Unit 11: Abnormal Psychology
Date
3/8
Topic
Assignment
Introduction to Psychological Disorders Intro: 391-397 (this was 3/7’s hmwk);
Mood Disorders: 397-402
3/11
Mood Disorders
Anxiety Disorders: 402-405
3/12
Anxiety Disorders
Psychosomatic and Dissociative
Disorders: 405-408
Psychological Disorder Article
3/13
Psychosomatic and Dissociative
Personality Disorders: 411-413
Disorders /Article due
3/14
Personality Disorders
Schizophrenic Disorders: 414-416
3/15
PD cont/Begin Schizophrenia
3/18
Schizophrenia /Childhood Disorders
Childhood Disorders: 416-418
3/19
Childhood Disorders; Gender and
Gender and Cultural Differences: 418Cultural Differences
420
3/20
Practice
Notecards
3/21
MC Test/ Notecards due
3/22
FRQ/Begin Treatment
Treatment packet
*Additional articles will be assigned at various points throughout the unit
**Quiz date is TBA
Unit Objectives
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Provide various definitions for psychological disorders.
Discuss why it is challenging to define abnormal behavior.
Describe how the view of psychological disorders has changed over time.
Understand how psychological disorders are classified, including a basic understanding of
the format of the DSM-IV-TR.
Define insanity and describe how it applies to psychological disorders.
Describe how multiple perspectives/models apply to the understanding and diagnosing of
psychological disorders (medical model, cognitive, diathesis-stress, etc.).
Identify symptoms of major psychological disorders, and identify disorders from case
studies.
Describe different anxiety disorders and their possible causes.
Describe somatoform disorders and their possible causes.
Describe dissociative disorders and their possible causes.
Describe the controversy surrounding DID.
Describe common mood disorders and their possible causes.
Differentiate between different types of schizophrenia and describe possible causes.
Differentiate between common personality disorders, and describe their possible causes.
Describe common childhood disorders and their causes.
Explain cultural differences in/influences on psychological disorders.
Describe the prevalence of psychological disorders.
Differentiate between words associated with various disorders (obsessions, compulsions,
delusions, hallucinations, etc.).
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Psychological Disorders
Medical Model
Diathesis-Stress Model
Biopsychosocial Model (Systems Model)
DSM-IV-TR
Insanity
Mood Disorders: Depression, Bipolar
Disorder, Dysthymia*
8. Anxiety Disorders: Specific Phobia,
Agoraphobia, Social Phobia, GAD, Panic
Disorder, OCD, PTSD*
9. Cognitive Distortions
10. Psychosomatic Disorders
11. Somatoform Disorders: Conversion
Disorder, Hypochondriasis, Body
Dysmorphic Disorder*
12. Dissociative Disorders: DID,
Dissociative Fugue*
13. Personality Disorders: Borderline,
Antisocial, Paranoid, Schizoid,
Dependent, Avoidant, Narcissistic*
14. Schizophrenic Disorders
15. Hallucinations
16. Delusions
17. Types of Schizophrenia: Disorganized,
Catatonic, Paranoid, Undifferentiated**
18. Childhood Disorders: ADHD, Autism
Spectrum Disorder
*Only need connection for category
**No connection needed
Designated Review Unit: Unit 5 – Learning
Names
1. Philippe Pinel
2. David Rosenhan