AP Psychology
Abnormal Psychology
Spring 2015
AP BOOK: Chapter 14,
pgs. 592-633
Baron’s Book: pgs. 239255
Reading Guide – PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS
7-9% of the AP Test
Quiz Date: Thursday, April 9th
1.) What are the three requirements for someone’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to be classified as a disorder?
2.) Fill in the following chart to describe the different models of understanding psychological disorders
Medical Model
Biopsychosocial Model
What does it say about the
origin of disorders?
How does it differ from
other models?
3.) What is the purpose of the DSM-IV-TR?
4.) Describe at least two faults people see with the DSM-IV-TR.
5.) Provide a description of the experiment David Rosenhan conducted to understand the dangers of labeling.
6.) What is the definition of an anxiety disorder?
7.) Fill in the following chart to describe anxiety disorders
What behaviors is it
characterized by?
Generalized Anxiety
Disorder
Panic Disorder
Examples of patients or
cases
How is it treated?
Phobias
Obsessive-Compulsive
Disorder
Post-traumatic Stress
Disorder
8.) What is post-traumatic growth?
9.) According to the learning perspective, how do people develop anxiety disorders?
10.) What does the biological perspective say about the onset of anxiety disorders?
a. …regarding natural selection?
b. …regarding genes?
c. …regarding the brain?
11.) What characterizes a disorder as being a somatoform disorder?
12.) Provide a description and example of conversion disorder.
13.) What behavior might a hypochondriac exhibit?
14.) What characteristics align with dissociative disorders?
15.) Fill in the following chart to describe dissociative disorders
What behaviors is it
characterized by?
Examples
How is it treated?
Dissociative Identity
Disorder (DID)
Dissociative Amnesia
Dissociative Fugue
16.) Explain at least two reasons why some psychologists believe dissociate identity disorder is a falsified disorder
17.) What factors qualify a disorder as a mood disorder?
18.) How does major depressive disorder differ from just feeling sad at certain times of the year?
19.) List at least five signs of depression
20.) How does depression differ from mania? (Be aware that these two states together create bipolar disorder)
21.) Describe what a typical manic episode looks like
22.) Provide at least three theories that explain where mood disorders come from
23.) What does the biological perspective argues about the origins of mood disorders?
24.) Explain the social-cognitive perspective’s view on mood disorders and their origins
25.) Fill in the chart below to describe some of the characteristics associated with schizophrenia
What does this look like?
How do these behaviors affect people?
Disorganized thinking
Disturbed perceptions
Inappropriate emotions &
actions
26.) What do neurotransmitters and abnormal brain activity have to do with the onset of schizophrenia?
27.) Describe how genetics (especially between identical twins) contribute to the onset of schizophrenia
28.) How does someone’s environment and family life influence the development of schizophrenia?
29.) What do psychologists mean when they diagnose someone with a personality disorder?
30.) Fill in the following table to describe different clusters of personality disorder
Cluster/Disorder Name
Avoidant personality disorder
What behavior characterizes it?
Schizoid personality disorder
Histrionic personality disorder
Narcissistic personality disorder
Antisocial personality disorder
31.) Are genetic or environmental factors more influential in the diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder? Why?