PSY3032 Abnormal psychology

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Relate their knowledge of personality, biological processes and human development to abnormal behaviour;

2. 2

   Contrast historical and current major theoretical perspectives of abnormal behaviour;

3. 3

   Attain insight into the way the theoretical perspective adopted by a clinician can influence the manner of explaining how a psychological disorder develops and how it is treated;

4. 4

   Demonstrate familiarity with methods of assessing psychological disorders and the main systems of classifying disorders;

5. 5

   Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of classifying abnormal behaviour;

6. 6

   Describe the major types of psychological disorders and the major therapeutic approaches to abnormal behaviour; and

7. 7

   Attain an advanced level of skill in critical evaluation of previous research and psychological report writing.