• Describe the primary objectives of abnormal psychology, including description, explanation, prediction, and control of abnormal behavior. (pp. 35)
  
  
• Identify and distinguish between the various kinds of mental health professionals. (p. 7)
  
  
• Identify four definitions psychologists use to define abnormal behavior and their assumptions, strengths, and limitations. (pp. 6-12; Figure 1.2)
  
  
• Describe the multicultural perspectives in defining abnormal behavior including definitions of the terms cultural universality and cultural relativism. (pp. 910)
  
  
• Distinguish between Szaszs views on mental illness and Wakefields (1992) views of abnormal behavior, the textbook authors definition of abnormal behavior, and that of the DSM-IV-TR. (pp. 1213)
  
  
• Discuss how researchers determine the scope of mental disorders in the United States. (pp. 1317)
  
  
• Describe the most prevalent disorders and how mental disorders are influenced by age and gender. (pp. 1516; Figures 1.3 and 1.4)
  
  
• Discuss common myths concerning the mentally disturbed and the facts that refute them. (pp. 1618)
  
  
• Summarize the various explanations of abnormal behavior from prehistoric times through the Middle Ages. (pp. 18-20)
  
  
• Describe the changes that occurred in the conceptualization and treatment of abnormal behavior after the era of witchcraft, including the rise of humanism and the reform movement of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries until the present. (pp. 2123)
  
  
• Discuss the main assumptions of the biological and psychological viewpoints on perceptions of abnormal behavior. (pp. 2325)
  
  
• Discuss the contributions of mesmerism and hypnosis to the psychodynamic viewpoint. (p. 24)
  
  
• Describe the impact of the drug revolution and managed care on the mental health profession. (pp. 2528; Mental Health and Society)
  
  
• Discuss the rise of multicultural psychology, and explain how social conditioning, cultural values, and sociopolitical influences may account for apparent differences in abnormality in minority groups. (pp. 2931)
  
  
• Explain the term biopsychosocial approach and its use in conceptualizing the multiple factors underlying abnormal behavior. (p. 31)