Textbook: Myers, David G. (2012). Psychology (10th ed.). NY: Worth Publishers. ISBN-13: 978-1-4292-6178-4. You want aim aim for about 1/2 to 1 page per question (1 inch margins, 12 font, double-spaced). Answer the following 15 questions: CHAPTER 15: PSYCHOLIGCAL DISORDERS
1. Identify the criteria for judging whether behavior is psychologically disordered.
2. Describe the medical model of psychological disorders, and discuss the bio-psycho-social perspective offered by critics of this model.
3. Describe the aims of DSM-IV, and discuss the potential dangers associated with the use of diagnostic labels.
4. Describe the symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder, phobias, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
5. Explain the development of anxiety disorders from both a learning and a biological perspective.
6. Describe major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder.
7. Explain the development of mood disorders, paying special attention to the biological and social-cognitive perspectives.
8. Describe the characteristics and possible causes of dissociative identity disorder.
9. Describe the various symptoms and types of schizophrenia, and discuss research on its causes.
10. Describe the nature of personality disorders, focusing on the characteristics of the antisocial personality disorder.
11. Describe the prevalence of various disorders and the timing of their onset.
12. A newspaper editorialist argues that the use of DSM-IV diagnostic labels is destructively antidemocratic, because it enables an elite corps of mental health professionals to subtly control the values and lifestyles of the rest of society. First give reasons supporting this argument, then defend the continued use of diagnostic labels.
13. June is so preoccupied with keeping her house absolutely spotless that she has no time to do anything but clean. After each family meal she not only washes the dishes, she also thoroughly cleans and polishes the kitchen table, chairs, floor, and cupboards. Although these cleaning rituals irritate her family, June is unable to discontinue them without experiencing intense feelings of discomfort. Use the learning and biological perspectives to explain June’s behavior.
14. Differentiate between antisocial personality disorder, dissociative identity disorder, and schizophrenia. What relationships might exist between each disorder and insanity?
15. Clinical psychologists label people disordered if their behavior is (1) atypical, (2) disturbing, (3) maladaptive, and (4) unjustifiable. Demonstrate your understanding of the classification process by giving examples of behaviors that might be considered atypical, disturbing, maladaptive, or unjustifiable but, because they do not fit all four criteria, would not necessarily be labeled disordered
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