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1-7 conception of human potential and nature. Building on Maslow and Roger’s work, he ushered in the scientific study of such topics as happiness, love, hope, optimism, life satisfaction, goal setting, leisure, and subjective well-being. Though positive and humanistic psychology have similarities, their methodology was much different. While humanistic psychology generally relied on qualitative methods, positive psychology utilizes a quantitative approach and aims to help people make the most out of life’s setbacks, relate well to others, find fulfillment in creativity, and find lasting meaning and satisfaction ( So, to understand what normal behavior is, do we look to positive psychology for an indication, or do we first define abnormal behavior and then reverse engineer a definition of what normal is? Our preceding discussion gave suggestions about what normal behavior is, but could the darker elements of our personality also make up what is normal to some extent? Possibly. The one truth is that no matter what behavior we display, if taken to the extreme, it can become disordered – whether trying to control others through social influence or helping people in an altruistic fashion. As such, we can consider abnormal behavior to be a combination of personal distress, psychological dysfunction, deviance from social norms, dangerousness to self and others, and costliness to society. 1.1.2. How do we determine what abnormal behavior is? In the previous section we showed that what we might consider normal behavior is difficult to define. Equally challenging is understanding what abnormal behavior is, which may be surprising to you. A publication which you will become intimately familiar with throughout

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Discovering Psychology Series
psychology




Abnormal Psychology
2nd edition



Alexis Bridley, Ph.D.
Lee W. Daffin Jr., Ph.D.
Washington State University




Version 2.00

August 2020




Contact Information about this OER:

1. Dr. Lee Daffin, Associate Professor of Psychology –

2. Dr. Alexis Bridley - Adjunct Instructor –

, Table of Contents
Preface

Record of Changes



Part I. Setting the Stage

• Module 1: What is Abnormal Psychology? 1-1

• Module 2: Models of Abnormal Psychology 2-1

• Module 3: Clinical Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment 3-1



Part II. Mental Disorders – Block 1

• Module 4: Mood Disorders 4-1

• Module 5: Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders 5-1

• Module 6: Dissociative Disorders 6-1



Part III. Mental Disorders – Block 2

• Module 7: Anxiety Disorders 7-1

• Module 8: Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders 8-1

• Module 9: Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders 9-1



Part IV. Mental Disorders – Block 3

• Module 10: Eating Disorders 10-1

• Module 11: Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders 11-1

,Part V. Mental Disorders – Block 4

• Module 12: Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders 12-1

• Module 13: Personality Disorders 13-1



Part VI. Mental Disorders – Block 5

• Module 14: Neurocognitive Disorders 14-1

• Module 15: Contemporary Issues in Psychopathology 15-1



Glossary

References

Index

, Record of Changes
Edition As of Date Changes Made

1.0 Fall 2017 Initial writing; feedback pending

1.01 Spring 2018 Addition of Modules 2, 3, and 15

1.02 Summer 2018 Addition of Index, Glossary, and Preface; made minor edits based
on student feedback.

1.03 Summer 2019 Proofreading edits

2.00 August 2020 Proofreading edits and overall improvements such as end of
section summaries and review questions. Added a Tokens of
Appreciation page. Added lecture slides courtesy of Arizona State
University.

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