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AP Psychology
Unit 12
Abnormal Behavior
Reading Guide
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As you read each module, complete the packet.
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Module 65: Introduction to Psychological Disorders (pg. 649-660)
Define Psychological Disorder:
Describe Maladaptive behavior:
Give an example:
Understanding Psychological Disorders Causes
In earlier times, what did people think caused disorders?
How were these people treated for their puzzling behavior? Be specific.
THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT: ADHD--Normal High Energy or Disordered Behavior?
Define ADHD:
What do critics fear with the loosening of the criteria for ADHD?
How many more times are boys diagnosed with ADHD than girls?
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According to Peter Gray, how does the environment contribute to the increasing diagnoses?
According to others, how is the increase is diagnoses related to awareness?
What causes ADHD?
What does not cause ADHD?
How is ADHD treated?
What is the main debate over ADHD?
The Medical Model:
Describe the Medical Model for understanding the causes and treatments of mental illness?
What do psychologists who believe in the biopsychosocial approach think is the cause of
disorders?
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What is the evidence of this belief?
Identify and describe an example of a cultural disorder.
Classifying Psychological Disorders
What is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manuel of Mental Disorders, 5th edition (DSM-5) used for?
What disorders have changed in the new edition of the DSM? How?
What do critics say against the DSM?
Labeling Psychological Disorders
Summarize the Rosenhan study.
What can happen when we label a person with a disorder? (read this whole section before
answering!)
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Do you think your opinion of someone or the way you interact with someone would change if
you found out he or she had a disorder? (it’s ok to be honest—I won’t judge you!) Why?
What are the benefits of diagnostic labeling?
Rates of Psychological Disorders
What percentage of adults in America suffer from a mental disorder in a given year?
Which country has the highest percentage of mental illness diagnoses, according to the WHO.
How is poverty related to mental illness?
At what age do mental disorders usually strike?
List 5 risk factors for mental disorders? (see Table on pg. 658)
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Module 66: Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
(pg. 661-670)
Describe Anxiety Disorders:
List the characteristics of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD):
What does it mean that the anxiety of GAD is free-floating?
List the characteristics of Panic Disorder:
List the characteristics of Phobia:
Give some examples of specific phobias.
List the characteristics of Social Anxiety Disorder (social phobia):
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List the characteristics of Agoraphobia:
List the characteristics of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD):
How are obsessions and compulsions different?
When does OCD cross the line between normal and disorder?
Among which population is OCD most common?
List the characteristics of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD):
What were old names for PTSD?
What kinds of traumas can lead to PTSD?
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What determines whether a person suffers PTSD after a traumatic event?
What are the biological factors involved in PTSD?
Explain the idea of Posttraumatic Growth.
Understanding Anxiety Disorders, OCD, and PTSD—Causes
Explain how we learn fear through classical and operant conditioning. Give an example.
Explain how we learn fear through observational learning. Give an example.
Explain how fear might be a result of natural selection and evolution.
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Explain what we know about the genetic component of fear.
What 2 neurotransmitters might be involved in anxiety?
What parts of the brain are involved in fear and anxiety? (Think back to the unit on the brain!)
Module 67: Mood Disorders (pg. 671-683)
Describe Mood Disorders:
Define Major Depressive Disorder:
List the 9 characteristics of Major-Depressive Disorder (see Table 67.1):
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Describe Mania:
Describe Bipolar Disorder:
What is disruptive mood dysregulation disorder?
Give some examples of behaviors someone might experience during their manic phase.
How common is depression?
Who is more at risk for depression—men or women?
How long do depressive episodes tend to last?
What kinds of events precede depression?
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What is the genetic contribution to depression?
What is the heritability of major depression?
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CLOSE-UP: Suicide and Self-Injury
How many people a year commit suicide? _________________________
Which three countries have the most suicides?
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What are the racial differences in the US?
What are the gender differences in the US?
For alcoholics, how much higher is the rate of depression?
What environmental barriers can reduce suicide?
When do suicidal urges arise?
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Why do people engage in Nonsuicidal Self Injury (NSSI)?
What neurotransmitter is scarce during depression and overabundant during mania?
What second neurotransmitter is also probably involved in depression?
Why does excessive alcohol use correlate with depression?
How is rumination both adaptive and maladaptive?
Describe how depressed people tend to explain events.
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Explain how depression is a vicious cycle.
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Module 68: Schizophrenia (pg. 684-692)
Symptoms of Schizophrenia
Define Schizophrenia:
How is schizophrenia different from Multiple Personality Disorder?
Define Psychosis:
How are delusions different from hallucinations?
Example of delusions:
Example of hallucinations:
Explain what it means for schizophrenics that disorganized thoughts may result from a breakdown
in selective attention.
