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Unit 8 Review - Clinical Psychology

This review will guide you through an adaptive, research-backed study session. As you answer questions, we will actively assess your current understanding of the material. Questions will continue to be drawn until you have demonstrated mastery of each learning objective.

Reviews are graded based on completion. You will receive full credit for achieving 100% mastery or answering all questions.

Learning objectives for this review:

  • Analyze the definition, diagnosis, and evolution of psychological disorders using the DSM, and examine their legal implications including confidentiality and the insanity defense.
  • Evaluate different psychological theories on disorders, apply them to case studies like the Rosenhan Study, and assess the impacts of diagnostic labels.
  • Discuss the major diagnostic categories, including neurodevelopmental disorders, neurocognitive disorders, schizophrenia spectrum, and other psychotic disorders, and their corresponding symptoms.
  • Discuss the major diagnostic categories, including anxiety disorders, bipolar and related disorders, depressive disorders, obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, and their corresponding symptoms.
  • Discuss the major diagnostic categories, including dissociative disorders, somatic symptom and related disorders, and trauma- and stressor-related disorders and their corresponding symptoms.
  • Discuss the major diagnostic categories, including feeding and eating disorders, personality disorders, and their corresponding symptoms.
  • Summarize key aspects of psychotherapeutic interventions and the contributions of notable psychologists such as Beck, Ellis, Freud, Jones, Rogers, Skinner, and Wolpe.
  • Explore psychological treatment orientations and their roles in therapy planning, assess treatment effectiveness, discuss cultural impacts on treatment, and describe preventive strategies that promote psychological resilience.
  • Summarize effectiveness of specific treatments used to address specific problems from a biological perspective.
  • Critically evaluate the efficacy and limitations of various psychological treatment methods, including individual, group, and several specific therapies like rational-emotive, psychoanalytic, and cognitive-behavioral.