PSYC 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Dissociative Identity Disorder, Psychogenic Amnesia, Bipolar Disorder
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Psychopathology patterns of thinking and behaving that are maladaptive, disruptive, or uncomfortable for the affected person or for others. Biopsychosocial approach viewing mental disorders as resulting from a combination of biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors. Psychological model a view in which mental disorder is seen as arising from psychological processes. Sociocultural perspective explaining mental disorders in ways that emphasize the role of factors such as gender and age, physical situations, cultural values and expectations, and historical era. Sociocultural factors characteristics or conditions that can influence the appearance and form of maladaptive behavior. Diathesis-stress model the notion that psychological disorders arise when a predisposition for a disorder combines with sufficient amounts of stress to trigger symptoms. Anxiety disorders conditions in which intense feelings of fear and dread are long- standing or disruptive. Phobia an anxiety disorder that involves strong, irrational fear of an object or situation that does not objectively justify such a reaction.
