PSYC 2510 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Antisocial Personality Disorder, Insanity Defense, Availability Heuristic

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2510
• Professor: Agnieszka Kopinska

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Psych chapter 15: psychological disorders: medical model proposes to think of abnormal behavior as a disease, dominant way of thinking in the 18th-19th century and is still strongly influenced today. Prior to 18th century, mental illness was superstitious and thought to be the devils work and treated w/ chants, torture, etc. There is a stigma on mental health rn: medical model proposes to think of abnormal behavior as a disease. Tho(cid:373)as zasz = medi(cid:272)al model c(cid:396)iti(cid:272), (cid:862)mi(cid:374)ds (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e (cid:858)si(cid:272)k(cid:859) o(cid:374)l(cid:455) i(cid:374) the se(cid:374)se that jokes a(cid:396)e (cid:858)si(cid:272)k(cid:859) o(cid:396) E(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)ies a(cid:396)e (cid:858)si(cid:272)k(cid:859). (cid:863: diagnosis distinguishing 1 illness from another. Etiology apparent causation and developmental history of an illness. Prognosis a forecast about the probable course of an illness. Criteria of abnormal behavior = deviance, maladaptive behavior, & personal distress: de(cid:272)isio(cid:374)s upo(cid:374) if a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374) is (cid:862)no(cid:396)(cid:373)al(cid:863) o(cid:396) (cid:862)a(cid:271)(cid:374)o(cid:396)(cid:373)al(cid:863) is based off social norms of the time. Psychological disorders stereotypes = psychological disorders are incurable, people with psychological.