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Abnormal Psychology
SPRING 20 ? 2
L . BERNT SEN
,instruc + 10mS
Quiz every week (Post on Fri ,
Due The
3 midterms + 1 final
2
writing assignment
late nw 24hr blanket 1
emergency
:
+
, 1
.
Intro to Abnormal Psych
defining abnormali +
y
·
neccesary vs . Sufficient condition
I
-neccesary :
condition that all ex of
a a
category
& must share
sufficient conditions
:
all that is needed for
ex to be
# .
part of a category
·
Abnormal definitions
1) Subjective distress : does it cause pain
interfere w/ ability
2) maladaptiveness : does it
to live best life ?
3) Statistical ?
deviancy : Ware
4) ( Violation of Social Standards : has it violated
rules of conduct
5) Social discomfort : other ppl bothered ?
6) Irrationality & unpredictability :
expected
or controllable ?
7) harm to self /others
dangerousness
:
Changing
·
views
-
"abnormality" predicated on
Socially
constructed value
judgements
-
change throughout history
-
drapetomania :
"cause of slaves flee"
, homosexuality as mental illness
-
·
Culture Bound Syndrome : mental illness
Specific to a
place
e Amok ataque de neorios sickness ,
.
.
g , , ghost
+ ky of
a
lj in us no
Mental
defining Illnessess
·
DSM : focuses on nosology (classification (
not etiology /identify potential causes
Power
· of Labels
-help identify research and treatment
Stra + eg , es
-
nomenclature (common ground
relief I find
-provide community
stigmatizing/othering effects
-
-
David Rosenhan (Being same in insane
places) : label creates blas (through lenses)
Epidemiological Terms
·
-
Prevalance : now
many active cases
during
a period of time ?
given
-
point prevalence : one specific point
-
one
year prevalence
:
any point during ly
lifetime any point
prevalence
during life
- :
, Incidence Now
many new cases
during
- :
period of time
a
given
·
How we talk (or don't talk) about mental illness
as nevitable as
physical illnesses
-
many
-
Illnesses are
symtomatically diverse
violent
-used as
proxy to
"Scary , dangerous ,
-
Stigma as a barrier to public/private discourse
-media representations :
Single story ->
Only story
-
Being more aware of the
origins of mental
Illness not reduce the associated
does Stigma
with mental illness
Reducing S +
·
1gma
contact w/
stigmatized group
-
-
deliberate stigma reduction education
advocacy in classes
·
Mental Health Professionals
-
Psychiatrist (MD)
-
Clinical Psychologist (Ph D . / Psy D)
.
-
Clinical Social Worker (Master's
-
Psychiatric nurse
,.
2 Research Methods in Clinical Science
·
Scientific Method
1. Ask a quest 10 n
.
2 research
back ground
.
3 Hypothesis
4
. collect dat a
.
5 Analyze & Conclusion
.
6 Report findings
What learn from Research ?
·
can we Clinical
-
what kind of Symptoms characterize certain
illnesses ?
- now prevalent is a certain illness
-
does an illness tend to be more a cute
or chronic
-
defici + 54
bases "
=
etiological
-now the best care ?
can we
provide
Data
·
Gathering
-
Case studies : describe one person in a
& etails -
record rare conditions
"existence proof" to future
inspire
-
research , subject to plas ,
not generalize .
, -self report data
-Surveys , interviews
-subject to blas ,
data valid as questions
/
rely on
honesty awareness
-
-
observational
-
direct/naturalis + 1C
biological da + a
-
Participants
·
(for correlational
1) Criterion group
: have the illness
2) Comparison / Control : Similar to
criterion group In other a spects
Studies
·
Designing
-
Quasi Experimental (correlational
-correlation Coefficient (r) -
1- 1
Experimen + a)
-
only causal here
use
language
-
cause effects affect Increase ,
decrease ,
, ,
improve ,
worsen , impact influence ,
,
because ,
due to
-
manipulate variables
-
independent variable
-
dependent variable
- double blind procedure/placebo
, Checklist of
depression
·
+ 0 mS
Symp
* -
Single-case experimental design (ABAB)
·
Research overtime
-
Retrospective design
-
Prospective design
-longitudinal design
·
Statistical Significance
to -0
unlikely occur
by chance p 5
-
.
influence of relationship
by strength
-
& sample size
-
Effect Size : Statistic that tells us about
Strength of relationship between certain
variables Irrespective of sample size
-Meta
analysis :
"Study of studies"
, Interpreting data
·
-
representative sample >
-
externally
valid
-
methodologically sound Internally
>
-
wall d
alt
-confounding variables ,
explanations
-
results validity
-
repeat for same results
·
Publication / Peer Review Process
Abnormal Psychology
SPRING 20 ? 2
L . BERNT SEN
,instruc + 10mS
Quiz every week (Post on Fri ,
Due The
3 midterms + 1 final
2
writing assignment
late nw 24hr blanket 1
emergency
:
+
, 1
.
