Chapter Ten: Psychological Disorders
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Learning Objectives
- Discuss the ways in which abnormal behavior
has been defined.
- Distinguish between projective and objective
tests, and summarize the strengths and weaknesses of each.
- Describe the purpose of the Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DSM-IV).
- List and describe the principal characteristics
of the anxiety disorders.
- Distinguish between major depression,
dysthymia, and bipolar disorder.
- Explain the various theories that
attempt to account for depression.
- List the general features of personality
disorders and of the three specific personality disorders discussed in the text.
- Describe the features of antisocial
personality disorder and the theories explaining its causes.
- List and discuss the characteristics of
the three types of dissociative disorders.
- Distinguish between the biological model
of addiction and the learning model of addiction.
- List the components that interact to influence
addiction and abuse.
- Describe the symptoms of schizophrenia.
- Explain the biological and vulnerability-stress
models of schizophrenia.
