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- 6. A model suggesting that a combination of predisposing factors/vulnerabilities and environmental stressors interact to increase the risk of developing a psychological disorder, mediated by protective factors.
- 8. Electroencephalogram (EEG) is a type of _________ assessment since it measures physiological changes in the nervous system as indicators of emotional or psychological responses.
- 10. The extent to which a psychological assessment or research study measures what it intends to measure, ensuring that the results are accurate and meaningful.
- 11. Disease characterized by steady physical and mental deterioration, delusions of grandeur and progressive paralysis. Often occurs in people who have had untreated syphilis for many years.
- 12. The controversial belief or practice of improving the genetic quality of the human population through selective breeding, forced sterilization or other measures.
- 14. Also called a framework or model, a __________ is a set of basic assumptions used to guide how we approach, investigate, and interpret a particular subject..
- 15. Assessment technique that uses technology to produce visualizations of brain structures or physically map brain functioning, e.g. CT scans, MRI, fMRI, PET scans.
- 18. The belief that physical factors, such as biological processes, contribute to the development of certain psychological disorders, in contrast to psychogenic explanations that emphasize emotional or psychological causes.
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- 1. The study of how drugs and medications affect mental processes and behavior, and how they can be used in the treatment of psychological disorders as a form of biomedical therapy.
- 2. The ____________ paradigm combines the mental processes of perception, recognition, judgement and reasoning with principles of learning to explain how abnormal behaviour is acquired through experience.
- 3. The process of discharging patients from long-term psychiatric institutions and providing community-based care and support. A major shift in mental health care that led to increased homelessness, isolation, and victimization of people with mental illness.
- 4. The proportion (usually a percentage) of a population who have a specific characteristic within a given time period; generally referring to how common a particular disorder is.
- 5. Type of assessment wherein the respondent answers a range of questions about their behaviour, beliefs and feelings to measure traits such as anxiety, hypomania, masculinity/femininity, emotionality, etc.
- 7. A learning process in psychology that involves associating a stimulus with a response, leading to behavioral changes, e.g., classical methods (Pavlov’s dogs) and operant methods (reinforcement and punishment).
- 9. The presence of two or more distinct health conditions in an individual at the same time, often complicating treatment and prognosis.
- 13. A classification or labeling of a patient’s symptoms that distinguishes one specific disorder from another, based thorough assessment and testing.
- 16. Tests that require the patient to interpret ambiguous stimuli or follow open-ended instructions that the clinician uses to reveal unconscious thoughts, characteristics, or conflicts thought to be at the root of abnormal functioning, e.g. Rorschach Inkblot, Thematic Apperception Test.
- 17. Supernatural, somatogenic, and psychogenic are three general theories of the __________ of mental illness, referring to factors that cause or are related to the origin/development of disorder.
- 19. Negative attitudes and stereotypes that are ascribed to groups considered different (e.g., people experiencing mental health problems), often resulting in discrimination.