Intro to Abnormal Psych
defining abnormali +
y
·
neccesary vs . Sufficient condition
I
-neccesary :
condition that all ex of
a a
category
& must share
sufficient conditions
:
all that is needed for
ex to be
# .
part of a category
·
Abnormal definitions
1) Subjective distress : does it cause pain
interfere w/ ability
2) maladaptiveness : does it
to live best life ?
3) Statistical ?
deviancy : Ware
4) ( Violation of Social Standards : has it violated
rules of conduct
5) Social discomfort : other ppl bothered ?
6) Irrationality & unpredictability :
expected
or controllable ?
7) harm to self /others
dangerousness
:
Changing
·
views
-
"abnormality" predicated on
Socially
constructed value
judgements
-
change throughout history
-
drapetomania :
"cause of slaves flee"
, homosexuality as mental illness
-
·
Culture Bound Syndrome : mental illness
Specific to a
place
e Amok ataque de neorios sickness ,
.
.
g , , ghost
+ ky of
a
lj in us no
Mental
defining Illnessess
·
DSM : focuses on nosology (classification (
not etiology /identify potential causes
Power
· of Labels
-help identify research and treatment
Stra + eg , es
-
nomenclature (common ground
relief I find
-provide community
stigmatizing/othering effects
-
-
David Rosenhan (Being same in insane
places) : label creates blas (through lenses)
Epidemiological Terms
·
-
Prevalance : now
many active cases
during
a period of time ?
given
-
point prevalence : one specific point
-
one
year prevalence
:
any point during ly
lifetime any point
prevalence
during life
- :
, Incidence Now
many new cases
during
- :
period of time
a
given
·
How we talk (or don't talk) about mental illness
as nevitable as
physical illnesses
-
many
-
Illnesses are
symtomatically diverse
violent
-used as
proxy to
"Scary , dangerous ,
-
Stigma as a barrier to public/private discourse
-media representations :
Single story ->
Only story
-
Being more aware of the
origins of mental
Illness not reduce the associated
does Stigma
with mental illness
Reducing S +
·
1gma
contact w/
stigmatized group
-
-
deliberate stigma reduction education
advocacy in classes
·
Mental Health Professionals
-
Psychiatrist (MD)
-
Clinical Psychologist (Ph D . / Psy D)
.
-
Clinical Social Worker (Master's
-
Psychiatric nurse
,.
2 Research Methods in Clinical Science
·
Scientific Method
1. Ask a quest 10 n
.
2 research
back ground
.
3 Hypothesis
4
. collect dat a
.
5 Analyze & Conclusion
.
6 Report findings
What learn from Research ?
·
can we Clinical
-
what kind of Symptoms characterize certain
illnesses ?
- now prevalent is a certain illness
-
does an illness tend to be more a cute
or chronic
-
defici + 54
bases "
=
etiological
-now the best care ?
can we
provide
Data
·
Gathering
-
Case studies : describe one person in a
& etails -
record rare conditions
"existence proof" to future
inspire
-
research , subject to plas ,
not generalize .
, -self report data
-Surveys , interviews
-subject to blas ,
data valid as questions
/
rely on
honesty awareness
-
-
observational
-
direct/naturalis + 1C
biological da + a
-
Participants
·
(for correlational
1) Criterion group
: have the illness
2) Comparison / Control : Similar to
criterion group In other a spects
Studies
·
Designing
-
Quasi Experimental (correlational
-correlation Coefficient (r) -
1- 1
Experimen + a)
-
only causal here
use
language
-
cause effects affect Increase ,
decrease ,
, ,
improve ,
worsen , impact influence ,
,
because ,
due to
-
manipulate variables
-
independent variable
-
dependent variable
- double blind procedure/placebo
, Checklist of
depression
·
+ 0 mS
Symp
* -
Single-case experimental design (ABAB)
·
Research overtime
-
Retrospective design
-
Prospective design
-longitudinal design
·
Statistical Significance
to -0
unlikely occur
by chance p 5
-
.
influence of relationship
by strength
-
& sample size
-
Effect Size : Statistic that tells us about
Strength of relationship between certain
variables Irrespective of sample size
-Meta
analysis :
"Study of studies"
, Interpreting data
·
-
representative sample >
-
externally
valid
-
methodologically sound Internally
>
-
wall d
alt
-confounding variables ,
explanations
-
results validity
-
repeat for same results
·
Publication / Peer Review Process
