Chapter 12 and 13

Assignments will be collected April 29 - I will not be accept it late!!! Please do not be absent on the day it is due. I suggest you use your text review book.

Please note each set of chapter questions will count as a TEST - You want to do these questions well. You will be able to use them for the test on Monday, 4/29.

• Chapter 12 and 13 Text book
• Chapter 16 or 17 in the review book (Better to use this - it is updated!) *************************************

1. What is a common definition of abnormal behavior? Please include 5 characteristics of abnormality

2. Identify te cause of mental illness from each perspective or psychological school of thought we have studied.

Psychoanalytical/psychodynamic

Humanists

Behaviorial

Evolutionary

Biological

Biopsychosocial

3. Define the following terms:

Etiology

Prognosis

Psychopathology

4. a. What does the DSM-V stand for?

b. How the DSM-V organized?

c. How does the DSM-V support health practioners?

There are a large number of mentall illnesses found in the DSM-V. We are going to cover only a few of them

5. Identify and explain what an anxiety based disorder is with 5 underlying symptoms.

6. Identify five examples of an anxiety based disorder

7. Identify and explain Obsessive- Compulsive Disorders and its most common symptoms

8. What are commpn symptoms of Trauma and Stress Disorders?

9. How do each psychological perspective explain the etiology of trauma and stress disorders.

Behavioral

Cognitive

Biological

Evolutionary

10. Identify the common symptoms of a somatic disorder

11. Identify three most common somatic disorders

12. How did Freudians explain the etiology of somatic disorders?

13. What are the main symptoms or criteri to be diagnosed with a dissociative disorder?

14. Identify three dissociative disorders and how each are different

15. How do psychoanalynists and social learning psychologists differ on the etiology of dissociative disorders?

16. What are the main characteristics of a depressive disorder? Why is it called the common cold of psychological disorders?

17. What role does genetics play in understanding depressive disorders? What neurotransmitters play a role in mood disorders?

18. Wht have MRIs and CT scans revealed about depression in the brain?

19a.How does Social Cognitive psychologist Martin Seligman explain depression?

19b. How does Aaron Beck's theory explain depression?

19c. How does Susan Nolan Hoekesema explain depression?

20. How does Bipolar disorder, a mood disorder differ from depression? How is bipolar disorder treated?

21. Why is schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders differ from other illnesses?

22. What is schizophrenia? Why is it the most debilitating?

23. Delusions are very common in schizophrenia. Identify and explain the three common types of delusions

24. How does a hallucination differ from a delusion?

25. Explain what a flat affect is in schizophrenia.

26. Explain what is meant by positive and negative symptoms in schizophrenia and provide an example of each

27. What are biological explanations for schizophrenia?

28. What is the diathesis stress model of schizophrenia? Why would environment play an important role using this explanation?

29. Identify the key characteristic of catatonia. Identify how echolalia would be an example of a positive symptom and mutism be a negative symptom.

30. Personality Disorders are divided into three main clusters.

a. Identify and explain what each of the clusters mean.

b. Identify the subcategories of each cluster and explain what each of the personality disorders are. Give an example of a famous person who might fit the criteria of the personality disorder

31. Identify and explain two of the most common types of neurodevelopmental disorders. What are common symptoms of each of the two disorders?

32. How do neurocognitive disorders differ from neurodevelopmental disorders? Give two examples

YOU ARE NOW FINISHED TEST 1

Chapter 13 or 17 Review Book( Counts as second take home Test)

1. What are the prerequisites in becoming a psychiatrist?
2. Identify 4 types of therapists that work with paties struggling with mental illness.
3. Identify how trephining was used in ancient times.
4. How has the treatment of mental illness changed beginning with Dorothea Dix and Philippe Pinel?
5. Why have mental hospitals declined (deinstitutionalism) since the 1960s? What has been an unintended consequence of this shift?

6. How does insight therapy work? Identify different types of insight therapy.

7. Identify how psychoanalytical treatment works. Be sure to include the different strategies

8. What is the difference between psychodynamic and psychoanalytical approach to mental illness?

9. What do humanists focus in on in therapy? Why is it considered non-directive?

10. Describe Carl Rogers approach to therapy. Why is unconditional positive self regard essential to healthy development?

11. What do Gestalt therapists focus on? How do they differ from Carl Roger's humanistic approach?

12.How do Behaviorists view mental illness? What are the key features of behavioral therapy?

CLASSICAL CONDITIONING THERAPIES

13. How would Mary Cover Jones use counter conditioning to treat a phobia?

14. How would Wolpe's systematic desensitization treat a phobia? Identify the three steps used in systematic desensitization.

15. How would flooding be used to treat a phobia?

16. What is aversive conditioning? How can alcoholism be treated using aversive conditioning?

OPERANT CONDITIONING THERAPIES

17. Explain contingency management approach to behavior modifcation.

18. How can token economies be used to modify behaviors in school?

SOCIAL LEARNING THERAPY

19. How can modeling shaping and biofeedback be used to change behavior. Give an example of each

COGNITIVE - BEHAVIORAL APPROACHES

20. Describe how cognitive therapists view mental illness.

21. How is Albert Ellis' treatment of RET / REBT used to treat mental illness? wHY IS IT CALLED THE A, B, C's of treatment?

22. How would Aaron Beck treat depression? Explain the cognitive triad.

23. Why would biological psychologists use psychopharmocology for the treatment of mental illness?

24. Identify the 4 major types of psychotropic drugs in psychopharmocology.

25. Outline examples of each category and what illnesses they are used to treat. Be sure to identify which neurotransmitters are most impacted by the drug

26. Why do some people who suffer from depression need to undergo ECT? What are the benefits? What is a side effect?

27. Why is rTMS considered so promising for depression? How does it differ from ECT?

28. Why is psychosurgery considered a last resort?

29. Why were prefrontal lobotomies used until the late 50's?

30. Why is psychosurgery used for severe epilepsy?

31. Identify three types of group therapies used today?

32. What are some benefits to going to a group therapy?

33. Explain the role of the community mental health movement. What role do they play since the deinstitutional movement?

ALL DONE! TWO TESTS COMPLETE - BE SURE YOU HAVE THIS FOR CLASS ON MONDAY, APRIL 29.