P110-02, Spring, 2006
Study Guide for Test 4

This concepts and terms are critical to know to earn a good grade on Test 4!

Three stages of the General Adaptation syndrome (GAS) and Hans Selye
Behavioral symptoms for each stage of GAS
Type A versus Type B personality characteristics (be able to identify someone with each)
Burnout (stress)
Body changes that occur to stress (be able to identify someone with symptoms)

DSM IV-R: what the initials stand for and what it is
Cultural/normed vs medical vs behavioral based definitions of mental illness
Statistical deviancy
Cultural deviancy
Behavioral deviancy
Medical model
Criticisms of defining psychological disorders

Major disorders (be able to identify someone with a particular disorder)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Somatoform disorders
Generalized anxiety disorder
Panic Attacks
phobias
Obsessions and compulsions
Personality disorders

Depression, three stages
Depression symptoms
Endogenous vs reactive depression
Bipolar disorder
mania

Hallucinations and delusions (know difference and examples)
Types of delusions
Types of hallucinations
Schizophrenia
Positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia
Catatonia
Loss of emotions
Types of schizophrenia

Seratonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) and what disorders they treat
Antipsychotics drugs: thorazine (chlorpromazine),
Antidepressants: SSRI (Paxil, Prozac), tricyclics (Elavil)
Antianxiety drugs: benzodiazepines
Bipolar drugs: Lithium carbonate (LiCa); antiseizure drugs (e.g., Tegretol)
Tardive dyskinesia

Institutionalization: why gone down and who still is
Behavioral therapies, systematic desensitization
Electro convulsive shock therapy (ECT) (when and who is it used on/for)
Cognitive therapy and rational emotive therapy (RET)
Humanistic therapies, Carl Rogers and Rogerian therapy
Psychoanalytic therapy
Free association