ perspective.
1) What is psychogenic
2) What is somatogenic?
Model that focuses on how mental processes influence an individual's behavior
What is the cognitive-behavioral model?
A _____ test is one that has been set up with common steps to be followed whenever it is administered.
What is standardized?
Difference between fear and anxiety
Fear is a response to an instant/specific threat, whereas anxiety is a response to a potential and/or vague threat.
Rin's therapist suspects they have generalized anxiety disorder. Before making that diagnosis, however, according to the DSM-5-TR the therapist should confirm that Rin's symptoms have persisted for at least:
What is 6 months?
1) If someone knew there were currently a total of 500,000 cases of schizophrenia in the United States, that person would know the _____ of schizophrenia in the United States.
2) Ten new cases of schizophrenia were diagnosed in a small town in the Midwest this week. This observation refers to the _____ of schizophrenia in this small population.
1) What is Prevalence?
2) What is Incidence?
Model that focuses on an individuals potential to self-actualization (striving to be the best through honest recognition of strengths and weaknesses) and having self-awareness that their lives are authentic.
What is the Humanistic-Existential model?
A type of reliability that refers to an assessment tool in which different judges independently agree on how to score and interpret it?
What is inter-rater reliability?
Derrick tries to interact with as few people as possible during the workday. He doesn't engage in any nonwork events such as birthday celebrations or happy hours, because he thinks he is socially awkward and will make a fool of himself. These thoughts and symptoms are consistent with:
What is Social Anxiety Disorder?
A therapist listens carefully to a client's words and then attempts to show accurate empathy and genuineness. The hope is that the client will engage in self-examination with acceptance and honesty. Concerning the models of abnormality, MOST likely, this therapist is a _____ therapist.
What is a humanistic-existential therapist?
1) Actions deemed harmful/kife-threatening (suicide, mass shooting)
2) Actions that violate societal norms (underage drinking, shoplifting)
3) Actions that interfere with an individual's normal daily functionining
1) What is Danger?
2) What is Deviance?
3) What is Dysfunction?
1) Model that suggests that abnormal functioning arises when three psychological (personality) forces are in conflict with one another
2) Name those three forces.
1) What is the pychodynamic model?
2) What is the id, ego, and superego?
If a new test for assessing anorexic tendencies produces scores comparable to those of other tests for assessing anorexic tendencies, then the new test has high:
What is concurrent validity?
Nicholas has an intense fear of dogs that won't go away. He avoids looking at pictures of dogs, and sometimes he can't even leave the house when neighbors are walking their dogs. This kind of fear would be classified as which kind of disorder?
What is a specific phobia?
Most common form of obsession:
What is dirt/fear of contamination?