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Chapter Fourteen: Psychological Disorders
Describe and evaluate the medical model of abnormal behavior.
Explain the most commonly used criteria of abnormality.
List three stereotypes of people with psychological disorders.
List the five diagnostic axes of DSM-IV.
Discuss estimates of the prevalence of psychological disorders.
List four types of anxiety disorders and describe the symptoms associated with each.
Discuss the contribution of biological, cognitive, and personality factors, conditioning, and stress to
the etiology of anxiety disorders.
Compare and contrast the three somatoform disorders and discuss their etiology.
Describe three dissociative disorders and discuss their etiology.
Describe the two major mood disorders.
Explain how genetic and neurochemical factors may be related to the development of mood
disorders.
Explain how cognitive factors, interpersonal factors, and stress may be related to the development of
mood disorders.
Describe the general characteristics (symptoms) of schizophrenia.
Describe two classification systems for schizophrenic subtypes, and discuss the course of
schizophrenia.
Explain how genetic vulnerability, neurochemical factors, and structural abnormalities in the brain
may contribute to the etiology of schizophrenia.
Summarize evidence on how neurodevelopmental processes, family dynamics and stress may be
related to the development of schizophrenia.
Discuss the nature of personality disorders and describe the three broad clusters of such disorders.
Describe the antisocial personality disorder and discuss its etiology.
Explain the legal concept of insanity and discuss the grounds for involuntary commitment.
Discuss the evidence on three issues related to culture and pathology.
Describe the symptoms and medical complications of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.
Explain how genetic factors, personality, and culture may contribute to eating disorders.
Explain how family dynamics and disturbed thinking may contribute to eating disorders.