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What are the five traits that can be classified as an abnormal behaviour?

Statistical Infrequency, Violation of Norms, Personal Distress, Disability/Dysfunction, Unexpectedness

Who was Phillipe Pinel?

He pushed for humanitarian treatment of the mentally ill in asylums

Explain Broca's Aphasia

Patients who would have a lesion on the left frontal lobe would not be able to speak but understood speech

Explain Wernicke's Aphasia

Patients who had a lesion in the medial temporal lobe would be able to speak but they wouldn't make sense

Who was Phineas Gage?

A guy who had a metal rod through his skull that completely changed his personality

What does comorbid mean?

It is the presence of three or more disorders that exist simultaneously

What is a paradigm?

A set of basic assumptions & perspectives that define how to conceptualize and study a subject and how to gather & interpret data




Evidence-based

What are the 4 types of paradigms in understanding mental illness?

Biological, cognitive-behavioural, psychoanalytic, humanistic

Explain the 'family method' of the biological paradigm

It is a study of genetic predisposition on the genes shared by relatives to determine the frequency of the illness to patients

Explain genotype vs phenotype

Genotype: Observable genetic qualities (blue eyes, black hair)




Phenotype: Behavioural characteristics (schizophrenia)

Who is Franz Joseph Gall?

He was a scientist who observed schoolkids to make a note about the shape of the skull relating to a person's behaviour




Put together a theory called 'phrenology'

Explain the 'twin method' in the biological paradigm

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