Chapter 1: What is Abnormal?
Subject:
Psychology [1]
Tags:
Psychiatry [2]
behavior [3]
Mental health [5]
Criminology [6]
Psychopathology [8]
Psychoanalysis [9]
Abnormality [10]
Attachment theory [11]
Psychopathy [12]
Normality [13]
Love [15]
Human behavior [16]
Personal life [17]
Technology [18]
What is Abnormal? Or: Can we define psychopathology? Unusual Statistical deviance Problems? Social Deviance Cultural issues Cohort effect Politics Faulty perceptions of reality Delusions & hallucinations Illusion of control Significant personal distress Sometimes appropriate response Sometimes may distress others Maladaptive or self-defeating Criteria used to distinguish normal from abnormal Dangerousness Criteria for hospitalization Context specific Assignment Research Assignment Due: Monday, September 12, 2010 You must do this assignment on-line through Blackboard. Please post your articles (as attachments) on Blackboard, as well as your response to each task/question below. Assignment continued