Identify the criteria for judging whether behavior is psychologically disordered.
Describe the medical model of psychological disorders, and discuss the bio-psycho-social perspective offered by critics of this model.
Describe the aims of DSM-IV, and discuss the potential dangers associated with the use of diagnostic labels.
Describe the prevalence of various disorders and the timing of their onset.
Describe the symptoms of the various anxiety disorders presented in the text and class.
Explain the development of anxiety disorders from both a learning and a biological perspective.
Describe
the characteristics and possible causes of dissociative disorders,
focusing on dissociative identity
disorder.
Discuss the controversy surrounding DID as a diagnosis.
Describe major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder.
Explain the development of mood disorders, paying special
attention to the biological and social-cognitive
perspectives.
Describe the various symptoms and types of schizophrenia.
Discuss research on the causes of schizophrenia.