Dysfunctional folder

Some IB question to get you going:

-What are the main contribution of psychoanalytic theory to our understanding of personality disorders? (1997)

[25 marks]

10. With reference to psychological research and theory, discuss limitations

in applying the terms normal and abnormal when attempting to identify

those individuals whose behaviour may be considered dysfunctional.

[10 marks] 11. (a) Outline the assumptions underpinning cognitive therapies.

[15 marks]

(b) Describe and evaluate both the therapeutic and cultural biases

related to this approach. Compare this form of therapy to an

alternative one.

[25 marks]

12. Compare two contrasting aetiologies/etiologies for one dysfunctional

disorder.

PowerPoint reviews

my class notes
first an overview of the different perspectives and then the disorders:
schizophrenia and Culture bound syndromes
somotomoform, disassociate, and mood disorders
anxiety

Student reviews:

Key theorists: