PSY 2130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Bipolar Disorder, Mania, Bipolar Ii Disorder
4 May 2016
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4 manic/depressive episodes in 1 year, so these people in severe state if they have rapid cycling. 20-40% of individuals get rapid cycling with bipolar disorder i and ii. Age of onset is earlier, because adolescents have puberty moods. This gives us a way to predict behavior. Affect emotions about the object; we like something because we like how it makes us feel (ice cream makes us feel good because its tasty, partner makes us feel good because they make us feel loved) Behavior predisposition to act, actions in the past; i must love my spouse, because i chose to marry them; behavior convinces us of our attitudes; form attitude based on past behavior. Often we have attitudes that can form in all three ways, not just one; usually attitude is initially informed in just one way, but then the rest form. This is called the abc models of attitude (or the tripartite.
