Test 4 Review
Dr. Sylvia Spencer
Psychology 300
Summer 2009
1. Fundamental problem of diagnostic labeling of psychological disorders and behaviors
2. Information the DSM provides or does not
3. The Positive Psychology movement involving psychological classifications
4. Understand the Social Cognitive perspective and what contributes to depression
5. Freud's explanation about Generalized Anxiety
6. Know about Mood Disorders and the prominent features of mood disorders.
7. Phobias
8. Psychoanalytic perspective with depression.
9. Understand Survival resilience
10. What is Linkage Analysis?
11. Explanations of Women and Depression
12. Be able to describe the following as they relate to Depressive Disorders
a. Neurotransmitters associated with
b. Frequently prescribed medications
c. Attributional explanation of
d. Risk taking and aggression
e. Suicide
13. Know the characteristics of Bi-Polar Disorder
14. Most likely treatment for psychological disorders that are thought to be learned
15. The development of Behavior Therapy
16. Know the process of Behavior Modification
17. What is the Placebo Effect?
18. What does Psychopharmacology involve?
19. Understand the term Transference in therapy
20. What is Neurogenesis?
21. What would Xanax most likely be prescribed for?
22. What is chlorpromazine and some of its effects?
23. When does the drug Lithium seem to be effective?
24. What is stress inoculation training and what is it focused on
25. Why might some therapists’ perception of the effectiveness of psychotherapy tend to be
misleading?
26. Read about the National Institute of Mental Health study which compared three depression
treatments: cognitive therapy, interpersonal therapy, and a standard drug therapy. What were the
findings?
27. What is the EMDR technique? What is it used for?
28. The personal values of psycho therapists…
29. In the study where potentially delinquent boys were assigned to a five-year treatment
program that included professional counseling and family assistance, what was learned and the
final outcome?
30. Client expectation involving psychotherapy
31. In the United States managed health care has severely limited the length of psycho
therapeutic services that may be covered by insurance. What are some of the results? What could
this discourage?
32. Which therapists would most likely try to understand an adult's psychological disorder by
exploring that person's childhood experiences?
33. The difference between psychodynamic therapy and traditional psychoanalysis
34. Preventive mental health attempts to reduce the incidence of psychological disorders by
doing what?