Learning Objectives for Chapter 14
Psychological disorders
1. Describe
and evaluate the medical model of abnormal behavior.
2. Explain
the most commonly used criteria of abnormality and complexities that arise in
their interpretation.
5. List
the five diagnostic axes of DSM-IV.
6. Discuss
the difference between prevalence and incidence
7. List
four types of anxiety disorders and describe the symptoms associated with each.
8. Discuss
the contribution of biological, cognitive, and personality factors, conditioning,
and stress to the etiology of anxiety disorders.
9. Compare
and contrast the three somatoform disorders and discuss their etiology.
10. Describe
three dissociative disorders and discuss their
etiology.
11. Describe
the two major mood disorders and state their prevalence.
13. Explain
how cognitive factors, interpersonal factors, and stress may be related to the
development of mood disorders.
14. Describe
the general characteristics (symptoms) of schizophrenia.
15. Describe
two classification systems for schizophrenic subtypes, and discuss the course
of schizophrenia.
16. Explain
Schizophrenia, and some of the issues involved
18. Discuss
the nature of personality disorders, and describe the three broad clusters of
such disorders.
19. Describe
the antisocial personality disorder and discuss its etiology.
Learning Objectives for Chapter 15
Treatment of Psychological Disorders
1. Identify
the three major categories of therapy, and discuss how various demographic
variables relate to the likelihood of treatment.
2. Describe
the various types of mental health professionals involved in the provision of
therapy.
3. Explain
the logic of psychoanalysis, and describe the techniques by which analysts
probe the unconscious.
4. Discuss
resistance and transference in psychoanalysis.
5. Identify
the elements of therapeutic climate and discuss therapeutic process in
6. Discuss
the logic, goals, and techniques of cognitive therapy.
7. Describe
how group therapy is generally conducted, and identify some advantages of this
approach.
8. Summarize
the general principles underlying behavioral approaches to therapy.
9. Describe
the goals and procedures of systematic desensitization and aversion therapy.
10. Describe
the goals and techniques of social skills training and biofeedback.
11. Discuss
evidence on the effectiveness of behavior therapies.
12. Describe
the principal categories of drugs used in the treatment of psychological
disorders.
13. Summarize
the concerns that have been expressed about the impact of managed care on the
treatment of psychological disorders.
14. Discuss
the pros and cons of empirically validated treatments.
15. Discuss
the merits of blending or combining different approaches to therapy; define eclectic.