Practice Quiz 8/4

clusters of symptoms considered diseases only within specific societies

• psychological disorders

• culture-bound syndromes

• major categories of psychological disorders

• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

widely used classification system for psychological disorders

• psychological disorders

• culture-bound syndromes

• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

• criteria of disorders

standards such as typicality and maladaptivity used to determine psychological disorders

• culture-bound syndromes

• major categories of psychological disorders

• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

• criteria of disorders

mental processes that cause suffering

• psychological disorders

• culture-bound syndromes

• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

• criteria of disorders

include anxiety and mood disorders

• culture-bound syndromes

• major categories of psychological disorders

• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

• Typical behaviors

The DSM is used by psychologists, insurance companies, and researchers.

• True

• False

Typicality describes behavior that impairs an individual's ability to function adequately in everyday life.

• True

• False

Approximately 26 percent of American adults suffer from a mental disorder in a given year.

• True

• False

Culture-bound syndromes are behavior patterns or thoughts that interfere with a person's ability to cope with everyday life

• True

• False

The normality of behavior is often determined by its _____________, or the degree to which it is average for the behavior of the majority.

• typicality

• maladaptivity