PSY240H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Intellectual Disability, Brain Fever, Doctor Of Psychology
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Psychology: the science of the brain, mind, behaviour in humans and animals. Psychopathology: deviation from the norm the field concerned w/ the nature and development of abnormal behaviour , thoughts and feelings. Zeitgeist: the way the we currently think and deal with things psychiatrist: meds and talking, psychologist: talking. Abnormal behaviour such characteristics as statistical infrequency, violation of norms, personal distress, disability or dysfunction, and unexpectedness: the normal curve of bell curve places the majority of ppl in the middle. Normal does not deviate much from the average in the particular trait or behavioural pattern. Statistical infrequency is used explicitly in diagnosing mental retardation (iq below 70: violations of norms social norms are violated or threatens to make observers anxious. Clinicians - various professionals authorized to provide psychological services. Psychiatrist they have an md prescribing psychoactive drugs how the chemical compounds can influence how people think and feel.
