Question

Chapter 15 Psychological Disorders: What is Abnormal? (23 marks)

Rationale: The purpose of this activity is to review criterion for psychological disorders.

PART 1: Instructions: For the exercise below, review the criteria we talked about in class used for assessing abnormal behavior. Then, for each scenario below, pick ONE criteria that you believe applies. Write down what the criteria is under each scenario, and provide a very brief (one or two sentence) explanation why this scenario demonstrates that criteria

What Is Abnormal?

1. Terry has been having terrible nightmares at least three times a week from which he wakes up shaking and sweating. _________________________

   2.   Vanda has visions and hallucinations that she often uses to guide her important decisions. _________________________

     

   3.   Tanya hears voices speaking only to her whenever she turns on television, but she is not upset about it. _________________________

Answer 1

1- The answer is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. One of the form of disorder in which people experience nightmares,flashbacks and have trouble getting enough sleep.

2- Vanda is having hallucinations. Hallucinations are present in psychotic disorders, and most commonly in Schizophrenia. It is a positive symptom of Schizophrenia.

3- Tanya is also having auditory hallucinations. Hallucinations are present in psychotic disorders, most commonly it is found in schizophrenia, and is a positive symptom of schizophrenia.

Hallucinations are also present in other psychotic disorders such as psychotic depression, schizoaffective disorder, etc.