PSYC 2030U Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Table Tennis, Twin Study, Ibuprofen
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Week 3- historical and contemporary perspectives on abnormality. From witches and demons to genes and neurological function; perspectives abound. Panic and adhd disorder case: cause of disorder: Physiological = family support- feel anxious when that not immediately available. Past issues may be influencing/ making more serious current issues. Psychosocial/ developmental = lack of peer support through childhood, severe anxiety since childhood. Cognitive = lack of models and experiences to learn from. Biological/ personality = hormonal- postpartum changes, the way they are. May be other things than psychosocial issues, how the person interprets things. Learning/ coping = lack of ability to cope with symptoms (cid:396)athe(cid:396) tha(cid:374) (cid:449)hat is a(cid:272)tuall(cid:455) happe(cid:374)i(cid:374)g (cid:894)it(cid:859)s i(cid:374) thei(cid:396) (cid:373)i(cid:374)d(cid:895) The supernatural tradition: deviant behaviour as a battle of good vs. evil, demons and witches, stress and melancholy, treatments for possession, the moon and the stars (lunatic) Humors, hysteria (the wandering uterus: galen. Humoral theory of mental illness treatment remained crude.
