Note: An 80% on the respective paragraphs indicates meeting the course learning objectives (SLOs) #s 3, 4, 7, & 8. A 90% indicates mastery of the respective objectives.
SLOs:
3. Describe the factors and theoretical perspectives related to the development and maintenance of different types of abnormal behavior.
4. List the primary treatments for psychological disorders and discuss their effectiveness.
7. Develop an understanding of how social and cultural factors impact the expression of psychological disorders.
8. Examine the impact of biological factors on the development of psychological disorders.
Pick one disorder option from each of the following six categories of disorders:
Dissociative Disorders: (Choose: Somatic Symptom or Conversion Disorder)
Feeding and Eating Disorders: (Choose: Anorexia or Bulimia Nervosa Disorder)
Paraphilic Disorders/Sexual Dysfunctions: (Choose: Pedophilic Disorder or Gender Dysphoria)
Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders: (Choose: Alcohol Use Disorder, or Opioid Use Disorder)
Neurocognitive Disorders: (Choose: Neurocognitive Disorder Due to Alzheimer’s Disease)
Personality Disorders (Choose: Borderline Personality Disorder or Narcissistic Personality Disorder)
Write six well-developed paragraphs, one for each of the 6 disorders you chose. Each paragraph should provide information that answers these four questions about each of your chosen disorders.
What are the clinical criteria for the disorder and what theoretical perspectives are related to the development and maintenance of the disorder?
What social and cultural factors impact the expression of the disorder?
How do biological factors impact the development of the disorder?
What are the primary treatments for the disorder?
Final Essay Exam Self-Checklist
Use the following table to check your essay for the required elements in each of your six paragraphs. Enter a Yes or checkmark if you have included each element for each of the selected six psychological disorders in your essay. Be sure to also refer to the Grading Rubric for the qualitative descriptions of each element that will help you to demonstrate achievement of Course Objectives/SLOs # 3, 7, 8 and 4.
The book we are using is Whitbourne, Abnormal Psychology, 9e:
Susan Whitbourne no citations needed, all information should come from the book
