PSYC 3390 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Nomothetic, Novelty Seeking, Psychoeducation

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3390
• Professor: Mary Manson- Hennig

Document Summary

Lecture two abnormal behavioural in historical context. Dysfunction: breakdown in cognitive, emotional, or behavioural functioning. Distress: not needed for some disorders e. g. for manic episode in bipolar. Impairment: difficulty performing appropriate and expected roles. Atypical or unexpected cultural response: reaction is outside social cultural normal. The diagnostic and statistical manual (dsm-5: widely accepted system for classifying psychological problems and disorders, dsm contains diagnostic criteria for behaviours that, fit a pattern ( prototype , cause dysfunction or subjective distress, are present for a specific duration. Scientist-practitioner includes science in their research and practice. Clinical description: need background of patients and their problems, what they are going through, course of the disorder the patterns of disorder over time. Abnormal behaviour: historical ideas: three dominant traditions include, supernatural, talked about demons, there was an idea of evil, want to do something to get rid of it, evil within the person.