PSY340H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Schizoaffective Disorder, Temporal Lobe, Conversion Disorder
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Assessment and diagnosis o o o o o o. Abnormal behaviour is behaviour that deviates 1 standard deviation from the mean. Disregards behaviours that are most favourable, includes unfavourable behaviours. Behaviours differ from culture to culture, environment to environment. Some behaviours are so extreme that it is viewed as abnormal in most cultures (eg. schizophrenia) Developmental norms o o o o o o o o o o. Milestones- behaving in certain ways at certain ages. Certain ages come along with certain levels of cognitive development/function. What could be considered normal at the age of 5 would be considered abnormal at 50. It occurs over a long period of time (duration) Drinking so much coffee that you cannot make it one day without drinking it. Medical-disease/diathesis models: almost exclusively focuses on internal variables. Certain genes can make a person more susceptible to certain disorders. If someone close to you in your family has a psychopathology, you are 50% likely to specialized.
