PSYC 3140 Lecture Notes - Unlicensed Assistive Personnel, Abnormal Psychology, Clinical Psychology
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Abnormality, psychopathology, research (chapter 1, 2, 5: albert bandura (textbook: page 43, short bio: from alberta, youngest of 6 children (eastern european immigrants, father worked on trans-canada railway, mother worked at general store. Remarkable parents: psychology undergrad at ubc, faculty position at stanford university, social influences on children (bobo dolls, self efficacy: how much a person believes in themselves. Measure of self- efficacy: rating how much one believes in their ability to achieve a goal, complete task. Self efficacy and role models: modeling (social learning): influences of others on us, self-efficacy how we develop the power to effect change, ranked fourth in history. Medical student syndrome: when a student believes they are displaying the symptoms of a syndrome. We have ways of coping that end up being adaptive. Someone with abnormal psychology does not have coping mechanisms that are adaptive: accurate judgment: being able to see things as they are.
