PSY 255 Week 1 2026 Exam
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Mental disorder - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Condition characterized by thoughts,
feelings, and behaviors that create dysfunction
Dysfunction - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A disruption of a person's ability to live their
live productively or in a way that impairs relationships, ability to think
clearly, communicate with others, hold a job, or deal with stressful events
,Psychopathology - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Study of psychological disorders,
including their symptoms, etiology, and treatment; can also refer to
manifestation of psychological disorder
Etiology - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The causal description of all of the factors that
contribute to the development of a disorder or illness
According to the American Psychiatric Association (APA) (2013), a
psychological disorder is a condition that is said to consist of the following: -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-There are significant disturbances in thoughts, feelings,
and behaviors.
-The disturbances reflect some kind of biological, psychological, or
developmental dysfunction.
-The disturbances lead to significant distress or disability in one's life.
-The disturbances do not reflect expected or culturally approved responses
to certain events.
Jackie frequently talks to herself while she is working on her math
homework. Her roommate sometimes hears her and wonders if she is
okay.
-Probably disorder
,-Need more information
-Probably no disorder - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Need more information
Harriet gets depressed during the winter months when the light is low. She
sometimes stays in her pajamas for the whole weekend, eating chocolate
and watching TV. She usually gains weight during this time, but she still
manages to take care of her schoolwork during this time.
-Probably disorder
-Need more information
-Probably no disorder - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Probably no disorder
Charlie believes that the noises made by cars and planes going by outside
his house have secret meanings. He is convinced that he was involved in
the start of a nuclear war and that the only way for him to survive is to find
the answer to a difficult riddle.
-Probably disorder
-Need more information
-Probably no disorder - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Need more information
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, Frank seems to be afraid of a lot of things. He worries about driving on the
highway and about severe weather that may come through his
neighborhood. But mostly he fears mice, checking under his bed frequently
to see if any are present.
-Probably disorder
-Need more information
-Probably no disorder - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Need more information
A psychological disorder encompasses all of the behaviors below except:
-Dysfunctional patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior that cause
significant distress
-Culturally appropriate behavior that doesn't cause distress or impair
normal functioning
-Behavior that is considered deviant in a person's culture or society
-Impairment of a person's normal functioning - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Culturally
appropriate behavior that doesn't cause distress or impair normal
functioning
Questions and Answers | A+
Score Assured
Mental disorder - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Condition characterized by thoughts,
feelings, and behaviors that create dysfunction
Dysfunction - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A disruption of a person's ability to live their
live productively or in a way that impairs relationships, ability to think
clearly, communicate with others, hold a job, or deal with stressful events
,Psychopathology - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Study of psychological disorders,
including their symptoms, etiology, and treatment; can also refer to
manifestation of psychological disorder
Etiology - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The causal description of all of the factors that
contribute to the development of a disorder or illness
According to the American Psychiatric Association (APA) (2013), a
psychological disorder is a condition that is said to consist of the following: -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-There are significant disturbances in thoughts, feelings,
and behaviors.
-The disturbances reflect some kind of biological, psychological, or
developmental dysfunction.
-The disturbances lead to significant distress or disability in one's life.
-The disturbances do not reflect expected or culturally approved responses
to certain events.
Jackie frequently talks to herself while she is working on her math
homework. Her roommate sometimes hears her and wonders if she is
okay.
-Probably disorder
,-Need more information
-Probably no disorder - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Need more information
Harriet gets depressed during the winter months when the light is low. She
sometimes stays in her pajamas for the whole weekend, eating chocolate
and watching TV. She usually gains weight during this time, but she still
manages to take care of her schoolwork during this time.
-Probably disorder
-Need more information
-Probably no disorder - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Probably no disorder
Charlie believes that the noises made by cars and planes going by outside
his house have secret meanings. He is convinced that he was involved in
the start of a nuclear war and that the only way for him to survive is to find
the answer to a difficult riddle.
-Probably disorder
-Need more information
-Probably no disorder - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Need more information
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, Frank seems to be afraid of a lot of things. He worries about driving on the
highway and about severe weather that may come through his
neighborhood. But mostly he fears mice, checking under his bed frequently
to see if any are present.
-Probably disorder
-Need more information
-Probably no disorder - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Need more information
A psychological disorder encompasses all of the behaviors below except:
-Dysfunctional patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior that cause
significant distress
-Culturally appropriate behavior that doesn't cause distress or impair
normal functioning
-Behavior that is considered deviant in a person's culture or society
-Impairment of a person's normal functioning - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Culturally
appropriate behavior that doesn't cause distress or impair normal
functioning
