Format

► Worth 20 points (or 20% of your grade)

Multiple Choice - 30 Questions
►Worth 12 points (0.4 each)
REVIEW
Matching Section - 5 Questions
►Worth 2 points (0.4 each)
Exam I
Fill-
Fill-In-
In-The-
The-Blank - 10 Answers
(WooHoo!)
WooHoo!) ►Worth 6 points (0.6 each)

Extra Credit - 6 Questions
►Worth 1.5 points (0.25 each)

Definite Things To Do: Topics

► Study Topics on Review Slides

*vs. means know the differences between each
► Read the definitions that are highlighted in
each chapter *bold terms means know that term and its
associated content by heart
► Read the summary of each chapter
► Remember the DSM Checklists
*you should be familiar with all terms in regular font
► Do the chapter quizzes at the end of each
chapter

Historical Context Clinical Description

► Abnormal Behavior ► Epidemiology

Three criteria
Prevalence vs. Incidence
► Important Historical Events ► Types of onset

Galen’
Galen’s Humoral Theory
Acute vs. Insidious

Syphilis ► Course

Chronic vs. Episodic vs. Time Limited
► Classification of disorders

Dimensional vs. Categorical vs. Prototypical

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 Divisions of the Nervous System Neurotransmitters
► Effects of deficiency/excess
► In general, what each is responsible for

Some disorders associated with each

Autonomic vs. Somatic
► Types of drugs that affect Neurotransmitters

Parasympathetic vs. Sympathetic

Agonist vs. Antagonists

Genes and the Environment Assessment and Diagnosis

► Clinical Assessment
► Main function of Genes
Mental Status Exam

Polygenic ► Diagnosis
► Models for developing disorders ► DSM-
DSM-IV-
IV-TR classification system

Diathesis-
Diathesis-Stress Model
Categorical vs. Continuum vs. Prototypical

Reciprocal Gene-
Gene-Environment Model
Multi-
Multi-Axial System

Assessment Research
► Value of Assessments is determined by:

Validity ► Hypothesis

Reliability
Independent vs. Dependent Variable

Standardization ► Validity
► Assessing Psychological Disorders
Internal vs. External

Psychological Tests ► Ways of doing research across time
►Projective
Tests
Longitudinal vs. Cross-
Cross-sectional
►Neuropsychological Tests

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 Anxiety Disorders Anxiety Disorders
► Anxiety vs. Fear ► DSM Checklists
► Evolutionary preparedness model ► Obsessive-
Obsessive- Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
► Learned Helplessness model
Theories on etiology

Obsessions

Compulsions
► Kindsof Behavioral Treatments for anxiety
disorders