Psychology 2030A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Thomas Szasz, Mania, Dsm-5

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2030A/B
• Professor: Bruce Morrison

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Chapter 1 abnormal behaviour in historical context distress or impairment in functioning and (3) a response that is not typical or culturally expected. Jody the boy who fainted at the sight of blood. Jody was a 16-year old boy who had blood-injury-injection phobia. Psychological disorder a (1) psychological dysfunction within an individual that is (2) associated with. Phobia a psychological disorder characterized by marked and persistent fear of an object or situation. Phobias as severe as jody(cid:495)s can be very disabling and result in avoiding certain careers or people or in this case, Psychological dysfunction refers to a breakdown in cognitive, emotional or behavioural functioning. may pose a health risk if he refuses needles and injections. It also allows a subjective or culturally bound consideration of harm and distress: advantage: it provides a potentially objective or scientific view of dysfunction. )t is also useful to determine whether the behaviour beyond the individual(cid:495)s control.