Review Questions

Review Questions are included for each chapter for study purposes, many of the answers are found in the textbook. If your professor has asked you to email your answers to them, you can use the submit button below.


1		What is the current definition of psychopathology? How has the idea of psychopathology changed in the past 100 years?



2		What is the difference between positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia? Explain the multiple etiologies of schizophrenia. What is the dopamine hypothesis and how has it changed in response to new discoveries? What brain abnormalities are associated with schizophrenia? What specific brain areas are associated with schizophrenia?



3		What are the different mood disorders? What are the hypothesized etiologies?



4		What disorders are classified as anxiety disorders? What is the neurochemical agent involved in anxiety disorders?



5		What are the general characteristics of a sociopath?



6		Define Alzheimer's disease and its causes.



7		Why are Huntington's chorea and Parkinson's disease discussed in the psychopathology chapter? What are some of the impairments associated with each?



8		What are some of the problems that neuropsychologists face when considering psychopathologies?

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