IF YOU WERE ABSENT... CLASSWORK FROM 2/10 AND 2/11

CLASSWORK FROM 2/10 AND 2/11
IF YOU WERE ABSENT YOU MAY COMPLETE THIS AND TURN IT IN NEXT WEEK.
Psychological Disorders Q & A Chart
DIRECTIONS: You will be working with a partner to create a chart. Your chart’s title should be the same as above. Your chart should have six (6) columns, titled as follows: DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS, ANXIETY DISORDERS, DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS, MOOD DISORDERS, PERSONALITY DISORDERS, and SCHIZOPHRENIA. Cut out each of the questions below and glue or tape them in the appropriate column of your chart, leaving space to write the answers. Use pen to write in the answers to the questions and any relevant information. All of the questions can be answered using the textbook, but you may have to hunt a little!

• What is the most pervasive psychological disorder?

• The effect of drugs that block receptors for dopamine is to…

• Most of the hallucinations of schizophrenia patients involve the sense of…

• Phobias and obsessive-compulsive behaviors are classified as …

• Joe has an intense, irrational fear of snakes. He is suffering from a…

• Although he returned from war- torn Iraq six months ago, Johnny still has haunting memories and nightmares. Because he is also severely depressed, his therapist diagnoses his condition as…

• Shane is continually tense, jittery, and apprehensive for no reason. He would probably be diagnosed as suffering from …

• Nicholas Spanos believes dissociative disorders to be…

• Dysthymic disorder is…

• What are the five subtypes of schizophrenia and the symptoms of each type?

• Describe the nature and causes of personality disorders.


• What are the specific characteristics of antisocial personality disorder?

• What evidence is used by skeptics who do not accept dissociative identity disorder as ‘real?’

• What are the warning signs of schizophrenia?

• Describe the causes of schizophrenia.

• What is narcissistic personality disorder?

• While she was studying, Katie suddenly felt overwhelmed by feelings of intense apprehension. For several minutes she felt that she could not catch her breath. What was Katie probably suffering from?

• Autism is characterized by what key symptoms?

• Annie is so fearful of being overwhelmed by anxiety that she rarely goes out. What does Annie seem to be experiencing?

• What was dissociative identity disorder formerly known as?

• In which type of disorder is a person’s speech likely to be so full of unrelated words that it could be characterized as a “word salad?”

• In which disorder do people alternate between stages of lethargic hopelessness and wild overexcitement?

• Describe a manic episode.

• Which perspective suggests that depression is a reaction to loss and the internalization of unresolved anger towards parents?

• Research suggests that abnormally low levels of the neurotransmitter norepinephrine can contribute to what disorder?

• Wilma is extremely agitated because she hears voices that tell her to attack others. These voices are a symptom called:

• How would the psychoanalytic perspective view phobias?

• How would the psychoanalytic perspective view dissociative identity disorder?

• How would the learning perspective view obsessive-compulsive disorder?

• Wayne’s doctor has prescribed a drug that blocks receptors for dopamine. What is Wayne apparently diagnosed with?

• Who is most likely to succeed at a suicide attempt?


• Ella is odd and eccentric. However, her symptoms are not disturbed enough to be diagnosed as schizophrenic. How might she be diagnosed?


• Which disorder causes people to be unable to concentrate or sit still for extended periods of time?

• Jeff is 32 years old, well above average intelligence, and quite charming. He has swindled several elderly people out of their life’s savings, and he seems to have little feeling for his victims. His behavior is evidence of….

• Identify several group differences in suicide rates.

• Describe how depressed people differ from others in their explanation of failure and how these explanations lead to depression.

• What are the possible symptoms of Tourette’s Disorder?