Chapter 14 Assignments

Chapter 14 PsychSim

The PsychSim for this chapter is titled "Mystery Client" the simulation is located at: http://www.worthpublishers.com/myers5e/content/psychsim/

The worksheet for "Mystery Client" is located at http://www.worthpublishers.com/hockenbury_worth/content/psychsim/chapter15.htm click on the link at the bottom right of the website.
YOU DO NEED ADOBE IN ORDER TO OPEN THE DOCUMENT. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ADOBE, PLEASE PLAN AHEAD AND MAKE THE PROPER ARRAGNEMENTS.

Chapter 14 Vocabulary

All vocabulary - including key terms and key people - must be handwritten and in a notebook or binder. No loose leaf paper is accepted nor is typed work of any kind.

Chapter 14 Guided Reading/Book Notes

If you select the book notes option, make sure that your notes cover the ENTIRE chapter. Guided readings are located at the following site:http://jonrehm.com/appsyassign.aspx

Chapter 14 Essays

1. It has been said that not all deviant behavior is maladaptive, but all maladaptive behavior is deviant. Discuss this idea, based on what you've learned about the definition and criteria of abnormal behavior.

2. Freud believed that most, if not all, psychological disorders are mainly the result of anxiety. However, Freudian explanations of the anxiety disorders receive much less attention today than they once did. From what you've learned of Freudian theory, how would a Freudian explanation of the etiology of the anxiety disorders differ from the types of explanations presented in your text?

3. There appear to be some similarities between posttraumatic stress disorder (Chapter 13) and the dissociative disorders in that most cases of each type of disorder are thought to result from extreme stress. How would you justify creating separate classifications for these disorders?

4. Some of the most prominent modern theories of the mood disorders focus primarily on cognitive factors. You learned in Chapter 10 that some theorists believe the experience of emotion is heavily influenced by cognitive factors. In what ways do some of these cognitive theories of emotion agree with theories about cognitive factors in the etiology of the mood disorders?

5. According to the DSM-IV, individuals should not be diagnosed as having a personality disorder before they're 18 years old because personality is not well established before then. From what you know about personality development (Chapters 11 and 12), can you support this position? You may wish to answer from the particular viewpoint of one of the personality theorists covered in your text (e.g., Erikson, Mischel, Maslow, or others).