UNDERSTANING
PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
Colab AI and human
A summary based on the learning objectives. Using chatgpt4 to summarize the
text and checked / complemented by a psychology student
,Inhoudsopgave
Week 1.........................................................................................................4
Critical features of “good” theories and the notion that theories are
disposable:................................................................................................4
Explain why it is critical/important for therapists to know how and why
their interventions work............................................................................4
Describe Clark’s cognitive model of panic disorder and explain how the
various components of the model have been tested:...............................5
Explain how (and where) the various effective interventions for panic
disorder tap in to Clark’s model:...............................................................6
Explain the contribution of Marcel van den Hout’s experiments for our
understanding of how EMDR might work..................................................8
Describe the essence of the network approach and explain how this
perspective essentially differs from the traditional latent factor models of
mental disorders.......................................................................................8
Week 2.......................................................................................................11
Students can explain/define the following concept/ students can
explain/describe how these concepts can be measured/tested in the lab
................................................................................................................11
Students can use/apply these concepts to explain:................................15
Why Addiction Is Typically Persistent (Including Binge Eating Problems)
Key Mechanisms Behind Persistence...................................................15
what type of intervention they could design on the basis of the
presented models/evidence in the context of anxiety disorders,
addiction, and bulimia nervosa, and how to explain the relevant
components of these interventions in learning theoretical terms.......16
how phobic fears may develop and how it can be explained that some
individuals do not develop a phobia in spite of having been exposed to
a US experience, whereas others develop a phobia in the absence of
contingent US experiences..................................................................16
what type of learning mechanisms can help explain the persistence of
anxiety and addiction problems...........................................................17
why predictive relations do, but affective relations do not extinguish
following exposure interventions (or CS-only extinction procedures). .18
how conditioning mechanisms can explain the frequent relapse of
phobias and addiction following initially successful therapy...............18
2
, what types of starting points can be derived from these explanations
to improve the efficacy of currently available interventions................18
Week 3.......................................................................................................19
identify dynamic systems perspectives and explain how they differ from
more individualistic / bio-medical perspectives in conceptualizing the
emergence & maintenance of psychopathology.....................................19
Dynamic Systems Perspectives:..........................................................19
Individualistic/Biomedical Perspectives:..............................................19
Summary of the Difference:.................................................................20
explain core concepts of a dynamic systems perspective such as
attractors and phase transitions, feedback processes and
interdependent time scales, emergence and self-organization..............20
explain the concept of ergodicity and its implication for research in the
psychopathology domain........................................................................23
outline the basics of an inactive psychiatry approach............................24
critically reflect on the implications of dynamic systems & enactive
perspective for the assessment and intervention on psychopathology. .27
Week 4.......................................................................................................31
Explain the importance of considering cognition in psychopathology with
a focus on executive functions and functionality....................................31
Discuss the nature and the measures on executive functions (EF).........32
Explain the relevance and implication for assessment and treatment. . .36
Week 5.......................................................................................................39
Discuss the development and subsequent course of psychopathology
using contemporary integrative interpersonal theory (CIIT)...................39
Explain how the interpersonal style of patients and their therapists may
play a role in the treatment of psychopathology....................................41
Week 6.......................................................................................................44
Explain the roles of genetics and epigenetics in the development of
psychopathology.....................................................................................44
Discuss what non-human animal experiments can contribute to
biological theories of psychopathology...................................................46
Describe the changes in the brain and mind that help explain the
effectiveness of medication for treating psychopathology.....................48
Week 7 students know and can explain the following constructs/terms:...51
Cognitive-Motivational Model of Anxiety and Addiction.......................51
2
, Relevance to Attentional Bias:.............................................................51
Dual Process Model (Impulsive vs. Reflective System)........................51
Impulsive (Associative) vs. Reflective System.....................................52
Attentional Biases................................................................................53
Appraisal vs. Information Processing Models /approaches of
psychopathology..................................................................................54
Initial Attention vs. Maintained Attention.............................................54
Cognitive Bias Modification (CBM).......................................................55
Visual Dot Probe Task...........................................................................55
Implicit Association Test (IAT)..............................................................56
Affective Simon Task (AST) / Approach-Avoidance Task (AAT)..............57
In addition, students are able to describe how these constructs can be
meaningfully measured/used in the context of empirical lab research.
