PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Phineas Gage, Paul Broca, Psychoanalysis
23 Oct 2012
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Psyb32 lecture 1 september 11th 2012. If discussed in class, know very well what"s written on the subject in the text. Study guide highly recommended - similar multiple choice questions in exam. Statistically infrequent behaviour not necessarily abnormal. Personal distress may also be used as a definition not everyone exhibiting abnormal behaviour is in distress. When disability becomes an impairment to a person"s ability to function criteria for abnormality also. Unexpectedness the distress and the disability that is unexpected another criteria for abnormality. No simple definition of abnormality all these different criteria may or may not encompass abnormal behaviour. History of abnormal psychology: historically, supernatural events were attributed to angry gods and possession by demons. One attempt to get rid of demons was by drilling holes into a person"s skull trepanning thought to make the demon leave the body. Mental institutions deplorable conditions in the past.
