Continuum Model of Abnormality

Abnormal Psychology Dodi Lamm Fall 2020 1. Discuss the continuum model of abnormality and the different criteria used for labeling behavior as normal or abnormal. 2. Discuss 7 out of 9 Freudian defense mechanisms 3. Describe the cognitive approach to psychopathology. What are the three main goals in cognitive therapy? What are the limitations of cognitive theories? 4. What are the key features of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)? Describe some of the symptoms of this disorder. 5. Describe the biological and cognitive-behavioral theories of OCD. 6. Briefly describe the four categories of phobias. Provide examples of each 7. What is dissociative identity disorder (DID)? What are its symptoms? 8. What is somatic symptom disorder? How is it different from illness anxiety disorders, factitious disorders, factitious disorders by proxy, and conversion disorders? 9. Summarize the symptoms of mania. 10. What are delusions? Briefly describe the common types of delusions experienced by people with schizophrenia. 11. Briefly describe the other psychotic disorders that share features with schizophrenia. 12. Explain the five personality dimensions specified in the DSM-5 on which both normal and abnormal variation in personality can be described. 13. Describe the key characteristics of intermittent explosive disorder 14. What are the characteristics of antisocial personality disorder? What biological factors may be involved in its development? 15. Dodge and Pettit argue that aggressive children don’t think like non-aggressive children. Describe their model and then apply it to an example of a child being hit with a baseball at PE. 16. How is conduct disorder different from oppositional defiant disorder? 17. What family characteristics may be involved in eating disorders? 18. Distinguish between substance intoxication, withdrawal, abuse, and dependence. Discuss the symptoms associated with each condition. 19. What are the three components of Type A behavior pattern as it was originally formulated? How is it related to coronary heart disease (CHD)?