Abnormal Psychology

Question1:
Looking back at the beginning of the summer, before I started this course on abnormal psychology, I thought I had a pretty good understanding on what this course would be about. I took AP introduction to psychology my senior year of high-school, therefore, I thought that that class would give me an overview of what this abnormal psychology class would be about. Originally, I thought abnormal psychology was about abnormal behaviors and thoughts. Therefore, with my previous knowledge I thought it would help me succeed in this course. According to the syllabus and the schedule, I had a basic understanding of the different terms and disorders that we would be learning about. In particular, I knew a lot about obsessive-compulsive, mood,
With the help of the many quizzes and discussion boards, I have gained more knowledge about abnormal psychology and its disorders. I, now, know a little more on the past and present of abnormal psychology. It is quite interesting to learn how abnormal psychology, or psychology just in general, has evolved in the past years. In addition, I now know about the different disorders featuring somatic symptoms are. I now can confidently talk about different disorders and explain what symptoms occur. Also, I like how the course incorporated real cases in the discussion boards. This gave me the advantage to look up what really happen during the cases and compare it to what I thought should have happened. Regardless of this being an online course, I was still able to learn as if I was in a classroom
The overuse of the substance can cause tolerance to the drug and, therefore, may lead the individual to use a larger dose to compensate for the loss effect. Also, overuse can lead the individual to experience withdrawal reactions if they try to reduce the amount or eliminate the drug indefinitely. According to the DSM-5 checklist in our textbook Fundamentals of Abnormal Psychology, the individual must experience 3 of the following criteria. 1. A maladaptive pattern of substance use. This might lead to further impairments or distress. 2. The individual must present two or more of the following within 12 months: Substance taken in large amounts and used longer that anticipated, unsuccessful efforts to eliminate substance use, time spent trying to obtain, use, or recover from effects, individual fails to attain obligations at work, school, or work, continue use regardless of interpersonal problems, end attendance of activities, use when it can cause physical hazard, continue use regardless of physical and psychological problems, tolerance effect, withdrawal reactions, and cravings/