PSYC-110N Week 7 Assignment: You Decide: Psychological Disorders Create a Case! (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Abnormal Behaviour - ans ---Deviant (atypical, socially unacceptable) Dysfunctional (not serving a purpose) Distressing (chronic, prolonged) Dangerous (NOT ALL CASES) Abnormal psychology - ans ---scientific study of psychological disorders assessment, treatment and prevention of maladaptive behaviour Diagnosing maladjustment - ans ---DSM 5 (diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders) Diagnostic classification>>diagnostic criteria (symptoms present/not present)>>descriptive text (describes disorder, age of onset, time length)>> prevalence (%of population with disorder) comorbidity - ans ---condition in which a person's symptoms qualify for two or more diagnoses neuroscience model - ans ---abnormal behaviour as a result of malfunctioning brain biochemical malfunctions, neurotransmitters, brain structure, hormones, physiology, etiology etc. Benefits - objective, removes blame Drawback - emphasizes hospitilization, medication, isolation cognitive-behavioural model - ans ---disorder as a result of problematic learned behaviours and dysfunctional cognitive processes