Chapter 12 Study Guide
Psychological Disorders
1. Explain the three characteristics of abnormal behavior.
2. Explain the biological approach, the psychological approach, the sociocultural approach, and the
biopsychosocial approach to understanding psychological disorders.
3. Explain what the DSM-5 is.
4. Define comorbidity.
5. Describe the key features of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
6. Describe the main symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
7. Describe the category of anxiety disorders in general, and identify key symptoms of each of the following
disorders.:
a. generalized anxiety disorder
b. panic disorder
c. specific phobia
d. social anxiety disorder
8. Describe obsessive-compulsive disorder.
9. Describe post-traumatic stress disorder.
10. Describe dissociative disorders, and describe dissociative amnesia and dissociative identity disorder.
11. Describe the category of depressive disorders, and describe key symptoms of:
a. major depressive disorder
b. bipolar disorder.
12. Describe the main characteristics of each of the following eating disorders:
a. anorexia nervosa
b. bulimia nervosa
c. binge-eating disorder.
13. Describe key features of schizophrenia. Explain the difference between positive symptoms and negative
symptoms. Describe hallucinations, delusions, flat affect.
14. Describe the category of personality disorders. Describe the key features of the following:
a. antisocial personality disorder
b. borderline personality disorder
c. narcissistic personality disorder. (This one is not in our textbook)