.............................................................................................................57
students are able to use the above terms/notions to help explain:........58
why substance use disorders, eating disorders, depressive disorders,
and anxiety disorders are so persistent and often return following
initially successful treatment...............................................................58
how we could design a clinical intervention within the context of
addiction, eating disorders, depression, and anxiety disorders on the
basis of a dual process model..............................................................58
how attentional bias could play a role in the persistence of
psychopathology such as phobias, eating disorders, and addiction, and
how attentional bias may vary across the various syndromes............59
insight in how cognitive biases (e.g., attention bias) can be used as a
starting point for fresh theory-derived interventions...........................60
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PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
Colab AI and human
A summary based on the learning objectives. Using chatgpt4 to summarize the
text and checked / complemented by a psychology student
,Inhoudsopgave
Week 1.........................................................................................................4
Critical features of “good” theories and the notion that theories are
disposable:................................................................................................4
Explain why it is critical/important for therapists to know how and why
their interventions work............................................................................4
Describe Clark’s cognitive model of panic disorder and explain how the
various components of the model have been tested:...............................5
Explain how (and where) the various effective interventions for panic
disorder tap in to Clark’s model:...............................................................6
Explain the contribution of Marcel van den Hout’s experiments for our
understanding of how EMDR might work..................................................8
Describe the essence of the network approach and explain how this
perspective essentially differs from the traditional latent factor models of
mental disorders.......................................................................................8
Week 2.......................................................................................................11
Students can explain/define the following concept/ students can
explain/describe how these concepts can be measured/tested in the lab
................................................................................................................11
Students can use/apply these concepts to explain:................................15
Why Addiction Is Typically Persistent (Including Binge Eating Problems)
Key Mechanisms Behind Persistence...................................................15
what type of intervention they could design on the basis of the
presented models/evidence in the context of anxiety disorders,
addiction, and bulimia nervosa, and how to explain the relevant
components of these interventions in learning theoretical terms.......16
how phobic fears may develop and how it can be explained that some
individuals do not develop a phobia in spite of having been exposed to
a US experience, whereas others develop a phobia in the absence of
contingent US experiences..................................................................16
what type of learning mechanisms can help explain the persistence of
anxiety and addiction problems...........................................................17
why predictive relations do, but affective relations do not extinguish
following exposure interventions (or CS-only extinction procedures). .18
how conditioning mechanisms can explain the frequent relapse of
phobias and addiction following initially successful therapy...............18
2
, what types of starting points can be derived from these explanations
to improve the efficacy of currently available interventions................18
Week 3.......................................................................................................19
identify dynamic systems perspectives and explain how they differ from
more individualistic / bio-medical perspectives in conceptualizing the
emergence & maintenance of psychopathology.....................................19
Dynamic Systems Perspectives:..........................................................19
Individualistic/Biomedical Perspectives:..............................................19
Summary of the Difference:.................................................................20
explain core concepts of a dynamic systems perspective such as
attractors and phase transitions, feedback processes and
interdependent time scales, emergence and self-organization..............20
explain the concept of ergodicity and its implication for research in the
psychopathology domain........................................................................23
outline the basics of an inactive psychiatry approach............................24
critically reflect on the implications of dynamic systems & enactive
perspective for the assessment and intervention on psychopathology. .27
Week 4.......................................................................................................31
Explain the importance of considering cognition in psychopathology with
a focus on executive functions and functionality....................................31
Discuss the nature and the measures on executive functions (EF).........32
Explain the relevance and implication for assessment and treatment. . .36
Week 5.......................................................................................................39
Discuss the development and subsequent course of psychopathology
using contemporary integrative interpersonal theory (CIIT)...................39
Explain how the interpersonal style of patients and their therapists may
play a role in the treatment of psychopathology....................................41
Week 6.......................................................................................................44
Explain the roles of genetics and epigenetics in the development of
psychopathology.....................................................................................44
Discuss what non-human animal experiments can contribute to
biological theories of psychopathology...................................................46
Describe the changes in the brain and mind that help explain the
effectiveness of medication for treating psychopathology.....................48
Week 7 students know and can explain the following constructs/terms:...51
Cognitive-Motivational Model of Anxiety and Addiction.......................51
2
, Relevance to Attentional Bias:.............................................................51
Dual Process Model (Impulsive vs. Reflective System)........................51
Impulsive (Associative) vs. Reflective System.....................................52
Attentional Biases................................................................................53
Appraisal vs. Information Processing Models /approaches of
psychopathology..................................................................................54
Initial Attention vs. Maintained Attention.............................................54
Cognitive Bias Modification (CBM).......................................................55
Visual Dot Probe Task...........................................................................55
Implicit Association Test (IAT)..............................................................56
Affective Simon Task (AST) / Approach-Avoidance Task (AAT)..............57
In addition, students are able to describe how these constructs can be
meaningfully measured/used in the context of empirical lab research.
.............................................................................................................57
students are able to use the above terms/notions to help explain:........58
why substance use disorders, eating disorders, depressive disorders,
and anxiety disorders are so persistent and often return following
initially successful treatment...............................................................58
how we could design a clinical intervention within the context of
addiction, eating disorders, depression, and anxiety disorders on the
basis of a dual process model..............................................................58
how attentional bias could play a role in the persistence of
psychopathology such as phobias, eating disorders, and addiction, and
how attentional bias may vary across the various syndromes............59
insight in how cognitive biases (e.g., attention bias) can be used as a
starting point for fresh theory-derived interventions...........................60
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