Abnormal Psychology

Test 2 Study Guide

Chapter 4

1. How is fear different from anxiety? Be aware of our definition of both.
2. Know that anxiety is the most common mental disorder in the U.S.
3. Be aware of the comorbidity among anxiety disorders.
4. Be aware of the 4 primary criteria of the GAD diagnosis (p.96).
5. How is GAD explained from the sociocultural perspective?
6. How is GAD explained from the psychodynamic perspective?
7. How is GAD explained from the humanistic perspective?
8. How is GAD explained from the cognitive perspective?
9. How does the cognitive perspective treat GAD?
10. How is GAD explained from the biological perspective?
11. What is biofeedback?
12. What are the differences between specific phobias, social phobia, and agoraphobia?
13. How can phobias be explained by classical conditioning?
14. How is flooding, modeling, & systematic desensitization used to treat phobias?
15. How is exposure therapy used to treat social phobia?
16. What is happening to an individual during a panic attack?
17. What are the criteria for panic disorder (p.117)?
18. How is panic disorder explained from the biological perspective?
19. What are the components of OCD – obsessions and compulsions?
20. What are common obsession & compulsions?
21. How is OCD explained from the psychodynamic perspective?
22. How is OCD explained from the behavioral perspective?
23. How is OCD explained from the cognitive perspective?

Chapter 5

24. What systems are activated during the “fight or flight” response?
25. How is acute stress disorder different from posttraumatic stress disorder?
26. What are the common symptoms of acute and posttraumatic stress disorders?
27. What factors lend themselves to the establishment of stress disorders?
28. What are the 6 psychophysiological (psychosomatic) disorders mentioned in class?
29. What is the link between the mind and the body behind psychophysiological disorders?
30. What role does social support play in the development and/or treatment of psychophysiological disorders?
31. What role do cognitions play in the development and/or treatment of psychophysiological disorders?

Chapter 6

32. What is the difference between psychophysiological disorders and somatoform disorders?
33. What are the characteristics of conversion disorder?
34. What are the characteristics of somatization disorder?
35. What is factitious disorder?
36. What is Munchausen syndrome?
37. What is the difference between hysterical somatoform and preoccupation somatoform disorders?
38. What are the characteristics of hypochondriasis?
39. What are the characteristics of body dysmorphic disorder?
40. How are somatoform disorders explained from the psychodynamic perspective?
41. What is meant by primary & secondary gain mechanism at work in somatoform disorders?
42. How are somatoform disorders explained from the behavioral perspective?
43. How are somatoform disorders explained from the cognitive perspective?
44. How are somatoform disorders treated?
45. What are dissociative disorders?
46. What is dissociative amnesia?
47. What is the difference between localized, selective & generalized dissociative amnesia?
48. What is dissociative fugue?
49. What is dissociative identity disorder?
50. What is the most common pattern of interaction between the subpersonalities in DID?
51. What is the average number of subpersonalities?
52. How do subpersonalities differ?
53. How are dissociative disorders explained?
54. How is DID treated?