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What is Abnormal Psychology? |
Study of abnormal behavior to describe, predict, explain, and change Abnormal patterns of functions |
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What are the 4 D's of Abnormal Behavior? |
Deviance Distress Dysfunction Danger |
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What are limitations of Deviance? |
Positive or neutral behaviour Diff norms in Sub groups Law might be outta date Change overtime |
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What are Limitations to Distress? |
Some distress is normal Some disordered ppl dont exp distress |
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What are limitations to Dysfunction? |
Context dependent and cultural |
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What are limitations of Danger? |
Expectation rather than the rule
Not indicative of psychological abnormality
Most abnormal behaviour isnt dangerous |
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What is Thomas Szasz view on mental illness? |
The concept is invalid
Abnormality is problem living
Social construct to change people who threaten social order |
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What is Treatment? |
Procedure designed to change abnormal behaviour into
More normal behaviour |
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According to Jerome Frank, what are 3 Essential features all forms of Therapy have? |
Suffer seeks relief from healer
Healer whose expertise is accepted by sufferer and theyre social group
Series of contacts between healer and suffer |
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What are 3 Historical conceptions of Abnormal Behaviour? |
Supernatural Biological / organic (somatogenic) Psychological |
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What is Trephination? |
Releasing evil spirits by drilling holes in the head |
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What was Hippocrates conception of Abnormal Behaviour? |
Emphasize brain function
Originator of humoral theory |
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What was Plato's conceptions of Abnormal Behaviour? |
Organismic pov
Conflict between reasons and emotions
Socio-cultural influences |
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What is Eysenck's 2 factor personality theory? |
Introverted and extroverted Stable and unstable |
