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1. Abnormal Behavior
Lesson One: How do we define abnormal psychology?
How do we define Abnormal Psychology?
Historically, how were people with Abnormal symptoms treated?
What Causes Abnormal Behavior?
Cause Description Example
Psychoanalytic
Behavioral
Humanistic
Cognitive
Evolutionary
Biological

2. Lesson Two: DSM-IV and Medical Model
What is the Medical Model?
Key Medical Model Terms:
Key Term Description
Psychopathology
Etiology
Prognosis
What is the Bio-Psycho-Social Perspective?
What is the DSM-IV and how is it used?
What is the difference between:
 Neurotic disorder –
 Psychotic disorder -

3. Lesson Three: Anxiety Disorders
Disorder Description Symptoms
Anxiety Disorder
Panic Disorder
Generalized Anxiety
Disorder
Phobia
What are two ways that phobias are treated?
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Big Ideas:

4. Definition –
Obsessions –
Compulsions -
Lesson Four: PTSD and Causes of Anxiety Disorders
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder:
Causes -
Symptoms –
Treatments -
Causes of Anxiety Disorders:
Cause Description
Behavioral
Cognitive
Biological

5. Lesson Five: Somatoform Disorders
What is a somatoform disorder?
Somatoform Disorder Description
Conversion Disorder
Hypochondriasis
Somatization Disorder
Where do these somatoform disorders come from?
 Behavioral –
 Cognitive –
 Biological –
Lesson Six: Dissociative Disorders
Dissociative Disorders –
Types of Dissociative Disorders:

6. Dissociative Disorder Description Example
Dissociative Amnesia
X
Localized Amnesia
Selective Amnesia
Generalize Amnesia
Systematized Amnesia
What is Dissociative Fugue?
Supporting Facts:
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Dissociative Identify Disorder:
Definition: Four Conditions for Diagnosis

7. Key Facts/Details Causes
What is the controversy behind DID?
Lesson Seven: Personality Disorders
What is a personality Disorder?
Odd/Eccentric Personality Disorders
Personality Disorder: Description:
Paranoid
Schizoid
Schizotypal
Dramatic / Emotional / Problematic Personality Disorders
Personality Disorder: Description:

8. Histrionic
Narcissistic
Borderline
Antisocial
Chronic Fearfulness / Avoidant Personality Disorders
Personality Disorder: Description:
Avoidant
Dependent
Obsessive-
Compulsive
Lesson Eight: Depressive Disorders and Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar Disorder – Key Facts
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9. 3.
Mania Depression
Causes of Bipolar Disorder:
What is the difference between:
Neuro-chemical
Cognitive Interpersonal
Genetics

10.  Major Depressive Disorder –
 Seasonal Affective Disorder -
Lesson Nine: Schizophrenia
What is a schizophrenic disorder?
How common is the disorder?
General Symptoms:
General Symptom Description Key Term
Irrational Thought Delusions / Delusions of Grandeur -
Deterioration of
Adaptive
Behavior
Distorted
Perception
Hallucination -

11. Disturbed
Emotion
Types of Schizophrenia:
Type of Schizophrenia: Description:
Paranoid
Catatonic
Disorganized
Undifferentiated
What is the difference between:
 Positive Symptoms –
 Negative Symptoms –
Causes of Schizophrenia:
1. Genetics -

12. 2. Brain Chemistry -
3. Environmental Factors