PSY212 study guide for test 5
Define the following terms: psychosis, delusion, hallucination, alogia, inappropriate
affect, anhedonia, catatonic stupor, tardive dyskenesia.
The term schizophrenia is derived from Greek. What does it mean?
Person’s from which socioeconomic status are overrepresented in schizophrenia?
Be able to identify positive, negative and psychomotor symptoms of schizophrenia.
Know the differences between delusions of persecution, grandeur, reference and control.
What type of hallucination (i.e., tactile, gustatory, visual, auditory or olfactory) is most
common in schizophrenia?
Know the main characteristics of the different types of schizophrenia: paranoid,
disorganized, catatonic, and undifferentiated.
How does schizophrenia develop according to the dopamine hypothesis? Diathesis Stress
Model? Viral explanation? What evidence supports the Viral explanation?
How do antipsychotic medications affect neurochemical activity in the brain? How were
these medications discovered?
Review the section on Rosenhan’s pseudopatient study.
Which paradigm of psychology gave us the token economy?
What is the most effective treatment for schizophrenia?
Define the following terms: personality, personality disorder
What are the three clusters of personality disorders? What are the basic characteristics of
each cluster? What are the basic characteristics of each personality disorder?
Generally, how effective is psychological treatment for the personality disorders? Which
personality disorders are the exception to that general finding? What type of therapy has
been somewhat effective in treating Borderline Personality Disorder?
What are the Psychodynamic explanations for the various personality disorders?
Which group, in terms of gender and race, has the highest incidence of Antisocial
Personality Disorder? Which two childhood disorders put an individual at greater risk for
developing Antisocial Personality Disorder? How does the behavioral perspective
explain the development of Antisocial Personality Disorder?
Which group, in terms of gender and age, would have the strongest symptoms of
Borderline Personality Disorder? How does Psychodynamic perspective explain
Borderline Personality Disorder? What evidence is there for a biological explanation of
Borderline Personality Disorder?
What is the cognitive-behavioral explanation for Narcissistic Personality Disorder?
How might group therapy be effective for those with Avoidant Personality Disorder?
How does the behavioral perspective explain the development of Avoidant Personality
Disorder?
How does Psychodynamic perspective explain Obsessive-Compulsive Personality
Disorder?