Chp 15 Review Guide
Test: Friday, November 13
Unlike past tests, this test will be entirely multiple choice. The majority of the questions will
require you to be able to recognize and identify disorders after a brief description of the
symptoms. In other words, you will get to play the psychiatrist and make the diagnosis. Below
is a list of the key disorders. You will also need to be able to recognize major causes and key
concepts about all the illness.
Key terms/disorders:
Psychological Disorder
Diathesis Stress Model
Biopsychosocial Approach
Anxiety Disorders
G.A.D.
Panic Attack
Agoraphobia
social phobias
specific phobia
O.C.D
Obsession
PTSD
Major Depression
Mania
S.A.D.
State Dependent Memory Post-Partum Depression
NSSI
Schizophrenia
Negative Symptom
Hallucinations
Catatonia
Word Salad
Chronic Schizophrenia
Acute Schizophrenia
Dissociative Disorders
Dissociative Fugue
Personality Disorders
Antisocial Disorder
Borderline Personality
Narcissistic Personality
Anorexia Nervosa
Bulimia Nervosa
Epigenetics
DSM-5
Panic Disorder
Phobia
Social Anxiety Disorder
Compulsion
Bipolar Disorder
Mood Congruency Effect
Rumination
Positive Symptoms
Delusions
Flat Affect
Paranoia
D.I.D.
Avoidant Personality
Schizotypal
Binge-Eating Disorder
Big Ideas/Concepts:
 How to determine if something is a mental illness
 Risk factors and causes of major families of diseases
Morrison’s Standards/Benchmarks:
4. Variations in Groups and Individuals Domain
b. I can identify the symptoms of significant psychological disorders and properly
diagnose the disorder.
Enduring Understanding:
Behavior is determined by multiple causes.
Essential Questions:
What is makes something normal?
How can you determine abnormal behavior?
Guiding Content questions:
What can cause mental illness?
What types of mental illness are there?