PSYC 361 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mass Hysteria, Self-Actualization, Collective Unconscious
9 Oct 2016
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Chapter 1: abnormal behavior, what is abnormal. Threat to safety: must consider the culture, harmful dysfunction theory. Dysfunction is a scientific term referring to failure of a mental mechanism to perform a function in which it was designed to do. Combines social and scientific values: developmental psychopathology involves considering. Complex interactions between individuals and their environment over time. Early developmental experiences set the groundwork for later experiences: abnormal behavior defined. A psychological dysfunction associated with distress or impairment in functioning that is not typical or culturally expected. Describes behavioral, psychological, biological dysfunctions that are unexpected in their cultural context and associated with present distress and impairment of functioning or increased risk of suffering, death, pain, or impairment. Prototype: a typical profile of a disorder (diagnostic criteria) Counseling psychologists study and treat adjustment issues encountered by relatively healthy individuals. Clinical psychologists concentrate on more severe psychological disorders: clinical description. Episodic = likely to recover and suffer at a later time.
