Explain how mental disorders can be described in both a categorical and a dimensional manner?
Discuss some of the advantages of including underlying processes in the study of psychopathology.
Demonstrate the contributions of the DSM and the ICD in improving reliability.
Identify three specific ways in which neuroscience approaches have been utilized to classify mental illness and inform its treatment.
Describe four of the various neuroscience approaches to study the brain and psychopathology, and describe how they advanced our understanding of psychopathology.
Indicate the different parts that form the structure of the neuron and the roles they play.
Describe how neurons pass information on to other neurons, and how is that information is encoded.
Compare the four major types of brain imaging techniques currently being used, and identify a psychological disorder for which each is especially valuable.
Assess how the brain's default or intrinsic network are different from the central executive and salience networks.
Describe modularity and connectivity, and how are they important in thinking about psychopathology?
Identify the role of neurotransmitters in the development of psychotropic medications to treat mental disorders.
Demonstrate the two important principles of Mendelian genetics. Evaluation the evidence that led Mendel to their discovery.
Define what genes do and how and where do they do it, as well as the roles of DNA and RNA in that process.
Describe three uniquely human characteristics that impact our connectedness to our environment. Propose what role(s) they play in psychopathology.
Summarize the five critical questions an evolutionary perspective asks concerning psychopathology.