What defines a psychological disorder

DSM-IV - axes, criticisms

Mood disorders

Depression

Dysthymia

Suicide

Mania

Schizophrenia

Eating disorders (see chapter on Motivation)

Anxiety disorders

 

Phobias

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Dissociative disorders

Personality Disorders

 

Note. for all these disorders you should know

prominent symptoms, causes/possible causes where discussed in class, and have some sense of incidence rates, though not exact

You don't need to know conversion or somatoform disorders or disorders of childhood

Types of Psychotherapies

Psychoanalysis and Psychodynamic therapies

Behavior therapies

Humanistic therapies

Sigmund Freud

Carl Rogers

Aaron Beck

Albert Ellis

cognitive therapies

rational emotive therapy

drug therapy - know the differences between classes of psychiatric medications, e.g., SSRI vs MAOI, but you don't need to be able to distinguish between Prozac and Zoloft

electroshock

psychosurgery

managed care

Is therapy effective?

 

You won't be tested on Gestalt, Group, Couple or Family Therapy

Social Thought and Social Behavior

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Cognitive dissonance

Conformity

Compliance

attribution

Self-serving bias

Fundamental attribution error

Asch

Obedience

Milgram's studies

Prosocial behavior, i.e. Altruism

Social Facilitation/Social Loafing

Bystander effect

Love and attraction

Factors influencing attraction

Sternberg's triangular model

Romantic love

Prejuidice and Stereotypes

Group Processes

You don't need to know aggression