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15 Cards in this Set
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Abnormal Behavior
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-Deviates from norm; society script
-Reflection of culture |
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Drapetomoania
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Urge to escape slavery, mental disorder in early 1800s
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Dysathesis Aethopia
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Slave disobedience
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Defining Abnormal Behavior
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1. Unsual
2. social deviance 3. Faulty perception of reality ( delusions etc, haullicianions) 4. Sig. Personal Distress (depression, anger, anxiety) 5. Maladaptive 6. Dangerous |
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Defining Mental Disorder
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1. Present Distress
2. Disability in one or more areas of functioning 3. Increased risk of suffering, disability, pain, death 4. Important loss of freedom/personal control |
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Perspectives on Abnormal Disorders
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1. Demonological
2. Medical 3. Witchcraft 4. Advent of Asylums 5. Moral Therapy 6. Community Mental Health Centers |
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Survey
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Large quantity of people
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Case Study
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Small, 1 person, testimones from patient, family. Detailed, can't make generalizations
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Experiment
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cause/effect relationship
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Naturalistic Observation
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No manipulation, observation in natural setting only
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Independent Variable
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variable that gets manipulated
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Dependent Variable
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Measured behavior
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Experimental Group
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Subjects who get "treatment"
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Control Group
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DOes not get treatment
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Double Blind
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Subjects and researchers don't know who get treatment
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