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9005398745Psychopathology - •the study of abnormal behavior.0
9005398746Psychological disorders -any pattern of behavior that causes people significant distress, causes them to harm others, or harms their ability to function in daily life1
9005398747Situational context- the social or environmental setting of a person's behavior. 3.2
9005398748Subjective discomfort- 4.emotional distress or emotional pain, difficulties with adaptive skills(communication, self-care, safety, use of community resources)3
9005398749Maladaptive -anything that does not allow a person to function within or adapt to the stresses and everyday demands of life4
900539875068any behavior is atypical if it is NOT exhibited by ____% of the people in a particular group or culture5
9005398751What is normal/abnormal these days?-U MAD or I MAD -U...unjustifiable(wearing a bone through the ear/nose???) -M...maladaptive (smoking???; design to elevate anxiety) -A...atypical =irregular or unusual (homosexuality was once considered psychological disorder- removed in 1973!!! ) - ( genius???????????) -D... Disturbing ( murder) -I... Irrational6
9005398752Cultural relativity- the need to consider the unique characteristics of the culture in which behavior takes place. •7
9005398753Culture-bound syndromes -disorders found only in particular cultures. •( EVIL EYE- Mediterranean and Hispanic population)8
9005398754holes were cut in an ill person's head to let out evil spirits in a process called .trepanning9
9005398755Dorothea Dix- " Vice for the Mad" worked on improving conditions in prisons, and mental institutions.10
9005398756Biological model- model of explaining behavior as caused by biological changes in the chemical, structural, or genetic systems of the body.11
9005398757The Medical Model-The concept that diseases (psych disorders) have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and in most cases cured12
9005398758__% of adults each year according to the U.S National Institute of Mental Health, meet criteria for mental illness •__% of adults at some point of their lives will be develop signs of a psychological disorder13
9005398759___"pseudopatient" study14
9005398760insanity defenseis used to argue that a mentally ill person should not be held responsible for his or her actions.15
9005487784Statistically rare 2. Deviant from social norms2 ways to tell abnormality16

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