PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Demonology, Abnormal Psychology, Trepanning
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Characteristics of abnormal psychology (ex. guy who uses feces from public washrooms to orgasm) Statistical infrequency (ex. digit span tests your working memory) Violation of norms (ex. child marriage in na) Disability of dysfunction (ex. symptoms to the extreme that you cannot continue your daily life) No simple definition, just characteristics that are not equally applicable to every diagnosis. Demonology (church said everything abnormal was due to evil spirits: exorcism, trepanning (drilled a hole into skull for evil spirit to escape) The forgotten (witches: patients with psychological disorders were abundant in asylums. Psyb32: abnormal psychology: deemed as lunatics, treated like zoo animals, let people come see them. Karl wernicke and aphasia, 1876: could speak but not understand, found lesion in wernicke"s area. John harlow and executive disorder, 1848: gage damaged frontal lobe and went back to work used to be a dependable worker and came back as a foulmouthed liar.
