PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes -Avoidant Personality Disorder, Anxiety Disorder, Mood Disorder
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Psychological disorder: deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional patterns of thought, feelings, or behaviors. Standards for deviant behavior vary by: context and culture. In one context, wartime- mass killing may be viewed as normal and heroic; in another context people are presumed deviant if they hear voices: time. Homosexuality was classified as an illness, and then it was not. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd): a psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more of three key symptoms: extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. There is more to a disorder than being deviant. Social deviance which some political regimes use to diagnose and isolate their opponents may bring dishonor: but to be considered a disorder, deviant behavior usually causes the person distress and as a harmful dysfunction. Philippe pinel insisted that madness is not demon possession but a sickness of the mind caused by severe stresses and inhumane conditions.