PSY 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Psy, Classical Conditioning, Amygdala

• School: Miami University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 111
• Professor: Ms.Mahya Rahimian Mashhadi

Document Summary

Psy 111 chapter 8 part 1: psychological disorders. Classifying disorders: the dsm: dsm: diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, describes the features used to diagnose disorders. Indicates how the disorder can be distinguished from other, similar problems. Dsm 5: the most recent version of dsm: describes 22 major categories of disorders containing more than 200 different mental disorders, describes conditions that could be included as disorders but that, for now, require additional research. Dangers of labeling: an important complication in the diagnosis and classification of psycholgocal disorders is the effect of labeling (stigma) Phobic disorders: disorders characterized by marked, persistent, and excessive fear and avoidance of specific objects, activities, or situations, examples: specific phobias, social phobia, agoraphobia. Behaviors: consists of obsessions (repetitive, intrusive, thoughts) and compulsions (ritualistic behaviors, obsessive thoughts typically produce anxiety, and compulsive behaviors are performed to reduce it, ocd is moderately heritable.