Critical Thinking Lessons
For Abnormal Psychology*

Lesson 1: Defining Mental Disorders

Lesson 2: Theoretical Approaches to Explaining Psychopathology

Lesson 3: Classifying Symptoms (Objective Observations)

Lesson 4: Diagnostic Reliability (Objective Definitions)

Lesson 5: Diagnostic Validity (Distinguishing Disorders)

Lesson 6: Anecdotes, Testimonials, & Expectations

Lesson 7: Personal Experience & Coincidence

Lesson 8: Personal Experience & Perception

Lesson 9: Personal Experience & Memory

Lesson 10: Clinical Experience & Clinical Judgment

Lesson 11: Clinical Versus Statistical Prediction

Lesson 12: Studies of Treatments for Mental Disorders

Lesson 13: Contradictions Among Studies

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Lesson 15:

*Note: The set of Critical Thinking Lessons for General Psychology serves as an introduction to the lessons listed above.