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CBSE · Class 12 · Psychology

Psychological Disorders

Standard difficulty · 20 questions · 40 marks · Time: 36 minutes

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Section A — Choose the correct answer8 × 1 = 8 marks
1.
The area of psychology that studies maladaptive behaviour, its causes and treatment, is:
  1. cognitive psychology
  2. developmental psychology
  3. social psychology
  4. abnormal psychology
2.
In the four Ds of abnormality, distress means behaviour that is:
  1. unpleasant and upsetting to the person and others
  2. learned only in childhood
  3. shared by everyone in a culture
  4. possibly harmful to the person or others
3.
Kabir, a psychologist, explains abnormal behaviour as learned through conditioning, so it can be unlearned. Which model of abnormal behaviour does this approach follow?
  1. diathesis-stress model
  2. humanistic-existential model
  3. behavioural model
  4. cognitive model
4.
How does the biological model explain abnormal behaviour?
  1. a biochemical or physiological basis, such as genes or neurotransmitters
  2. blocked growth and failing to give meaning to one’s life
  3. irrational assumptions and illogical, overgeneralised thinking
  4. a predisposition set off by stressful situations
5.
What view of disorders is linked with the Age of Reason and Enlightenment?
  1. disturbed behaviour arises from conflicts between emotion and reason
  2. reform of asylums and compassion for people with disorders
  3. the scientific method replaced dogma in understanding behaviour
  4. imbalances among four body fluids, or humours
6.
In the chapter, which kind of factor is “maternal deprivation”?
  1. a socio-cultural factor
  2. not linked to behaviour
  3. a biological factor
  4. a psychological factor
7.
What is the four Ds?
  1. common features of definitions of abnormality
  2. community care for people who have recovered
  3. prepared by the WHO and used officially in India
  4. published by the American Psychiatric Association with discrete clinical criteria
8.
What does viewing abnormality as deviation from social norms imply?
  1. it depends on what a society’s culture expects
  2. stigma, which stops people seeking help
  3. it proves the person is to blame
  4. it depends only on a person’s age
Section B — Short answer8 × 2 = 16 marks
9.
Name the four Ds of abnormality.
10.
Explain each of the four Ds: (a) deviance (b) dysfunction
11.
Name the model of abnormal behaviour each psychologist follows. (a) Kabir, a psychologist, looks at how a biological predisposition and stress act together. (b) Meera, a psychologist, explains abnormal behaviour as learned through conditioning, so it can be unlearned.
12.
Is each a biological, psychological or socio-cultural factor? (a) societal labels and roles (b) endocrine imbalances
13.
How does each explain abnormal behaviour? (a) the socio-cultural model (b) the humanistic-existential model
14.
What view of disorders is linked with each? (a) the Reform Movement (b) present-day psychology
15.
Give one difference between the psychodynamic model and the cognitive model in explaining abnormal behaviour.
16.
The bio-psycho-social approach looks at several kinds of factors. Classify these two and say why looking at all kinds together helps: (a) injuries (b) endocrine imbalances
Section C — Word problems4 × 4 = 16 marks
17.
Explain the two views of abnormal behaviour discussed in the chapter.
18.
Match each with its explanation: (a) the socio-cultural model (b) the diathesis-stress model (c) the cognitive model. Choose from: social forces such as family, social networks and labels; a predisposition set off by stressful situations; irrational assumptions and illogical, overgeneralised thinking.
19.
Put these views of disorders in history in the correct order: the bio-psycho-social approach; Galen’s four humours; the Reform Movement.
20.
(a) Asha, a psychologist, looks for unconscious conflicts rooted in childhood. (b) Rahul, a psychologist, looks at how a biological predisposition and stress act together. Name the model each follows, explain it, and say why many psychologists now prefer the interactional approach.
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1(d) abnormal psychology—
2(a) unpleasant and upsetting to the person and others—
3(c) behavioural model—
4(a) a biochemical or physiological basis, such as genes or neurotransmitters—
5(c) the scientific method replaced dogma in understanding behaviour—
6(d) a psychological factor—
7(a) common features of definitions of abnormality—
8(a) it depends on what a society’s culture expects—
9Deviance, distress, dysfunction and danger.—
10(a) different, extreme or unusual (b) interfering with daily activities—
11(a) diathesis-stress model (b) behavioural model—
12(a) socio-cultural (b) biological—
13(a) social forces such as family, social networks and labels (b) blocked growth and failing to give meaning to one’s life—
14(a) reform of asylums and compassion for people with disorders (b) the interactional, bio-psycho-social approach—
15the psychodynamic model: unconscious conflicts between inner forces, often from childhood; the cognitive model: irrational assumptions and illogical, overgeneralised thinking—
16(a) biological (b) biological; disorders are shaped by biological, psychological and social factors together, so no single kind explains them—
17One sees it as deviation from social norms, so it depends on a society’s culture and can change over time. The other sees it as maladaptive: it interferes with the person’s well-being and growth, even if it conforms.—
18(a) social forces such as family, social networks and labels (b) a predisposition set off by stressful situations (c) irrational assumptions and illogical, overgeneralised thinking—
19Galen’s four humours → the Reform Movement → the bio-psycho-social approach—
20(a) psychodynamic model (b) diathesis-stress model; explanations as in the chapter; biological, psychological and social factors all play a part, so combining them explains more—