PSYCH 1XX3 Lecture 11: Review - Lecture 11 Psychopathology II
8 Aug 2016
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Matching learning styles leads to better grades: Learning styles and 5 stages of grief are common in that there is no scientific evidence to back up any of the two theories. It is just common knowledge which nobody tries to disprove. People with psychological disorders typically fall in extremes deviate from the norm. If deviant behavior leads to uncomfortable feelings or poses a problem to the person experiencing it, we can decide that the person is abnormal. Synaesthesia: it is not normal but we do not consider this a mental disorder it is not in the dsm either. Huntington"s disease: strange motoric behaviors that coincide with dementia. There is a genetic basis, this should be a mental illness because of the dementia it is in the dsm. Major depression: agreed that is a mental illness. The framework you use will affect how you try to treat it. General public was brought into a discussion on dsm-5.
