5.3 AP Psych Quiz

PLEASE READ YOUR TEXTBOOK TOO BCUZ THIS NEEDS SOME EDITING AND HAVE THE BAREBONES OF THE UNIT

psychological disorder

a disturbance in people's thoughts, emotions, or behaviors that causes distress or suffering and impairs their daily lives.

medical model

the concept that diseases, in this case psychological disorders, have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and, in most cases, cured, often through treatment in a hospital.

diathesis-stress model

suggests that a person may be predisposed for a psychological disorder that remains unexpressed until triggered by stress

Epigenetics

the study of influences on gene expression that occur without a DNA change

DSM-5-TR (2022)

• Reference book of the most often used in the United States

• Lists of categories, disorders, and symptom descriptions, with guidelines for the assignment

• Focus on clusters of symptoms (syndromes)