L33 Psych 354 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Twin, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Alcoholism
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Song of the day people are strange (1967) the doors. Use iclicker to learn a bit for fun. Blue = teacher: culture-general or universal orientation, assumes universal principles can be applied to all cultures, example body ritual among the nacrima or rather going to the dentist! Psychology has a history of describing majority groups and applying that to all groups. Emic perspective (insider: culture-specific, involves understanding the culture from perspectives of those in the culture, uses culture-specific criteria. Chapter 2: causes of abnormal behavior: from paradigms to systems. A lot of people and the media try to constantly explain mental disorders. None of these are actually causes, they"re more like contributors. **note: you don"t need to know the terms on figures 2. 3 and 2. 4. How scientists should collect data and test theoretical propositions. If you were studying mental health disorders from a biological approach you"d probably look at chemicals in the brain and neurotransmitters.
