Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
10 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
- 3rd side (hint)
|
Abnormal Psychology
|
an area of scientific study that attempts to describe, explain, predict, and modify behaviors that are considered strange or unusual.
|
|
|
|
DSMV
|
a behavioral or psychological syndrome or pattern that reflects an underlying psychobiological dysfunction, that is associated with distress (e.g., a painful symptom) or disability (i.e., impairment in one or more important areas of functioning) and is not merely an expectable response to common stressors or losses.
|
|
|
|
Criterion
|
Nearly all criteria used to define abnormality involve a statistical deviation from some normative standard. Doing so, however, presents many problems. One problem mentioned previously is that statistical criteria are static and fail to take into account differences in place, time, and community standards.
|
|
|
|
Distress
|
physiological or emotional reactions to situations (ulcers, nausea, anxiety, prolonged depression) May show up physically and.or psychologically Distress is manifested in extreme or prolonged emotional reactions such as anxiety and depression
|
|
|
|
Deviance
|
“bizarreness.” closely related to statistical average that equate normality with those behaviors that occur most frequently in the population. . (antisocial behavior, false perception of reality: hallucination/delusion)
|
|
|
|
Dysfunction
|
compare persons performance with their potential. Also compared with social norms.
|
|
|
|
Dangerousness
|
predicting the dangerousness of clients to themselves and others. Confusion with regard to identity, place, or time.
|
|
|
|
Tarasoff vs. Regents of the University of California
|
i. Requiring psychologist to assess the dangerousness of clients
ii. Protect intended victims, in which they have to comply with a duty to protect |
|
|
|
Psychopathology
|
clinical term psychologists use as a synonym for abnormal behavior
|
Not the reaction of a single cause
An interaction of many factors/ multiple contributors |
|
|
Psychodiagnosis
|
an attempt to describe, assess, and systematically draw inferences about an individual's psychological behavior
|
1. describes abnormal behavior
2. raw material consists of boservations paired with the results of the persons psychological history |
