Abnormal Psychology Chapters 1-3
Psychopathology -
✅Abnormal Behavior, Not the result of any singular cause but an interaction of many factors.
Abnormal Psychology -
✅An area of scientific study that attempts to describe, explain, predict, and modify behaviors
that are considered strange or unusual.
Systematic Observations by an Attentive Professional -
✅The first step to understanding a particular case of abnormal behavior. Become raw material
for psychodiagnosis.
Psychodiagnosis -
✅An attempt to describe, assess, and systematically draw inferences about an individual's
psychological disorder.
Therapy -
✅A program of systematic intervention designed to improve a client's behavioral, emotional,
and/or cognitive state. Abnormal behavior may be modified through this.
Abnormal Behavior -
✅Behavioral or psychological syndrome or pattern that reflects underlying dysfunctions that are
associated with distress or disability.
Deviance -
✅Most closely related to using a statistical average.
Statistical Criteria -
✅Equate normality with those behaviors that occur and most frequently in the population.
Abnormality -
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, ✅Defined in terms of those behaviors of those behaviors that occur least frequently.
Social Norms and Behavioral Standards -
✅Far from static and cannot be considered absolute.
Disorientation -
✅Confusion with regard to identity, place, or time.
Hallucinations -
✅False impressions-either pleasant or unpleasant- that involve the senses.
Delusions -
✅False beliefs steadfastly held by the individual despite contradictory objective evidence.
Delusion of Grandeur -
✅Belief that one is an exalted personage, such as Jesus Christ or Joan of Arc.
Emotional Problems -
✅Can interfere with the performance, resulting in dysfunction which may be used as an indicator
of abnormality.
Multicultural Perspective -
✅If deviations from the majority are considered abnormal, then many ethnic and racial
minorities who show strong cultural differences from the majority could be classified as abnormal.
Prevalence -
✅Indicates the percentage of people in the population who suffer from a disorder at a given
point in time.
Lifetime Prevalence -
✅The percentage of people in the population who have had a disorder at some point in their life.
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Psychopathology -
✅Abnormal Behavior, Not the result of any singular cause but an interaction of many factors.
Abnormal Psychology -
✅An area of scientific study that attempts to describe, explain, predict, and modify behaviors
that are considered strange or unusual.
Systematic Observations by an Attentive Professional -
✅The first step to understanding a particular case of abnormal behavior. Become raw material
for psychodiagnosis.
Psychodiagnosis -
✅An attempt to describe, assess, and systematically draw inferences about an individual's
psychological disorder.
Therapy -
✅A program of systematic intervention designed to improve a client's behavioral, emotional,
and/or cognitive state. Abnormal behavior may be modified through this.
Abnormal Behavior -
✅Behavioral or psychological syndrome or pattern that reflects underlying dysfunctions that are
associated with distress or disability.
Deviance -
✅Most closely related to using a statistical average.
Statistical Criteria -
✅Equate normality with those behaviors that occur and most frequently in the population.
Abnormality -
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, ✅Defined in terms of those behaviors of those behaviors that occur least frequently.
Social Norms and Behavioral Standards -
✅Far from static and cannot be considered absolute.
Disorientation -
✅Confusion with regard to identity, place, or time.
Hallucinations -
✅False impressions-either pleasant or unpleasant- that involve the senses.
Delusions -
✅False beliefs steadfastly held by the individual despite contradictory objective evidence.
Delusion of Grandeur -
✅Belief that one is an exalted personage, such as Jesus Christ or Joan of Arc.
Emotional Problems -
✅Can interfere with the performance, resulting in dysfunction which may be used as an indicator
of abnormality.
Multicultural Perspective -
✅If deviations from the majority are considered abnormal, then many ethnic and racial
minorities who show strong cultural differences from the majority could be classified as abnormal.
Prevalence -
✅Indicates the percentage of people in the population who suffer from a disorder at a given
point in time.
Lifetime Prevalence -
✅The percentage of people in the population who have had a disorder at some point in their life.
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