PSYCH 115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Nosology, Psych, Abnormal Psychology
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Assess brain function, structure, and activity of the nervous system. Erp event related potentials: brain response to a specific experience (hearing a tone) Heart rate and respiration cardiorespiratory activity. Electrodermal response and levels- sweat gland activity. Examples: ptsd, sexual dysfunctions, sleep disorders, headache, and hypertentsion. Assignment to categories based on shared attributes of relations. What is unique about an individual"s personality, cultural background, or. Often used when dentifying a specific psychological disorder, to make a diagnosis. Nomenclature: labels in a nosological systems (panic disorder) Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm) anxiety disorder or you don"t) have varying amounts of anxiety in social situations) Classical categorical approach strict categories (e. g. you either have social. Dimensional approach classification along dimension (e. g. different people. Published by the world health organization (who) Prior to 1980, diagnoses were made based on biological or psychoanalytic theory. Classification newly relied on specific lists of symptoms, improving reliability.
