Clinical Psychology

When is behavior considered disordered?

• When it is aggressive, persistent, and intentional.

• When it is biologically influenced, unconsciously motivated, and difficult to change.

• When it is maladaptive, distressful, and dysfunctional.

How does the medical model describe psychological disorders?

• As sicknesses that need to be diagnosed and cured.

• As maladaptive responses to a troubling environment.

• As learned habits that need to be extinguished.

What did the Rosenhan study illustrate?

• The dangers of the medical model.

• The dangers of hallucinations.

• The dangers of diagnostic labels.

Evaluate the following symptoms and determine which disorder would most likely be diagnosed: Feelings of apprehension and fear without warning or explanation.

• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

• Generalized Anxiety Disorder

• Phobia

• Dissociative Disorder

Evaluate the following symptoms and determine which disorder would most likely be diagnosed: Repeated, distressing dreams and intrusive memories of a life-threatening experience.

• Agoraphobia

• Generalized Anxiety Disorder

• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

• Antisocial Personality Disorder

Evaluate the following symptoms and determine which disorder would most likely be diagnosed: Alternating between states of lethargic hopelessness and wild overexcitement.

• Conversion Disorder

• Bipolar Disorder

• Schizophrenia

• Dissociative Identity Disorder

Evaluate the following symptoms and determine which disorder would most likely be diagnosed: Hallucinations, delusions, catatonia, and excess levels of dopamine.

• Borderline Personality Disorder

• Major Depressive Disorder

• Bulimia

• Schizophrenia

Evaluate the following symptoms and determine which disorder would most likely be diagnosed: Symptoms take on a bodily form without apparent physical cause.

• Conversion Disorder

• Bipolar Disorder

• Schizophrenia

• Dissociative Identity Disorder

How would you best describe a compulsion?

• Persistent fears

• Repetitive behaviors

• False beliefs

Evaluate the following symptoms and determine which disorder would most likely be diagnosed: Exhibiting two or more distinct and alternating personalities.

• Schizophrenia

• Anti-Social Personality Disorder

• Dissociative Identity Disorder

• Mood Disorder