PSY100Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Stage Fright, Major Depressive Episode, Test Anxiety
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Psy100: introduction to psychology: lecture 13: disorders: medical school syndrome. Med students learn about diseases and then think that they: most behaviours are on a continuum- clinically significant diagnosis, you can go to: a psychological associate, a psychiatrist- medical doctor, or a clinical have it. What is abnormal behaviour? because her mom died: depends on the circumstances (ex. Girl has no appetite, no interest in things, but it"s: depends on job (ex. Mary masturbates in public- but she does porn for a living: depends on context (ex. Man wears silk panties when having sex, but he and his wife are okay with it). It"s only a problem if he can"t function without it/causes distress- may be a diagnosable fetish. The answer to all of these is it depends : certain behaviours may/may not be abnormal, what is the cause, how long, does it cause distress/impair functioning (to individual or those around them?, distress 2.
