Psychology 2030A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Behaviorism, Mass Hysteria, Johann Weyer

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2030A/B
• Professor: Ian Nicholson

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Outline: normal vs. abnormal behaviour, the history of abnormal behaviour and its treatment, current views of abnormal behaviour and treatment. In 2001 li began acting strangely and hallucinating. Research hot topic: approaches to abnormal behaviour: categorical, do you meet diagnostic criteria or not, things to consider, dimensional. Incorporates quantitative criteria versus an (cid:498)all or nothing(cid:499) way of: abnormal behaviour can be placed on a continuum thinking. Factors to consider when addressing abnormal behaviour: personal characteristics, such as sex, race, or ethnicity, age (chronological age vs. developmental maturity, socioeconomic status (ses, education level, biological changes (particularly hormonal changes associated with puberty) Prevalence of psychological disorders in children by age and sex. During _____, people believed abnormal behaviour stemmed from an imbalance of humours, which consisted of blood, black bile, yellow bile, and phlegm. (a) ancient times (b) the middle ages (c) the classical period (greek and romans) (d) the renaissance. The neuron fires, sending an impulse to the next neuron.