PSYC 235 Study Guide - Final Guide: Vasocongestion, Startle Response, Hypothalamus

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 235
• Professor: Dean A Tripp

Document Summary

Name the 3 criteria used to define a psychological disorder. Developing required infrastructure to help people lead live outside institution. Revolving door syndrome: distinguish one-dimensional and multidimensional models. Multi-dimensional: abnormal behaviour multiply determined, a interdisciplinary system of influences that cause and maintain suffering: 4 steps in behavioural genetics, is behaviour heritable? (probrand genome) 2) use twin studies to estimate for heritability 3) Fundamental beliefs about the self and the world from early personal experience. Cross sectional: cohort effects (confounding age and experiences) Prevalence: percentage of cases in a given time period. Reliability: the degree to which a measurement is consistent. Type i: false negative (wrongly diagnosed as healthy). Type ii: false positive (wrongly diagnosed as sick): describe the validity scales of the minnesota multiphasic personality inventory. Axis iii general medical conditions / relevant physical disorders. Systematic method of determining a diagnosis for conditions that could meet criteria for several disorders: key differences between dsm 5 and dsm-iv-tr.