Midterm Study Guide 1) definitions of abnormal behavior (4) o strengths & weaknesses o monkey brains 2) Freudian psychodynamic perspective

o view of the world o basic drives and motives o how they contribute to the development of psychopathology o differences from C/B o treatment approaches 3) cognitive/behavioral perspectives o view of the world o basic drives and motives o how they contribute to the development of psychopathology o differences from Freud o treatment approaches 4) purposes of a defense mechanism o Identify different defense mechanisms postulated by Freud o Example o scientific evidence that is consistent with Freud. 5) psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, biological, sociocultural o approaches to clinical assessment. 6) psychodynamic, cognitive, biological, and behavioral assessment tools 7) importance of reliability and validity of methods for clinical assessment. o Example: highly reliable but not valid o Example: very valid but unreliable 8) panic disorder symptoms (examples from text/class) 9) each psychological approaches explanation of panic and agoraphobic anxiety disorders o preferred treatments 10) evidence for a biological basis of anxiety disorders 11) Generalized Anxiety Disorder other anxiety disorders (biological features) 12) obsessive-compulsive disorder characteristics o psychoanalytic, behavioral, cognitive, and biological views of the etiology o psychological and biological therapies 13) somatoform disorders similarities and differences o conversion disorder vs malingering o Munchausen Syndrome classification (child abuse vs somatoform disorder) 14) somatoform disorders exposure and response prevention treatment o Hypochondriasis Disorder o Illness Phobia o Somatization Disorder 15) Mood Disorders and Anxiety Disorders o Shared features o characteristics that distinguish o differ in their etiology o differ in treatment? 16) dissociative disorders 17) dissociative identity disorder (DID) characteristics o objective biological evidence o disputes of DID 18) state of hypnosis and a dissociative state o similarities and differences

fishing needle through arm with no discomfort = dissociated state or selfhypnosis? 19) central nervous system (CNS) o components o functions 20) autonomic nervous system (ANS) components o components o functions 21) 3 of the major neurotransmitters found in the CNS and/or the ANS 22) neurotransmitters involved in development of anxiety disorders and the mood disorders o pharmacological therapies 23) best model for identifying the causes of the psychological disorders 24) best model for treating psychological disorders 25) negative reinforcement o contribution to anxiety disorders (maladaptive response maintenance) 26) learning process involved in anxiety disorder initiation o What model attempts to integrate the roles of both learning processes o How did Prof. Jamner attempt to target the negative reinforcement contributing to the maintenance of fear in the class exercise involving the presentation of snakes and spiders? 27) Learned helplessness o Attribution o three attributional dimensions 28) bipolar disorder, unipolar disorder, dysthymic disorder, cyclothymic disorder o similarities and differences o medications prescribed for each o how each medication acts on the nervous system 29) clear examples of disorders that appear to be more exaggerated forms of usual behaviors or traits 30) Koro 31) Dhat 32) Disorders with culturally specific symptoms 33) disorder with a symptom set that is similar across almost all cultures 34) evidence (biological, psychological, social) supporting differentiation of anxiety and mood disorders as distinct conditions 35) diathesis-stress model o integrative o three (3) clear examples 36) why is there greater prevalence of anxiety, and mood disorders among women compared to men o genetic, biological, psychological and social dimensions