PSY 3171 Study Guide - Comprehensive Midterm Guide: Livingsocial, Operant Conditioning, Explicit Memory

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3171
• Professor: Allison Jane Ouimet

Document Summary

Psychopathology, section b - week 1 & 2. Biological (genes, hormones), psychological (beliefs, experiences), social (good social networks) What kind of treatment should we use, what are the outcomes (work, social, activ- ities, sleeping, self-esteem, relationships) Focusing on: causal factors, clinical description, treatment/outcomes. A psychological disorder deviates from the norm, is abnormal. A psychological dysfunction within an individual associated with distress or impairment in functioning and a response that is not typical or culturally expected. - barlow, durand, stewart, and lalumi re (2015) Can describe disorder as a set of symptoms that deviate from the social norm. Eg. koro: fear that body is retracting their genitals (in asian cultures), resembles. Depending on culture, going to assign situation different disorder. Eg. latah: jumping around, screaming, dancing; resembles panic attack in north. Eg. homosexuality used to be a disorder in the dsm up until 1970s. Eg. drapetomania: reserved for slaves in the states that were considered disorder when they tried to flee.