ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
●● Phobia
Answer: a psychological disorder characterized by marked and
persistent fear of an object or situation
●● Abnormal Behavior
Answer: 1) psychological dysfunction 2) personal distress 3) atypical or
not culturally expected
●● Prevalence
Answer: Number of people displaying a disorder in the total population
at any given time
●● Incidence
Answer: Number of new cases of a disorder appearing during a specific
period
●● Course
Answer: Pattern of development and change of a disorder over time
,●● Supernatural tradition
Answer: Physical and mental disorders were considered the work of the
devil
●● Biological tradition
Answer: Caused by brain pathology or head trauma and could be
influenced by genetics
●● Psychological tradition
Answer: Approaches to the causation of psychopathology, which focus
not only on psychological factors but on social and cultural ones as well
●● Humanistic theory
Answer: Setting goals, looking toward the future, and realizing one's
fullest potential
●● Behavioral model
Answer: Brought the systematic development of a more scientific
approach to psychological aspects of psychopathology
●● The Present: scientific method and an integrative approach
Answer: Our behavior is a product of a continual interaction of
psychological, biological, and social influences
, ●● Id
Answer: The unconscious psychical entity present at birth representing
basic drives
●● Ego
Answer: The psychical entity responsible for finding realistic and
practical ways to satisfy id drives
●● Superego
Answer: The psychical entity representing the internalized moral
standards of parents and society
●● Multidimensional Integrative Approach
Answer: Asserts that no single influence operates in iaolation
●● Diathesis-stress Model
Answer: Both an inherited tendency and specific stressful conditions are
required to produce a disorder
●● Reciprocal gene-environment model
Answer: People with a genetic predisposition for a disorder may also
have a genetic tendency to create environment risk factors that promote
the disorder
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
●● Phobia
Answer: a psychological disorder characterized by marked and
persistent fear of an object or situation
●● Abnormal Behavior
Answer: 1) psychological dysfunction 2) personal distress 3) atypical or
not culturally expected
●● Prevalence
Answer: Number of people displaying a disorder in the total population
at any given time
●● Incidence
Answer: Number of new cases of a disorder appearing during a specific
period
●● Course
Answer: Pattern of development and change of a disorder over time
,●● Supernatural tradition
Answer: Physical and mental disorders were considered the work of the
devil
●● Biological tradition
Answer: Caused by brain pathology or head trauma and could be
influenced by genetics
●● Psychological tradition
Answer: Approaches to the causation of psychopathology, which focus
not only on psychological factors but on social and cultural ones as well
●● Humanistic theory
Answer: Setting goals, looking toward the future, and realizing one's
fullest potential
●● Behavioral model
Answer: Brought the systematic development of a more scientific
approach to psychological aspects of psychopathology
●● The Present: scientific method and an integrative approach
Answer: Our behavior is a product of a continual interaction of
psychological, biological, and social influences
, ●● Id
Answer: The unconscious psychical entity present at birth representing
basic drives
●● Ego
Answer: The psychical entity responsible for finding realistic and
practical ways to satisfy id drives
●● Superego
Answer: The psychical entity representing the internalized moral
standards of parents and society
●● Multidimensional Integrative Approach
Answer: Asserts that no single influence operates in iaolation
●● Diathesis-stress Model
Answer: Both an inherited tendency and specific stressful conditions are
required to produce a disorder
●● Reciprocal gene-environment model
Answer: People with a genetic predisposition for a disorder may also
have a genetic tendency to create environment risk factors that promote
the disorder
