Senior Review: Psych Disorders

Psychologists evaluate the degree to which a behavior, thought or feeling is average of the majority.

• Typicality
• Maladaptivity
• Emotional Discomfort
• Socially Unacceptable Behavior

Psychological disorder symptom that is a behavior that impairs an individual's ability to function adequately in everyday life.

• Typicality
• Maladaptivity
• Emotional Discomfort
• Socially Unacceptable Behavior

Psychological disorder symptom that causes people to suffer strong feelings that can lead to affecting their health.

• Typicality
• Maladaptivity
• Emotional Discomfort
• Socially Unacceptable Behavior

Psychological disorder symptom that is behavior that violates society's accepted norms.

• Typicality
• Maladaptivity
• Emotional Discomfort
• Socially Unacceptable Behavior

What is "abnormal"?

• A behavior that is different from the majority of the group.

• A behavior that is the same as the majority of the group.

Which category of disorder is the following: This disorder refers to a general state of dread or uneasiness that occurs in response to a vague or imagined danger.

• Mood
• Anxiety
• Dissociative
• Schizophrenia

Which category of disorder is the following: This disorder refers to the separation or disconnect of certain personality components or mental processes from CONSCIOUS thought.

• Mood
• Anxiety
• Dissociative
• Schizophrenia

Which category of disorder is the following: This type of disorder categorizes changes of emotion/behavior that seem to be inconsistent with the situations they are responding to.

• Mood
• Anxiety
• Dissociative
• Schizophrenia

Which category of disorder is the following: Considered to be the most serious of disorders, characterized by loss of contact with reality.

• Mood
• Anxiety
• Dissociative
• Schizophrenia

A disorder characterized by excessive or unrealistic anxiety about two or more aspects of life.

• Major Depression
• Bipolar Disorder
• PTSD
• General Anxiety Disorder