Psyc 435 final exam questions with answers

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What is abnormal psychology concerned with? - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔understanding the nature, causes and treatment of mental || || || || || || || ||



disorders



What is family aggregation - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔whether a disorder
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runs in families
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7 indicators of abnormailty - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔1. subjective distress
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2. maladaptiveness
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3. statistical delivery
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4. violation of the standards of society
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5. social discomfort
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6. irrationality and unpredictability
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7. dangerousness
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DSM definition of a mental disorder - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔A syndrome
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that is present in an individual and that involves clinically significant
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disturbance in behaviour, emotional regulation or cognitive functioning
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Advantages of classification - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Provides us with
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nomenclature and enable us to structure information in a more helpful
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manner



Disadvantages of classification - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Use of shorthand
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leads to a loss of information, there can be some stigma associated with a
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having a psychiatric diagnosis, and stereotyping
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What is epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔the study of the
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distribution of diseases, disorders or health related behaviours in a given
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population



Difference between prevalence and incidence - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔prevalence refers to the number of active cases in a || || || || || || || || || ||



population, incidence refers to the number of new cases that occur over a
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given period of time
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What is external validity - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔The extent to which we
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can generalize results of a study
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What is internal validity - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔The degree of
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confidence we can have in the results of a particular study
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What is a correlation coefficient? - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔the strength of
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a correlation
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What is statistical significance? - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔probability that
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results are due to chance || || || ||




What is a meta analysis? - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Statistical approach
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which calculates and then combines the effect sizes from studies
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what is a longitudinal design? - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔a study that
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follows people over time and tries to identify factors that predate the onset of
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a disorder
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what is an experimental research approach? - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔A
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study where researchers control all factors except one
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What is an ABAB design? - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔A design that starts
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with controlled conditions, introduces treatment, removes the treatment, and
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then reintroduces the treatment. Recommended form of practice. Has more
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comparisons which allows for greater confidence in findings. || || || || || || ||




3 general categories of mental disorders according to hippocrates - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔1. mania ||




2. melancholia
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3. phrenitis (brain fever)
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hippocrates belief on mental disorders - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Denied || || || || || || || ||



that demons intervened, instead insisted that mental disorders had natural
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causes. Believed that mental disorders were due to brain pathology.
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Mahers four element theory - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Four elements:
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1. blood (sanguis)
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2. phlem
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3. bile (choler)
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4. black bile (melancholia)
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These fluids combined in different proportions in different individuals, and
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determines a person's temperament || || ||




plato's opinion on mental illness - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Responses of
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the whole organism, reflecting its internal state. Such persons were not
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responsible for their acts and should not receive normal punishment.
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aristotle's opinion on mental illness - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔agreed with
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aristotles theory of the bile, and thought very hot bile generated amorous
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desires, verbal fluency, and suicidal impulses
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what country was the earliest civilization to attend to mental disorders -
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CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔china, but then regressed to a belief in
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supernatural forces as causal agents || || || ||




what is mass madness - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔the widespread
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occurrence of group behaviour disorders that were apparently cases of
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hysteria