Psychological Disorders Exam Questions PDF

Material you should know from Weeks 12 and 13 (75% of the final exam): Psychological Disorders (Ch. 13) Be able to answer the following questions: How likely is it that you or someone you know will be affected by a psychological disorder in your lifetime?...

Material you should know from Weeks 12 and 13 (75% of the final exam): Psychological Disorders (Ch. 13) Be able to answer the following questions: How likely is it that you or someone you know will be affected by a psychological disorder in your lifetime?  1 in 4 people What is a psychological disorder?  Patterns of behaviour or mental processes that cause emotional distress or significant impairment in day to day functioning How can we distinguish normal from abnormal behaviour?  Abnormal behaviour is when unusual or socially unacceptable behaviours emerge and cause personal distress. It can involve a disconnect in interpretation of reality and be dangerous What are the major perspectives on psychological disorders (and abnormality) used by mental health professionals?  Biological / Medical perspective  Abnormal behvaiour is due to physiological factors (chemical imbalance or brain injury)  Psychoanalytic perspective  Abnormal behaviour stems from unresovled issues from childhoos and an imbalence between the ego, the super ego and the ID  Behavioural (learning) perspective  Abnormal behaviour is a learned response. Behvaiour itself is the issue.  Cognitive perspective  Abnormal behaviour is caused by thoughts and beliefs. Maladpative ways of thinkinf  Humanistic Perspective  Something interfering with achieving our full potential results in abnormal behaviour, people are responsible for their own behaviours even if abnormal