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Describe the diminished and inappropriate emotions experienced by schizophrenics.
Onset and Development of Schizophrenia
At what age does schizophrenia typically strike?
What percentage of the population is afflicted with schizophrenia? ________________ %
Describe the positive symptoms of schizophrenia?
Describe the negative symptoms of schizophrenia?
How do chronic and acute schizophrenia differ?
Understanding Schizophrenia
What neurotransmitter is linked to schizophrenia?
Too little or too much of it?
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What parts of the brain are affected by schizophrenia?
Explain the maternal virus theory of schizophrenia.
What are the genetic influences on schizophrenia?
If you have a sibling or parent with schizophrenia, what is the likelihood that you will develop it?
What factors may be early warning signs of schizophrenia in children?
IN CLASS: Explain the diathesis-stress hypothesis as related to schizophrenia.
Module 69: Other Disorders (pg. 693-703)
Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
Describe Somatic Symptom Disorder:
Example:
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Describe Conversion Disorder:
Example:
Describe Illness Anxiety Disorder (Hypochondria):
Example:
Dissociative Disorders
Describe Dissociative Disorders
What is a fugue state?
Describe Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID):
What was the old name for DID?
Why do some people believe that DID is NOT a real disorder?
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What evidence is there that DID is a real disorder?
Eating Disorders
Describe the characteristics of Anorexia Nervosa:
Describe the characteristics of Bulimia Nervosa:
Describe the characteristics of Binge-Eating Disorder:
Give 3 examples of how the family environment might play a role in eating disorders.
Who is most vulnerable to eating disorders?
Personality Disorders
Describe Personality Disorders:
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What does each of the 3 clusters of personality disorders focus on?
Describe Antisocial Personality Disorder:
Is the typical person with this male or female? _______________________________
What behaviors characterize Antisocial Personality Disorder?
What brain activity characterizes Antisocial Personality Disorder?
What is the genetic link for Antisocial Personality Disorder?
IN CLASS:
Borderline Personality Disorder:
Narcissistic Personality Disorder:
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Unit 12 Objectives
Mod 65: Introduction to Psychological Disorders
1. Discuss how we draw the line between normality and disorder.
2. Discuss the controversy over the attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
3. Contrast the medical model with the biopsychosocial approach to psychological
disorders.
4. Describe how and why clinicians classify psychological disorders.
5. Explain why some psychologists criticize the use of diagnostic labels.
6. Discuss the prevalence of psychological disorders, and summarize the findings on the
link between poverty and serious psychological disorders.
Mod 66: Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
1. Identify the different anxiety disorders.
2. Describe obsessive-compulsive disorder.
3. Describe posttraumatic stress disorder.
4. Describe how the learning and biological perspective explain anxiety disorders, OCD, and
PTSD.
Mod 67: Mood Disorders
1. Define mood disorders, and contrast major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder.
2. Describe how the biological and social-cognitive perspectives explain mood disorders.
3. Discuss the factors that affect suicide and self-injury, and identify the important warning
signs to watch for in suicide-prevention efforts.
Mod 68: Schizophrenia
1. Describe the patterns of thinking, perceiving and feeling that characterize schizophrenia.
2. Contrast acute and chronic schizophrenia.
3. Discuss how brain abnormalities and viral infections help explain schizophrenia.
4. Discuss the evidence for genetic influences on schizophrenia, and describe some factors
that may be early warning signs of schizophrenia in children.
Mod 69: Other Disorders
1. Describe somatic symptom and related disorders.
2. Describe dissociative disorders, and discuss why they are controversial.
3. Explain how anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder demonstrate
the influence of psychological and genetic forces.
4. Contrast the three clusters of personality disorders, and describe the behaviors and brain
activity that characterize the antisocial personality.
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Know these vocab!
1 Psychological Disorder
2 Maladaptive behavior
3 ADHD
4 Medical Model
5 DSM-5
6 Rosenhan Study
7 Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
8 Panic Disorder
9 Phobias
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Social Anxiety Disorder
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Agoraphobia
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Post-Traumatic Growth
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Mood Disorders
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Major Depressive Disorders
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Mania
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Bipolar Disorder
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Rumination
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Schizophrenia
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Psychosis
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Positive symptoms of schizophrenia
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Negative symptoms of schizophrenia
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Delusions
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Hallucinations
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Diathesis Stress Hypothesis
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Somatic Disorders
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Conversion Disorder
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Illness Anxiety Disorder
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Dissociative Disorders
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Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
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Anorexia Nervosa
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Bulimia Nervosa
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Binge Eating Disorder
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Personality Disorders
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Antisocial Personality Disorder
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Borderline Personality Disorder
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