Psyc 218 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

abnormal psychology - Answer the scientific study of abnormal behavior in an effort to describe, predict, explain, and change abnormal patterns of functioning norms - Answer society's stated and unstated rules for proper conduct. culture - Answer a person's common history, values, institutions, habits, skills, technology, and arts 4 D's - Answer deviance, distress, dysfunction, danger treatment - Answer systematic procedure designed to change abnormal behavior into more normal beh...

What are the Four D's? - Answer Deviance, Distress, Dysfunction, Danger What do the models or perspectives used to explain events do? - Answer spell out basic assumptions give order to the field under study set guidelines for investigation influence investigator behaviors What are the models? - Answer Biological, Psychodynamic, Behavioral, Cognitive, Humanistic-Existential, Sociocultural Explain the Biological Model - Answer -adopts a medical perspective -focuses on idea that abnor...

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PSYC 3140 Abnormal Psychology Test Bank (answered) 1 Psychological abnormality may include deviance, distress, dysfunction, and danger. First, explain what these terms mean regarding psychological abnormality. Second, provide an example of a time when each aspect of abnormality would not be considered abnormal. • 2 Suppose a friend of yours says to you, “I feel really lousy today, and I don't know why. You're taking abnormal psych—what do you think?” If, after your conversation wi...

Many of us use technologies as the way to communicate, some parts in the world struggles to connect through internet. Communication itself is a vital and most important part in every way of life,to discuss; here are some different elements of communication: