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Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to:
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1. Define abnormal behavior and distinguish between the continuity hypothesis and the discontinuity hypothesis. |
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2. Describe the different ways abnormal behavior has been viewed throughout history, including supernatural theories, biological theories, and psychological theories. |
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3. Define insanity and describe its different legal meanings. |
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4. Distinguish among specific phobia, social phobia, and agoraphobia. |
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5. Distinguish between generalized anxiety disorder and panic anxiety disorder. |
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6. Discuss the causes and effects of posttraumatic stress disorder. |
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7. Distinguish between obsessions and compulsions. |
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8. Identify the following somatoform disorders: somatization disorders, hypochondriasis, conversion disorders, and pain disorders. |
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9. Distinguish between depersonalization, dissociative amnesia, and dissociative fugue. |
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10. Define dissociative identity disorder and discuss the controversies surrounding its diagnosis. |
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11. Identify the characteristics of mood disorders including major depression and bipolar affective disorder. |
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12. Discuss the importance of cognitive factors in depression and describe the results of research into postpartum depression. |
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13. Identify the three types of problems that characterize schizophrenia. |
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14. Distinguish among the following types of schizophrenia: paranoid schizophrenia, disorganized schizophrenia, and catatonic schizophrenia, and undifferentiated schizophrenia. |
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15. Identify the characteristics of delusional disorder and describe how it differs from schizophrenia. |
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16. Identify the characteristics of the personality disorders, including schizoid personality disorder and antisocial personality disorder. |
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17. (From the Application section) Discuss the civil liberty and psychological implications of homelessness and physician-assisted suicide. |