Exam 5 Psychology Part 2

Diagnosis

Appropriately identifying and labeling a set of defined symptoms. Ex: a lack of social skills, lack of communication skills.

Supernatural

Attributes abnormalities in thoughts, behaviors, and feelings. To forces beyond scientific understanding facts: Popular belief in the 16th and 17th centuries. Disproven today, however still a belief in parts of the world( Ex: Nigeria) Ex: Spirits inhabit the body & cause abnormal behavior or dancing mania

Diagnostic and Statistics Manual of Mental Health Disorders(DSM-5)

Classification system of mental disorders. Published by the American Psychiatric Association. Presents all current mental disorders and associated symptoms. Prescribed criteria for what constitutes a diagnosis.

Psychological Disorder

Conditions characterized by abnormal( culturally defined) thoughts, behaviors, and feelings. Ex: Bipolar Disorder, Autism, PTSD, OCD

What characterizes psychological disorders

Significant disturbances in thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Disturbances reflect some kind of biological, psychological, or developmental dysfunction, and disturbances lead to significant distress or disability in one's life.

3 main perspectives on psychological disorders

Supernatural, Biological, Learning, and Diathesis Stress Model

Co morbidity

The co occurence of two or more disorders Ex: Autism and Depression. Depression and Generation Anxiety Disorder

Psychopathology

The study psychological disorders including symptoms etiology(causes) and treatments Ex: Study of the causes of psychological disorders, what are the symptoms

Diathesis Stress Model

integrates biological and psychosocial factors to predict the likelihood of a disorder. This diathesis-stress model suggests that people with an underlying predisposition for a disorder (i.e., a diathesis) are more likely than others to develop a disorder when faced with adverse environmental or psychological events (i.e., stress), such as childhood maltreatment, negative life events, trauma, and so on. A diathesis is not always a biological vulnerability to an illness; some diatheses may be psychological (e.g., a tendency to think about life events in a pessimistic, self-defeating way).

Biological

views psychological disorders as linked to biological phenomena, such as genetic factors, chemical imbalances, and brain abnormalities; it has gained considerable attention and acceptance in recent decades (