Learning Objectives for module 4 Dr. Crawley

Development

  1. Describe longitudinal and cross-sectional studies and the problem associated with each.
  2. Describe the prenatal stage of development
    1. germinal stage
    2. embryonic
    3. Fetal
  • 3. Describe the reflexes and sensory abilities of a newborn

    4. Discuss and compare the stage developmental theories of:

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    1. Freud
    2. Piaget
    3. Erickson
    4. Kubler-Ross

    Personality

    1. Define "personality"
    2. Compare and contrast the different methods of personality assessment
    3. interviews
    4. situational testing
    5. projective tests
    6. objective tests
    7. Describe Freud’s view of personality structure and dynamics
    8. Describe the ego defense mechanisms including:
    9. repression
    10. projection
    11. reaction formation
    12. rationalization
    13. displacment
    14. Discuss the major ideas of the neo-freudians
    15. Jung
    16. Adler
    17. Horney
    18. Describe the humanistic perspective and the basic ideas of Maslow and Rogers
    19. Distinguish between the type and trait approach to personality
    20. Compare the dispositional and situational perspectives of personality

     Disorders

    1. Define psychopathology
    2. Describe the following standards of abnormality
    3. statistical definition
    4. valuative definitions
    5. subjective discomfort
    6. situational context
    7. Describe the following conditions
    8. organic mental disorders
    9. somatoform disorders
    10. dissociative disorder
    11. bipolar disorder
    12. major depression
    13. personality disorders
    14. Describe the various beliefs and models of the causes of psychpathology
    15. Briefly describe Rosenhan’s pseudo-patient study

     

    Therapy

    1. List the basic techniques used in psychoanalysis

    2. Contrast client centered therapy and psychoanalysis

    3. Describe client centered therapy and the conditions that should be maintained for successful therapy

    1. Contrast the goals of behavior therapies with the goals of insight therapies
    2. Explain how adaptation, reciprocal inhibition, and the use of a hierarchy combine to produce desensitization
    3. Describe what distinguishes a cognitive behavior therapist from other behavior therapy