PSY346H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Income Tax, Impulsivity, Nepotism
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Institutions, parents, persuasive arguments, proven facts: legal system, an assumption made in seeking the truth. Innocent until proven guilty: rules or guidelines for seeking the truth, evidence, a decision rule for claiming the truth. Innocent or guilty beyond a reasonable doubt: legal decision vs scientific decision. In the first edition the disorders were really vague in descriptions. The definition of a disorder was skewed on the views of society at the time: points missing, ex. They used to think that homosexuality could be clinically treated: new directions in defining disorders. In dsm-iv each other mental disorders is conceptualized as a clinically significant behavioural or psychological syndrome or pattern that occurs in an individual and that is associated with: distress, disability. Loss of freedom: challenge #2 : research-treatment disconnect. Dishonesty is often used by people who identify as almost al(cid:449)ays ho(cid:374)est.
