STUDY GUIDE: ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM #1: CHAPTERS 1- 4 I. Multiple Choice: There are 30 multiple-choice questions worth 2 points each. CHAPTER 1 Definition of abnormality - abnormal behavior is behavior that departs from some norm and that causes harm to the individual and/or others; Experience of personal distress: advantages- hallmark of many forms of mental disorder‚ individuals may be able to accurately report this‚ limitations- some psychological problems are not associated with
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Muscular Disorders Case Report Case: A mother presents with her 13 y/o son with a history of frequent falls‚ difficulty getting up from a lying or sitting position‚ trouble jumping‚ large calf muscles and poor grades in school. Based on the description and symptoms given‚ the likely diagnosis would be Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy‚ or DMD; although DMD and its symptoms tend to show up at an earlier age but not always. This type of muscular dystrophy is the most common and severe form of
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the core of developmental research in psychology. A common approach to developmental research is a cross sequential designs. The term cross-sectional in the context of an experimental design refers to the act of taking‚ and comparing‚ cross-sections of various age-based cohorts (Baltes‚ 1968). A cross-sectional design is useful when researchers want to examine how a variable changes over time‚ but does not have adequate resources to develop a longitudinal study. Instead of looking at the same group
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Industrial/Organizational Psychology Mod 2 Critical Thinking As former Director of Marketing for Monster.com‚ I am very familiar with the benefits and pitfalls of high-volume/high-quality recruiting. If I were conducting the extensive recruitment that the Borgata required‚ I would have done exactly the same thing and relied on outside expertise and technology to attain recruitment goals. As John Schadler of Hotel and Motel Management states: “Instead of the traditional recruitment effort (the
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Theories of personality Tuesday‚ April 08‚ 2014 905 AM Personality Individual differences in how one thinks‚ behaves and feels Every adult personality is a combination of temperaments‚ personal history of family‚ culture‚ and the time during which they grew up. Hippocrates believed the personality dealt with the four physical humors of the body blood‚ black bile‚ yellow bile‚ and phlegm. Character Value judgments of a persons moral and ethical behavior Personality in the context of how healthy
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Abnormal Behavior Psychologist would first look at the unusualness of the behavior. The uncontrollable weeping may be perceived as an inappropriate reaction. It is unusual (at least in our culture) to see customers openly weeping in the supermarket. However it may not be an abnormal behavior. We don’t know what preceded the perceived inappropriate reaction. Perhaps she just experienced the loss of a loved one or a romantic relationship ended. Experiencing a painful loss would mitigate the perception
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Why psychology? c intersting booths at open day/info day thinks the knowledge more closely related to daily lives booths have examples have theories‚ the theories are highly applicable to daily lives thus a good choice to study Why developmental psy? when as undergrad‚ know more abt the knowledge/issues related to developmental psy‚ thinks that witness changes in development is interesting findings show that there are sig. changes e.g. young children from “knowing how knowing that”
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other major mental disorders. For example‚ one diagnosed with paranoia avoids social situations and is overly concerned with the thoughts and opinions of others‚ fearing mainly that others are out to harm them. The same avoidant behaviors persist in social phobia‚ yet the phobic person fears embarrassment in front of others and realizes the problem as being their own‚ often longing to overcome their behavior and move on to experience a richer life. Avoidant personality disorder causes a person to
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Psychology 101/ Extra Credit April 28th‚ 2012 Donnie Darko/Abnormal Psychology Donnie Darko is a movie about a young teen that experienced many abnormal things in his life that are said to be associated with a psychological disorder. Basically the movie is about an imaginary friend‚
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describe the general features of DSM-IV-TR. The DSM-IV-TR‚ lists approximately 400 disorders. It requires clinicians to evaluate a client’s condition on five separate axes. 3. List the major classification of disorders from Axis I of the DSM-IV-TR. Axis I: Major depressive disorder such as: anxiety disorders and mood disorders. 4. Discuss the dangers of diagnosing and labeling in classifying mental disorders. Clinicians will not always arrive at the correct conclusion. Another problem related
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