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| 9005398745 | Psychopathology - • | the study of abnormal behavior. | 0 | |
| 9005398746 | Psychological disorders - | any pattern of behavior that causes people significant distress, causes them to harm others, or harms their ability to function in daily life | 1 | |
| 9005398747 | Situational context | - the social or environmental setting of a person's behavior. 3. | 2 | |
| 9005398748 | Subjective discomfort- 4. | emotional distress or emotional pain, difficulties with adaptive skills(communication, self-care, safety, use of community resources) | 3 | |
| 9005398749 | Maladaptive - | anything that does not allow a person to function within or adapt to the stresses and everyday demands of life | 4 | |
| 9005398750 | 68 | any behavior is atypical if it is NOT exhibited by ____% of the people in a particular group or culture | 5 | |
| 9005398751 | What 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... Irrational | 6 | |
| 9005398752 | Cultural relativity | - the need to consider the unique characteristics of the culture in which behavior takes place. • | 7 | |
| 9005398753 | Culture-bound syndromes - | disorders found only in particular cultures. •( EVIL EYE- Mediterranean and Hispanic population) | 8 | |
| 9005398754 | holes were cut in an ill person's head to let out evil spirits in a process called . | trepanning | 9 | |
| 9005398755 | Dorothea Dix | - " Vice for the Mad" worked on improving conditions in prisons, and mental institutions. | 10 | |
| 9005398756 | Biological model | - model of explaining behavior as caused by biological changes in the chemical, structural, or genetic systems of the body. | 11 | |
| 9005398757 | The Medical Model | -The concept that diseases (psych disorders) have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and in most cases cured | 12 | |
| 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 disorder | 13 | ||
| 9005398759 | ___ | "pseudopatient" study | 14 | |
| 9005398760 | insanity defense | is used to argue that a mentally ill person should not be held responsible for his or her actions. | 15 | |
| 9005487784 | Statistically rare 2. Deviant from social norms | 2 ways to tell abnormality | 16 |