Download Disorders Classification + Answer Key

AP Psychology
Classification
Goal: To have students recognize the classification of the following disorders and to recognize the general
characteristics of the classifications of illnesses.
Use: Using the three following worksheets
1. Have students work in groups to complete the following activity.
2. Can be used with individual students as an assessment.
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Name_________________________
Classification Worksheet
Directions: Using the cards provided by your instructor determine to which category of illnesses belongs. In
the second column find the characteristics that best suit each of the categories of illnesses. In the third column
create your own example of an individual experiencing one of the disorders in each of the respective categories;
remember to indicate which specific illness you are giving an example of.
Mental Illness
Anxiety
Disorders
Mood Disorders
Somatoform
Disorders
Personality
Disorders
Dissociative
Disorders
Psychotic
Disorders
Characteristics
Example of Illness
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Worksheet 2
Classification
To Instructor: Cut this worksheet into cards and distribute to students to place into the correct categories.
Generalized
Anxiety Disorder
Bipolar Disorder
Narcissistic
Dissociative Fugue
Arachnophobia
Cyclothymia
Anti-Social
Dissociative Identity Disorder
ObsessiveCompulsive
Disorder
Mania
Histrionic
Conversion Disorder
Major
Depression
Paranoid (nonpsychotic)
Borderline
Hypochondrias
Dysthymic
Disorder
Avoidant
Dissociative
Amnesia
Paranoid
(With Psychotic Symptoms)
Schizophrenia
Undifferentiated
Schizophrenia
Disorganized
Schizophrenia
Catatonic
Schizophrenia
Characterized by an
overwhelming (an often
irrational) sense that horrible
is going to happen.
Characterized by changed in
the demeanor and disposition
and temperament.
Characterized by the claim of
medical ailments without
physical medical evidence to
corroborate the claim.
Characterized by longstanding personal
characteristics in which the
individual has difficulty
interacting or getting
Characterized when a part of
the individual experiences a
“break” and is generally
followed by a period of loss of
memory or “blackout” which
may last for a few hours or a
few months.
Characterized by symptoms
that establish that the client is
out of touch with reality, these
can include loose word
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Answer key
Classification
Mental Illness Characteristics
Example of
Illness
Characterized by an overwhelming
(an often irrational) sense that
horrible is going to happen.
Examples Will Vary
Anxiety
Disorders
Generalized
Anxiety Disorder
Arachnophobia
ObsessiveCompulsive
Disorder
Characterized by changed in the
demeanor and disposition and
temperament.
Examples Will Vary
Mood
Disorders
Major Depression
Bipolar
Dysthymic
Disorder
Cyclothymia
Mania
Somatoform
Disorders
Conversion
disorder
Hypochondrias
Characterized by the claim of
medical ailments without physical
medical evidence to corroborate the
claim.
Examples Will Vary
Paranoid (nonpsychotic)
Avoidant
Narcissistic
Antisocial
Histrionic
Borderline
Dissociative
Amnesia
Dissociative Fugue
Dissociative
Identity Disorder
Characterized by long-standing
personal characteristics in which
the individual has difficulty
interacting or getting along with
others.
Examples Will Vary
Personality
Disorders
Dissociative
Disorders
Psychotic
Disorders
Paranoid
Schizophrenia
Catatonic
Schizophrenia
Undifferentiated
Schizophrenia
Disorganized
Schizophrenia
Characterized when a part of the
Examples Will Vary
individual experiences a “break”,
and is generally followed by a
period of loss of memory or
“blackout” which may last for a
few hours or a few months.
Characterized by symptoms that
Examples Will Vary
establish that the client is out of
touch with reality, these can include
loose word associations,
hallucination or delusions.
AP Psychology
Answer key
Classification
Mental Illness Characteristics
Example of
Illness
Characterized by an overwhelming
(an often irrational) sense that
horrible is going to happen.
Examples Will Vary
Anxiety
Disorders
Generalized
Anxiety Disorder
Arachnophobia
ObsessiveCompulsive
Disorder
Characterized by changed in the
demeanor and disposition and
temperament.
Examples Will Vary
Mood
Disorders
Major Depression
Bipolar
Dysthymic
Disorder
Cyclothymia
Mania
Somatoform
Disorders
Conversion
disorder
Hypochondrias
Characterized by the claim of
medical ailments without physical
medical evidence to corroborate the
claim.
Examples Will Vary
Paranoid (nonpsychotic)
Avoidant
Narcissistic
Antisocial
Histrionic
Borderline
Dissociative
Amnesia
Dissociative Fugue
Dissociative
Identity Disorder
Characterized by long-standing
personal characteristics in which
the individual has difficulty
interacting or getting along with
others.
Examples Will Vary
Personality
Disorders
Dissociative
Disorders
Psychotic
Disorders
Paranoid
Schizophrenia
Catatonic
Schizophrenia
Undifferentiated
Schizophrenia
Disorganized
Schizophrenia
Characterized when a part of the
Examples Will Vary
individual experiences a “break”,
and is generally followed by a
period of loss of memory or
“blackout” which may last for a
few hours or a few months.
Characterized by symptoms that
Examples Will Vary
establish that the client is out of
touch with reality, these can include
loose word associations,
hallucination or delusions.