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| Why study abnormal psychology? |
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1) It may be partly because we see something of ourselves in the abnormal (ex. We all get depressed)
2) It may be many of us have felt bewildered and have felt the pain of a psychological disorder personally or through a family member |
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| when it comes to defining abnormality as it relates to psychological disorders what is norm violation? |
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| a difference in the degree to which behavior or thinking resembles an agreed upon criteria (varies with culture and times; also often based on statistics) |
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| Examples of norm violations |
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1) feeling bad, hallucinating etc.
2) hairstyle - mow hawk - doesn’t means it is bad just different
3) Olympic Athletes - do things normal people could not |
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| Abnormality as it relates to psychological disorders involves behavior such as: |
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A) Considered atypical
B) Considered disturbing to others
C) Unjustifiable - not a normal reaction (ex. Laughing at a funeral)
D) Maladaptive-- harmful |
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| What is Psychopathology and an example? |
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study of mental disorders
A) Clinical Psychology |
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| What was the views of primitive culture as it comes to madness |
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Believed people were demonic possession (evil spirits)
Placed disturbed people in asylums (were like prisons) |
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| What did the Greeks view the reason for madness |
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| Believed it to be due to disease (natural causes-imbalance in body fluids) |
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| what were the beliefs about madness when it came to the Middle Ages? |
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| Believed it to be spirtitual context (witch or devil) |
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| What year was the turning point for Clinical Psychology and who started this new era? |
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| 1793-Philippe Pinel reformed the French Hospital system, stated that madness was a sickness in response to severe stress and inhumane conditions. |
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| biopsychosocial model of Mental Disorders 3 factors |
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Definition
Biological
Psychological
Sociocultural |
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| When it comes to Biopsychosocial Model of Mental Disorders what is biological? |
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| anatomy and chemistry of the brain and other psychological processes |
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| When it comes to Biopsychosocial Model of Mental Disorders what is psychological? |
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| unconscious conflicts, maladaptive ways of viewing the world and learning |
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| When it comes to Biopsychosocial Model of Mental Disorders what is Sociocultural? |
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| abnormality viewed differently around the world |
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| When it comes to how to classify mental disorders, what is the traditional breaking down? |
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| symptoms related to ineffective attempts to deal with reality ( try to reduce anxiety- such as with an obsessive individual) |
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| general category for a number of severe mental disorders in which perception, thinking, and emotion are impaired |
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written in 1994, it Classifies disorders but does not attribute cause
Helps in describing, treating, and researching the causes of the disorders
B) Assumes Medical Model
1) 230 psychological disorders and conditions are put into 17 categories not including neurosis |
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