PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Positron Emission Tomography, Psychopathy, Frontal Lobe
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Hypochondria-learning of disordersthinking tht u will hv it. Personal distress(feces example)but there are obvious examples of it i. e. anxiety)exception for being abnormal is tht it don"t cause distress i. e. psychopath. Violation of a norm(relative concept though, cause the norms chng over time i. e. homosexuality which use to be a disorder)must threaten/make anxious the person who is observing it to be abnormal. Impairment vs. disability/disfunction(impairmenti. e. anxiety,depression have tht impairment but wont disable you)abnormal when manifests in normal activities(abnormal) Unexpectedness-disabiliyty/distress irrational thought process tht is abnormal i. e. person hv lot money but believe hav to wrk more cause need more None of these criteria are fully explain abnormal cause the definition alwaysevolves no two patients are the same! Little box bought mental health profession in textbook. If suspect them as witch/est hypothesis by drown them in water if they survive then they are possessed cause of supernatural powers .
