PSYCH 100 FINAL EXAM WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
Abnormal Behavior/Mental Disorder correct answers >>
actions, thoughts and feelings that are outside of cultural norms,
cause emotional distress, cause dysfunction in living, are
dangerous to self or others
The DSM correct answers >> Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders, medical model, describes symptoms
and typical age of onset or other characteristic of the disorder
Problems with DSM correct answers >> over diagnosis,
labeling, serious problems vs normal problems, subjective nature
of determining a disorder
Diathesis Stress Model correct answers >> biological factors
(genetics, brain, chemistry, and others) that are paired with
environmental stressors to create a psychological disorder
Insanity correct answers >> a LEGAL term, not a medical
term or diagnosis
Insanity's three different meanings correct answers >> a
persons ability to tell right from wrong, not guilty by reason of
insanity, a person's ability understand the legal proceedings,
competency to stand trial (mentally retarded) whether the person
is a direct danger to self or others, involuntary commitment to a
mental hospital
,Anxiety Disorders correct answers >> excessive levels of
negative emotions, such as nervousness, tension, worry, fright
and anxiety
phobias correct answers >> an intense, irrational fear of
anything
specific phobia correct answers >> a fear of one specific
thing
social phobia or social anxiety disorder correct answers >> a
fear of social interactions, particularly those with strangers or
those in which the person might be viewed negatively
agoraphobia correct answers >> a fear of leaving one's
home
generalized anxiety disorder correct answers >> a vague,
uneasy sense of general tension and apprehension that lasts for
years
panic disorder correct answers >> a pattern of anxiety in
which long periods of calm are broken by intensely uncomfortable
attacks of anxiety (panic attack, anxiety attack)
panic attacks correct answers >> involve sudden changes in
respiration, heart beat, blood pressure, and a feeling of intense
fear of dying or fear that of going crazy, 5% women, 2% men, but
12% have experienced it
,post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) correct answers >>
experiencing anxiety, irritability, upsetting memories, dreams,
and realistic flashbacks of a traumatic event
symptoms of PTSD correct answers >> extreme avoidance of
things that remind them of event, associated with war but can be
anything traumatic
obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) correct answers >>
involves obsessions, intense anxiety provoking thoughts, and or
compulsions, irresistible urges to engage in specific irrational
behaviors
example of OCD correct answers >> intrusive thoughts about
germs leads to compulsive hand washing
dissociative disorders correct answers >> rare conditions
involving sudden cognitive changes, such as change in memory,
perception or identity
depersonalization/dissociation correct answers >> feeling of
unreal or out of your body, feeling of head floating, hands
enlarged
dissociative identity disorder, multiple personality correct
answers >> where an individual appears to shift abruptly and
repeatedly from one personality to another, may be caused by
severe child abuse
, major depression correct answers >> characterized by
episodes of deep unhappiness, loss of interest in life, and other
symptoms, mood shifts downward, episodic meaning symptoms
are experienced for a period of time and then dissipate
mood disorders correct answers >> psychological disorders
involving depression and or abnormal elation
cognitive factors in depression correct answers >> Aaron
Beck believe that our thoughts/cognitions are an important factor
in emotional problems, our beliefs about ourselves and our
relationships make us more or less vulnerable to depression,
negative vs positive thoughts
example of major depression correct answers >> failing test
internally would be its all my fault, externally would be my
professor sucks, stable would be I was born stupid, global wold be
I'll fail all of my classes
post partum depression correct answers >> episodes of
major depression that affect women after the birth of a child
seasonal affective disorder correct answers >> episode of
depression that only occurs in winter months
bipolar affective disorder correct answers >> periods of
mania that alternate with periods of severe depression
mania correct answers >> a disturbance in mood in which
the individual experiences a euphoria characterized by unrealistic
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
Abnormal Behavior/Mental Disorder correct answers >>
actions, thoughts and feelings that are outside of cultural norms,
cause emotional distress, cause dysfunction in living, are
dangerous to self or others
The DSM correct answers >> Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders, medical model, describes symptoms
and typical age of onset or other characteristic of the disorder
Problems with DSM correct answers >> over diagnosis,
labeling, serious problems vs normal problems, subjective nature
of determining a disorder
Diathesis Stress Model correct answers >> biological factors
(genetics, brain, chemistry, and others) that are paired with
environmental stressors to create a psychological disorder
Insanity correct answers >> a LEGAL term, not a medical
term or diagnosis
Insanity's three different meanings correct answers >> a
persons ability to tell right from wrong, not guilty by reason of
insanity, a person's ability understand the legal proceedings,
competency to stand trial (mentally retarded) whether the person
is a direct danger to self or others, involuntary commitment to a
mental hospital
,Anxiety Disorders correct answers >> excessive levels of
negative emotions, such as nervousness, tension, worry, fright
and anxiety
phobias correct answers >> an intense, irrational fear of
anything
specific phobia correct answers >> a fear of one specific
thing
social phobia or social anxiety disorder correct answers >> a
fear of social interactions, particularly those with strangers or
those in which the person might be viewed negatively
agoraphobia correct answers >> a fear of leaving one's
home
generalized anxiety disorder correct answers >> a vague,
uneasy sense of general tension and apprehension that lasts for
years
panic disorder correct answers >> a pattern of anxiety in
which long periods of calm are broken by intensely uncomfortable
attacks of anxiety (panic attack, anxiety attack)
panic attacks correct answers >> involve sudden changes in
respiration, heart beat, blood pressure, and a feeling of intense
fear of dying or fear that of going crazy, 5% women, 2% men, but
12% have experienced it
,post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) correct answers >>
experiencing anxiety, irritability, upsetting memories, dreams,
and realistic flashbacks of a traumatic event
symptoms of PTSD correct answers >> extreme avoidance of
things that remind them of event, associated with war but can be
anything traumatic
obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) correct answers >>
involves obsessions, intense anxiety provoking thoughts, and or
compulsions, irresistible urges to engage in specific irrational
behaviors
example of OCD correct answers >> intrusive thoughts about
germs leads to compulsive hand washing
dissociative disorders correct answers >> rare conditions
involving sudden cognitive changes, such as change in memory,
perception or identity
depersonalization/dissociation correct answers >> feeling of
unreal or out of your body, feeling of head floating, hands
enlarged
dissociative identity disorder, multiple personality correct
answers >> where an individual appears to shift abruptly and
repeatedly from one personality to another, may be caused by
severe child abuse
, major depression correct answers >> characterized by
episodes of deep unhappiness, loss of interest in life, and other
symptoms, mood shifts downward, episodic meaning symptoms
are experienced for a period of time and then dissipate
mood disorders correct answers >> psychological disorders
involving depression and or abnormal elation
cognitive factors in depression correct answers >> Aaron
Beck believe that our thoughts/cognitions are an important factor
in emotional problems, our beliefs about ourselves and our
relationships make us more or less vulnerable to depression,
negative vs positive thoughts
example of major depression correct answers >> failing test
internally would be its all my fault, externally would be my
professor sucks, stable would be I was born stupid, global wold be
I'll fail all of my classes
post partum depression correct answers >> episodes of
major depression that affect women after the birth of a child
seasonal affective disorder correct answers >> episode of
depression that only occurs in winter months
bipolar affective disorder correct answers >> periods of
mania that alternate with periods of severe depression
mania correct answers >> a disturbance in mood in which
the individual experiences a euphoria characterized by unrealistic
