Review Questions for Abnormal Psychology Telecourse Final
Mrs. M. Muzi
Answer the following questions and you will most likely do well in the final
exam. Be prepared to discuss these questions when the class meets for it review
session.
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What is a gender identity disorder?
How does paraphilia differ from sexual dysfunction?
Define the term “sexual dysfunction.” What is meant by this?
How is it determined that a person is sexually dysfunctional?
What are the stages of the human sexual response?
Is homosexuality considered abnormal?
What is the current psychological and scientific perspective on
homosexuality?
8. What is the cause of erectile problems?
9. Explain the biological causes of gender identity disorders.
10. What leads to acquaintance rape? How are victims best helped?
11. What are the behavioral, cognitive and physiological symptoms of
depression?
12. What is the difference between clinical depression and mourning?
13. How does mania related to depression?
14. What is Seligman’s perspective on depression?
15. How does culture affect depression?
16. When and why is electroconvulsive therapy used?
17. How is schizophrenia best treated?
18. What is a double-bind communication in regard to schizophrenia?
19. How does emotional overinvolvement affect schizophrenia symptoms?
20. What is the dopamine hypothesis?
21. What is the downward drift theory of schizophrenia?
22. How is schizophrenia affected by culture?
23. What are the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease?
24. How do genetics play into the development of Alzheimer’s?
25. What are the symptoms of autistic disorder? What is the prognosis?
26. What is pervasive developmental disorder?
27. What is Rhett’s disorder?
28. What is a learning disorder?
29. What are the various types of attention-deficit disorders?
30. What is the treatment for ADD? What is the prognosis?
31. How do girls and boys differ when it comes to ADD?
32. What is oppositional defiant disorder?
33. What is antisocial personality disorder?
34. What is the psychodynamic view of conduct disorders?
35. What is the behavioral view of conduct disorders?
36. How does depression differ between boys and girls?
37. What are the symptoms of anorexia? How does this differ from bulimia?
38. Define “psychopharmacology.”
39. What are the major classifications of antidepressant drugs?
40. How have mental health services accommodated cultural differences in
mental illness?
41. What is insight-oriented therapy?
42. What is biologically oriented therapy?
43. What is existential therapy?
44. What is cognitive therapy?
45. What is community-oriented therapy?
46. What are the techniques of psychoanalysis?
47. What is systematic desensitization?
48. How effective is psychotherapy?
49. What has been the outcome of deinstitutionalization?
50. What are the alternatives to deinstitutionalization in regard to mental
patients?