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| What are the 3 D's of abnormal behavior? |
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| Discomfort, dysfunctional, deviance, maybe dangerousness. |
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| Larry's anxiety stresses him out. Which D of abnormal behavior is this? |
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| Larry's anxiety is so over the top, that other people think it's really weird and not like the other anxious people they've seen. What D is this out of the abnormal behavior D's? |
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| Deviance- because it deviates from the norm. |
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| Larry's anxiety makes it hard for him to go to parties or maintain stable relationships without breaking down. What D is this out of the abnormal behavior 3 D's? |
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| Dysfunctional- behavior doesn't allow him to live up to his expectations. |
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| True or False or Tricksy: Mentally ill people are actually super chill and not dangerous and are more likely to be victims, even if under the influence of alcohol. |
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| Tricksy: Mentally ill people are no more dangerous than the people around you and are more likely to be victims. However, for some of the disorders- the negative tendencies can be exacerbated when using substances. That being said- sane people can also become more aggressive under the influence of alcohol. |
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Jeremy is Russian and every Easter Sunday he helps his grandmother bake paskha- a popular Russian sweet. Is this tradition an internal or external representation of cultur? |
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| Jeremy is Russian and grew up in a primarily Communist and collectivist society in the Soviet Union. He moved to America recently and is finding the more individualistic society cold and distant. Could his collectivistic attitude be an internal or external representation of culture? |
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| What is cultural relativity? |
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| Cultural relativity: each behavior is to be evaluated relative to one's own culture/values. Only those things that deviate from that culture are abnormal. |
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| What's correct- cultural relativity or cultural universality? |
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| Neither are correct on their own- reality is probably somewhere in between. |
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What's correct?
All deviant behavior is maladaptive, but not all maladaptive behavior is deviant.
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All maladaptive behavior is deviant, but not all deviant behavior is maladaptive. |
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| All maladaptive behavior is deviant, but not all deviant behavior is maladaptive. BUT sometimes deviant behavior can be adaptive. |
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| What more recently predicts stigma against mentally ill people? |
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| Unpredictability and perceived dangerousness. Other possible answers could be: bring on own illness or due to sinful behavior or lack of willpower or self discipline. |
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| Jeremy has depression. Jeremy brought up some of his feelings at dinner, but his family just told him to toughen up. The more Jeremy lets his depression show- the less time his family spends with him. Jeremy hasn't seen a therapist about it. Jeremy also spends most of his time alone and dies at the early age of 50. Can you name the effects of stigma evident here? |
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| Reluctant to seek help, lack of social support, social isolation- early predictor of mortality, viewing self negatively. |
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| Name a practice/procedure that prehistoric societies used to treat abnormal behavior. |
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| Name the four personality types |
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| Choleric, Melancholic, Sanguine, Phlegmatic |
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| Phil is impatient, irritable, and aggressive. When driven to extremes- he shows signs of antisocial personality disorder and maybe even some symptoms of mania. How would Hippocrates classify this individual that I just made up? |
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| Larissa is kind of passive, slow to warm up, but pretty reliable. How would Hippocrates classify her as? |
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| How would Hippocrates classify Eeyore as? |
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Quick! You're full of too much blood and you're in Greece 400-300 BC! What is your personality like?
What about......if you're imbalanced? |
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Sociable, friendly, outgoing.
Extreme: some phases of mania, some personality disorders, histrionic |
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Quick! It's the Middle Ages and you see an afflicted individual who does not look mentally stable. What is your explanation?
You call a doctor, or the closest equivalent to one.
How does he deal with the poor individual? |
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Explanation: Satan. Always Satan. Unless it's the Jews, sometimes it's the Jews. But this time it's Satan.
Doctor's treatment: Beatings and exorcism. |
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| It's now the Renaissance. You've got Johann Weyer in the picture. What did he do and how did it go wrong? |
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First started treating patients with humane measures. Asylums instituted.
But, resources couldn't handle it and asylums became overcrowded. |
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| Rush's Restraining Chair looks really scary. But, what was it used for? |
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| To comfort the patient, calm them down, and let the blood flow go back to normal |
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