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Abnormal Psychology
For test four
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |