questions will be drawn from this list. I will specify approximately 1/2 of the points to be written and you may choose the rest.
1. Describe and give an example of someone displaying the three components of mental disorders (according to DSM 5).
2. Mary hears voices that tell her to harm herself. In order to block them out, she has begun to hum loudly to herself as she walks around the community. Her personal hygiene is poor, and she often does not appear to know what day it is. How would her symptoms be explainedduring each of the following historical periods, and how would she be treated? a. Prehistoric times b. 15th through 17th century c. 18th and 19th century
3. Choose one of the contemporary trends in abnormal psychology described in Chapter 1 and describe its influence.
4. Janine is a 45-year old woman who requested treatment due to panic attacks and generalized anxiety. She has become more hesitant about leaving the house, and has started to panic in elevators, airplanes and public transportation as well. Her symptoms began about six months ago. Janine was very close to her mother, who was killed by a drunk driver approximately 1 year ago. Janine’s husband is angry and upset that their social life is nonexistent, and that she will not attend parties that he says are important to his career advancement. She also cannot host parties, because she feels that her husband’s work colleagues will look down on her for her appearance and her failure to “act like Martha Stewart” and this makes her too anxious to even try. Janine is a competent IT professional whose work mostly involves telecommuting from home. She has few friends, her closest friend is a work colleague who is busy with her husband and children. Describe a multipath explanation for Janine’s problems.
5. Peter has problems focusing his attention and is easily distracted. He often forgets important details, misses appointments and frustrates his friends and family with his inability to follow through. What questions would you want to ask to determine whether Peter’s symptoms are more strongly determined by biological, psychological or social factors?
6. Describe and give an example of each of the four major psychological perspectives that can explain abnormal behavior.
7. Compare and contrast the central foci of behavioral therapy, psychodynamic therapy and humanistic therapy.
8. Give two specific examples of sociocultural factors that could influence mental health.
9. Given the limitations of case studies, when would they be helpful?
10. Your new treatment for depression works really well for your clients, and you want to demonstrate the effectiveness of your approach to others. How would you go about doing that?
11. You created a new test for PTSD. How would you demonstrate construct validity, content validity and predictive validity?
12. Can an assessment method be valid if it is not reliable? Why or why not?
13. How does test standardization relate to reliability and validity?
14. What are two concerns about the new DSM 5? How could we mitigate those concerns?