UW-Madison Psych 405 Exam 1 Questions
And Answers
psychology - answer the field concerned with the nature, development, and treatment of
psychological disorders
stigma - answer destructive beliefs and attitudes held by a society that are ascribed to
groups considered different in some way
four characteristics of stigma - answer distinguishing label is applied
label refers to undesirable traits
people with the label are seen as different
people with the label are discriminated against
DSM-1 included _____, _____, & _______ - answer neuroses, psychoses, & hysteria
DSM-2 added _______ - answer inpatient and outpatient diagnoses & had miscellaneous
categories
DSM-3 included a ___________ system - answer multi-axial
DSM-3 axis 1 - answer clinical disorders
DSM-3 axis 2 - answer personality disorders and mental retardation
DMS-3 axis 3 - answer general medical conditions
DSM-3 axis 4 - answer psychosocial and environmental problems
DSM-3 axis 5 - answer global assessment of functioning
DSM-4 had_______ diagnostic categories - answer 200
DSM-5 goals - answer decrease reliance on NOS diagnoses
add dimensional measures of symptoms and severity
better reflect current research
reorganize to reflect etiology
not all behaviors that cause stress are ________ - answer disordered
disability - answer impairment in an important area
,dysfunction - answer developmental, psychological, and/or biological systems are not
working as they should
three early categories of mental disorders - answer mania
melancholia
phrenitiis
Pinel believed - answer pioneered humane treatment in asylums
people should be approached with compassion
Moral Treatment (Pinel) - answer small, privately funded humanitarian mental hospitals
patients engaged in purposeful activities
they talked with attendants and led lives as close to normal as possible
Dorothea Dix - answer crusader for improved conditions for people with psychological
disorders
worked to establish 32 new public hospitals
psychopathology - answer scientific study of psychological disorders
type 1 error - answer false positive
type 2 error - answer false negative
_________ and ___________ caused biological causes of psychopathology to gain
credibility - answer general paresis and syphilis
Galton - answer originator of genetic research with twins
Biological treatments included - answer insulin-coma therapy
electroconvulsive therapy
prefrontal lobotomy
, magnets as psychological treatment - answer used rods and stares to influence the fluid
and induce behavioral change
cathartic method - answer release of emotional tension triggered by expressing
previously forgotten thoughts about an earlier emotional trauma
psychoanalysis - answer dream analysis, free association, defense mechanisms,
analysis of transference
transference - answer responding towards your therapist in a similar way as towards
important people in the person's past
id - answer seeks immediate gratification; drives to rid of tension
ego - answer mediates between the demands of reality and immediate gratification
superego - answer conscience
defense mechanisms - answer repression
denial
projection
displacement
reaction formation
rationalization
sublimation
repression - answer keep unacceptable impulses or wishes from conscious awareness
denial - answer not accepting a painful reality into conscious awareness
And Answers
psychology - answer the field concerned with the nature, development, and treatment of
psychological disorders
stigma - answer destructive beliefs and attitudes held by a society that are ascribed to
groups considered different in some way
four characteristics of stigma - answer distinguishing label is applied
label refers to undesirable traits
people with the label are seen as different
people with the label are discriminated against
DSM-1 included _____, _____, & _______ - answer neuroses, psychoses, & hysteria
DSM-2 added _______ - answer inpatient and outpatient diagnoses & had miscellaneous
categories
DSM-3 included a ___________ system - answer multi-axial
DSM-3 axis 1 - answer clinical disorders
DSM-3 axis 2 - answer personality disorders and mental retardation
DMS-3 axis 3 - answer general medical conditions
DSM-3 axis 4 - answer psychosocial and environmental problems
DSM-3 axis 5 - answer global assessment of functioning
DSM-4 had_______ diagnostic categories - answer 200
DSM-5 goals - answer decrease reliance on NOS diagnoses
add dimensional measures of symptoms and severity
better reflect current research
reorganize to reflect etiology
not all behaviors that cause stress are ________ - answer disordered
disability - answer impairment in an important area
,dysfunction - answer developmental, psychological, and/or biological systems are not
working as they should
three early categories of mental disorders - answer mania
melancholia
phrenitiis
Pinel believed - answer pioneered humane treatment in asylums
people should be approached with compassion
Moral Treatment (Pinel) - answer small, privately funded humanitarian mental hospitals
patients engaged in purposeful activities
they talked with attendants and led lives as close to normal as possible
Dorothea Dix - answer crusader for improved conditions for people with psychological
disorders
worked to establish 32 new public hospitals
psychopathology - answer scientific study of psychological disorders
type 1 error - answer false positive
type 2 error - answer false negative
_________ and ___________ caused biological causes of psychopathology to gain
credibility - answer general paresis and syphilis
Galton - answer originator of genetic research with twins
Biological treatments included - answer insulin-coma therapy
electroconvulsive therapy
prefrontal lobotomy
, magnets as psychological treatment - answer used rods and stares to influence the fluid
and induce behavioral change
cathartic method - answer release of emotional tension triggered by expressing
previously forgotten thoughts about an earlier emotional trauma
psychoanalysis - answer dream analysis, free association, defense mechanisms,
analysis of transference
transference - answer responding towards your therapist in a similar way as towards
important people in the person's past
id - answer seeks immediate gratification; drives to rid of tension
ego - answer mediates between the demands of reality and immediate gratification
superego - answer conscience
defense mechanisms - answer repression
denial
projection
displacement
reaction formation
rationalization
sublimation
repression - answer keep unacceptable impulses or wishes from conscious awareness
denial - answer not accepting a painful reality into conscious awareness
