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Abnormal Psychology
For test four
Question | Answer |
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What is a social condition for mental illness? | Stressful living conditions |
What is a family factor for mental illness? | Marital problems |
What is a psychological factor for mental illness? | Low intelligence |
What is a biological factor for mental illness? | Genetic defects |
What is the diathesis-stress model? | Psychological theory attempting to explain behavior as predispositional vulnerability and stressful life experiences |
What factors into the diathesis-stress model? | Predisposition and enviromental stressors |
How long does it take a depressed mood to become a disorder? | Two weeks w/out reason for depression |
What is anhedonia? | When you can't experience pleasure |
What is a suicide risk factor? | Lock of coping responses |
What is the SAD PERSONS Scale? | It's a mnemonic device to aid learning |
What is a characteristic of GAD? | Free floating anxiety |
What is a characteristic of phobic disorder? | Irrational fears that can't be controlled |
What is an obsession? | A preoccupation with a fixed idea or emotion accompanied by anxiety |
What is a compulsion? | An irresistible impulse to act even if it is not rational. |