PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Temporal Lobe, Cognitive Psychology, Carl Wernicke
28 Sep 2016
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Digit span test to determine working memory mental sketchpad capacity to use working memory. E. g. given -> nick feces stimulate his sexual desires. Violation of norms (e. g. things acceptable here vs. other places) Personal distress (e. g. psychopath murder crime, rape etc. doesn"t cause personal distress) Unexpectedness (e. g. someone rich doesn"t worry anything but money doesn"t go out of bed, poor doesn"t have food, starving not unexpectedness) statistically infrequent. Symptom vs. disability have to be mindful of individuals. Because the field is continually evolving, it is not possible to offer a simple definition of abnormality that captures it in its entirely. The characteristics presented constitute a partial definition, but they are not equally applicable to every diagnosis . The mental health professions clinical psychologists/ neuropsychologist ph. d or psy d. psychiatrist. In the beginning (the first measure of abnormality) Exorcism to make body so uncomfortable so that you get rid of demons in the body.
