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Abnormal Psychology
Final Exam - Given answers
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Schizophrenia | Characterized by psychotic symptoms lasting 6 or more months |
| Schizophreniform | Characterized by psychotic symptoms lasting more than 1 month but less then 6 months |
| Schizoaffective | Characterized by a combination of both psychotic symptoms and mood disorder symptoms |
| Schizotypal Personality Disorder | Personality disorder that is most closely related to and most likely to develop into schizophrenia |
| Schizoid Personality Disorder | Personality disorder characterized by a persistent lifetime pattern of having no relationships and having no interest in relationships |
| Biological treatments | SSRI's - depression or GAD Stimulants - ADHD Mood stabilizers - Bipolar disorder Light therapy - Seasonal affective disorder |
| Psychological treatments | Family therapy - eating disorder ABA - Autism CBT - anxiety, depression Exposure therapy - phobias |
| Diathesis-stress model | Someone with a genetic predisposition to depression (diathesis) might remain mentally healthy until they experience a severe stressor such as a breakup or job loss (stress). The combination can lead to the onset of depression |
| Biopsychosocial-spiritual model | Holistic framework for understanding health and mental health. It expands the traditional biopsychosocial model by adding a spiritual dimension, recognizing that a person's beliefs, values, meaning, and sense of connection can influence well-being |
| The "high" is produced by the availibility of the neurotransmitter... | dopamine |
| Identify the psychological effects of nicotine | They resemble a fight-or-flight response |
| The term "insanity" is what type of terminology? | Legal term as opposed to a pychological term |
| How are obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome and Narcolepsy different? | Apnea involves repeated episodes of upper-airway blockage during sleep, narcolepsy is recurrent attacks of an irresponsible need to sleep, lapses into sleep, or naps occurring within the same day |
| Sleepwalking and sleep terrors belong to which general category | Disorders of arousal |
| What is a personality trait? | A complex pattern of behavior, thought, and feeling that is stable across time and across many situations |
| Bipolar 1 | Mania, psychosis, common hospitalization, more severe manic symptoms, does not require depression |
| Bipolar 2 | Hypomania, depression, no psychosis, rare hospitalization, depression often more impairing |
| What are the 4 D's of abnormality? | Dysfunction, distress, deviance, and danger |
| The best predictor of the outcome of ASD is what? | A child's IQ and the amount of language development before age 6 |
| Factitious disorder imposed on another means what? | Also known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy-- is a mental disorder in which caregiver intentionally fabricates, exaggerates, or induces physical or psychological symptoms in another person (usually child or dependent) in order to assume the sick role by pr |
| Types of drugs known to reduce disruptive behaviors in children with ADHD? | Stimulants |
| Are hallucinations a positive or negative symptom of schizophrenia? | Positive |
| What does it mean when we say there is a continuum model of abnormality? | A continuum model of abnormality means that mental health and mental disorders are viewed in a spectrum, rather than as an "either you have it or you don't" situation |
| Anhedonia means what? | Anhedonia means a loss of interest or inability to feel pleasure in activities that are normally enjoyable |
| The most common central nervous system depressant? | alcohol |
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