WSU Psych 333 Final Exam – Washington State University – Psychology course comprehensive
exam material
Psychopathology - correct answer ✔✔study of psychological disorders
Psychological disorder - correct answer ✔✔a psychological dysfunction associated with distress
or impairment in functioning and a response not typical or culturally expected
Psychological dysfunction - correct answer ✔✔breakdown in cognitive emotional or behavioral
functioning
alone cannot give a diagnosis
Examples of psychological dysfunctions - correct answer ✔✔believing you are god, unable to
experience pleasure, unable to leave home and get to work
Clinical Psychologist - correct answer ✔✔have a PhD in pyschologu with both research and
clinical speacialization
licensed and registed
typically scientist practioners
Psychiatrist - correct answer ✔✔have a medical degree and prescribe medications and provide
therapy
Counseling psychologist - correct answer ✔✔-have phD or EdD in pyschology
-deal with adjustment and vocational problems rather than severe disorders
Psychiatric social worker - correct answer ✔✔-have a masters of social work degree
-focus on social issues associated with disorders
,Psychiatric nurse - correct answer ✔✔-have RN certification with specialized training in care and
treatment of people with disorders
-may give medication, educate families about disordes and provide support
Marriage and family therapist - correct answer ✔✔have a masters degree and work under the
supervision of a clinical psychologist
Prevalence - correct answer ✔✔number of people in the population as a whole with the
disorder
Point prevalence - correct answer ✔✔number of people in the population with the disorder at
any given time
One-Year prevalence - correct answer ✔✔number of people in the populaion with the disorder
in a given year
Life-time prevalence - correct answer ✔✔number of people in the population who have had the
disorder at any given time in their lives
Incidence - correct answer ✔✔number of new cases that occur during a given time period
Clinical description - correct answer ✔✔unique combo of behaviors thoughts and feelings that
make up a specific disorder
Etiology - correct answer ✔✔causes of disorder
Sex ratio - correct answer ✔✔number of females to males who have a disorder
,Onset - correct answer ✔✔beginning of a disorder
Acute onset - correct answer ✔✔disorder begins suddenly
Insidious onset - correct answer ✔✔disorder develops gradually over an extended time
Age of onset - correct answer ✔✔age at which a disorder typically presents itself
Prognosis - correct answer ✔✔anticipated course of a disorder
Course - correct answer ✔✔pattern of development and change of a disorder over time
Chronic disorder - correct answer ✔✔tends to last a long time, often lifelong
Episodic course - correct answer ✔✔individuals tend to recover only to have later
reoccurrences
Time-limited course - correct answer ✔✔disorder tends to improve without treatment in a
relatively short time
Trephining - correct answer ✔✔-6500 BCE
-hole chipped into skull to allow evil spirits to escape
-earliest treatment of mental disorders
Middle ages (14th & 15th century) - correct answer ✔✔-devils, demons and witches believed to
cause mental disorders
, -treatments: exorcisms, confessions and attempts to make body uninhabitable for evil spirits
Paracelsus - correct answer ✔✔-physician who rejected common ideas that disorders were
caused by devils, demons and witches
-proposed that movement of moon and stars affect psychological functioning
-advoated treatment of bodily magnetism, herbs and heavy metals
Ancient chinese medicine (2500 BCE) - correct answer ✔✔-believed illness caused by imbalance
of yin (negative) & yang (positive)
Five elements linked to five climatic factors and various organs linked to emotions - correct
answer ✔✔-vital air within a person would concentrate on an organ producing an associated
emotion
-heart: joy
-lungs: sorrow
-liver: anger
-spleen: worry
-kidneys: fear
Hippocrates - correct answer ✔✔-believed mental disorders had natural causes and were due
to brain pathology
-emphasized importance of heredity and head injury as well as psychological and interpersonal
dysfunction
-classifed disorders into either maina, melancholia and phrenitis (brain fever)
Humoral theory - correct answer ✔✔illness related to four bodily fluids (humors)
-blood: heart (cheerfulness & delirium)
-black bile: spleen (melancholia)
exam material
Psychopathology - correct answer ✔✔study of psychological disorders
Psychological disorder - correct answer ✔✔a psychological dysfunction associated with distress
or impairment in functioning and a response not typical or culturally expected
Psychological dysfunction - correct answer ✔✔breakdown in cognitive emotional or behavioral
functioning
alone cannot give a diagnosis
Examples of psychological dysfunctions - correct answer ✔✔believing you are god, unable to
experience pleasure, unable to leave home and get to work
Clinical Psychologist - correct answer ✔✔have a PhD in pyschologu with both research and
clinical speacialization
licensed and registed
typically scientist practioners
Psychiatrist - correct answer ✔✔have a medical degree and prescribe medications and provide
therapy
Counseling psychologist - correct answer ✔✔-have phD or EdD in pyschology
-deal with adjustment and vocational problems rather than severe disorders
Psychiatric social worker - correct answer ✔✔-have a masters of social work degree
-focus on social issues associated with disorders
,Psychiatric nurse - correct answer ✔✔-have RN certification with specialized training in care and
treatment of people with disorders
-may give medication, educate families about disordes and provide support
Marriage and family therapist - correct answer ✔✔have a masters degree and work under the
supervision of a clinical psychologist
Prevalence - correct answer ✔✔number of people in the population as a whole with the
disorder
Point prevalence - correct answer ✔✔number of people in the population with the disorder at
any given time
One-Year prevalence - correct answer ✔✔number of people in the populaion with the disorder
in a given year
Life-time prevalence - correct answer ✔✔number of people in the population who have had the
disorder at any given time in their lives
Incidence - correct answer ✔✔number of new cases that occur during a given time period
Clinical description - correct answer ✔✔unique combo of behaviors thoughts and feelings that
make up a specific disorder
Etiology - correct answer ✔✔causes of disorder
Sex ratio - correct answer ✔✔number of females to males who have a disorder
,Onset - correct answer ✔✔beginning of a disorder
Acute onset - correct answer ✔✔disorder begins suddenly
Insidious onset - correct answer ✔✔disorder develops gradually over an extended time
Age of onset - correct answer ✔✔age at which a disorder typically presents itself
Prognosis - correct answer ✔✔anticipated course of a disorder
Course - correct answer ✔✔pattern of development and change of a disorder over time
Chronic disorder - correct answer ✔✔tends to last a long time, often lifelong
Episodic course - correct answer ✔✔individuals tend to recover only to have later
reoccurrences
Time-limited course - correct answer ✔✔disorder tends to improve without treatment in a
relatively short time
Trephining - correct answer ✔✔-6500 BCE
-hole chipped into skull to allow evil spirits to escape
-earliest treatment of mental disorders
Middle ages (14th & 15th century) - correct answer ✔✔-devils, demons and witches believed to
cause mental disorders
, -treatments: exorcisms, confessions and attempts to make body uninhabitable for evil spirits
Paracelsus - correct answer ✔✔-physician who rejected common ideas that disorders were
caused by devils, demons and witches
-proposed that movement of moon and stars affect psychological functioning
-advoated treatment of bodily magnetism, herbs and heavy metals
Ancient chinese medicine (2500 BCE) - correct answer ✔✔-believed illness caused by imbalance
of yin (negative) & yang (positive)
Five elements linked to five climatic factors and various organs linked to emotions - correct
answer ✔✔-vital air within a person would concentrate on an organ producing an associated
emotion
-heart: joy
-lungs: sorrow
-liver: anger
-spleen: worry
-kidneys: fear
Hippocrates - correct answer ✔✔-believed mental disorders had natural causes and were due
to brain pathology
-emphasized importance of heredity and head injury as well as psychological and interpersonal
dysfunction
-classifed disorders into either maina, melancholia and phrenitis (brain fever)
Humoral theory - correct answer ✔✔illness related to four bodily fluids (humors)
-blood: heart (cheerfulness & delirium)
-black bile: spleen (melancholia)
