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WorksheetsPsychological Disorders
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is a psychological disorder?
a harmful dysfunction in which behaviors are maladaptive, unjustifiable, disturbing and atypical
chemical imbalances in the brain that cause people to act in harmful ways
malformations of important brain segments
a dysfunction that is not harmful but may consist of behaviors that are maladaptive, unjustifiable, disturbing and atypical
A maladaptive behavior is one that:
is destructive to yourself or others and inhibits a person to adjust to particular situations
occurs without a rational basis
is troublesome to other people
is so different it violates a norm
An unjustifiable behavior is one that:
is so different it violates a norm
is troublesome to other people
occurs without a rational basis
that is destructive to yourself or others
A disturbing behavior is one that:
is destructive to yourself or others
occurs without a rational basis
is troublesome to other people
that is so different it violates a norm
An atypical behavior is one that:
is so different it violates a norm
is troublesome to other people
occurs without a rational basis
is destructive to yourself or others
A norm is:
a rule for accepted and expected behaviors within a particular culture
an exaggeration of normal, acceptable behavior
an idea that is marked normal by one individual and accepted by the rest
distressing for the individual or those around them
How did ancient Babylons treat psychological disorders?
prayer
magic
healing power of words
torture
Who was Philippe Pinel?
a French physician
a reformer
a French mathematician
a neurologist
The medical model was:
the first model to view disorders as a sickness
the only model to that treated psychological disorders
a model that focues on how a patient was nurtured
the model that encouraged inhumane treatments
The bio-psycho-social model:
believes that people have genetic predispositions to disorders
believes that a person thoughts and patterns play a role in the disorder
believes that social and cultural aspects shape how a person sees their circumstance
believes that nature is more important than nurture
What do we use to diagnosis and classify disorders?
Trained professionals (psychologist and counselors) do it
The DSM-5
Research Papers
Intuition
How many different categories are there in the DSM-5?
12
8
18
22
Why does misrepresenting disorders in the media matter?
It doesn't matter
it creates negative stereotypes
It messes up research
It makes disorders look cool
