Psy 371
Test 1
Study Guide
All tests will emphasize the following general domains:
Lecture material
Topics in textbook that overlap with topics covered in lecture
Key terms at the end of each chapter in textbook
Case study book chapters (precipitant, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments)
Video/film presentations
Test 1 also
will emphasize the following specific topics:
How is abnormal behavior defined?
What are the problems with each of 5 criteria used to define abnormal behavior?
How has abnormal behavior been conceptualized historically?
What is a tautology?
What is an error of etiological inference?
How does cultural relativism affect the definition of abnormal behavior?
What is an operational definition of abnormal behavior?
What are the early conceptualizations of abnormal behavior?
What are the determinants of abnormal behavior according to the biological paradigm?
How do genotype and phenotype differ?
How is the genetic transmission hypothesis of the biological paradigm tested?
How is the neurotransmitter defect hypothesis of the biological paradigm tested?
What treatments derive from the biological paradigm?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of the biological paradigm?
How does the psychoanalytic paradigm/theory view the functions of the id, ego, and superego?
What is libido?
What is primary process? The pleasure principle?
What is secondary process? The reality principle?
What are the stages of psychosexual development according to the psychoanalytic paradigm/theory? How does fixation in each stage affect personality?
How is abnormal behavior defined according to the psychoanalytic paradigm/theory?
How do neurotic and objective/realistic anxiety differ in the psychoanalytic paradigm/theory?
What treatment techniques derive from psychoanalytic paradigm/theory?
What are the defense mechanisms proposed by the psychoanalytic paradigm/theory?
How does the psychoanalytic paradigm/theory view human nature?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of psychoanalytic theory/paradigm?
What are the determinants of abnormal behavior according to the humanist/existential paradigm?
How does the humanist/existential paradigm view human nature?
What is phenomenology? Self-actualization?
What are the primary elements of psychotherapy according to the humanist/existential paradigm?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of the humanist/existential paradigm?
What principles of conditioning are proposed in the behavioral paradigm?
How are the following terms defined: US, CS, UR, CR, primary reinforcement, secondary reinforcement, positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, discriminative stimuli, immediate reinforcement, delayed reinforcement, environmentally-controlled versus self-controlled reinforcement?
How is behavior shaped?
What sort of models is one likely to imitate?
How does the behavioral paradigm view human nature? Abnormal behavior?
What are the primary behavioral treatment techniques?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of the behavioral paradigm?
How does the cognitive paradigm conceptualize abnormal behavior?
What is/are the primary cognitive therapy treatment technique(s)?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of the cognitive paradigm?
What is the cognitive-behavioral paradigm?
What is the diathesis-stress paradigm?
What are the similarities and differences of each paradigm/theory?
According to Chambless and colleagues, what paradigm(s) have lead to the most validated or empirically supported psychological treatments?
What criteria are used to include a disorder in the DSM?
What level of analysis is primarily reflected in the DSM [symptom, syndrome, disorder, disease]?
What did the study by Pavkov and colleagues demonstrate regarding the diagnosis of schizophrenia?
What did the study by Rosenhan demonstrate regarding the diagnosis of schizophrenia?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of the DSM?
What 5 types of information are coded for a DSM diagnosis?
Why is the DSM so widely used?
What are some issues regarding the use of a classification system like the DSM?
How do fear and anxiety differ?
What are the symptoms of phobia, panic, GAD, OCD, & PTSD?
How does each paradigm understand the acquisition of each anxiety disorder?
What treatments for anxiety disorders are derived from each paradigm of abnormal behavior?
In the case studies on anxiety disorders, what symptoms did the clients exhibit? What diagnosis did the psychologist provide? What diagnosis did the psychologist rule out? What treatment(s) did the client receive? How effective were the treatments?
In the video/film presentation on treatment of anxiety disorders, what disorder did the client exhibit? What type(s) of treatment was/were delivered?