PSYC 3140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Postpartum Period, Mental Disorder, Cultural Relativism
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1: abnormal psych chapter 1: core concepts, abnormal psych/psychopathology: Fascinating yet controversial area of study for past 100 yrs: core concepts: Several concepts which remained the heart of the study of abnormal. Central top the field even with growing and changing knowledge. Questions of defining abnormal from normal, causes, treatments: six core concepts: 2: does make a tough decision where to put a threshold and pinpoint for treatment too, cultural and historical relativism in defining and classifying abnormality, defs. 3: ex: may be lying in childhood experiences of the past and biological likelihoods of depression, many different theoretical perspectives exist giving explanations for behaviours/treatments. Today: each is important; combining seems to be most popular. Past: each is individual; reductionists-one theory only: connection between mind and body, psych/biological perspectives on mental disorders are not necessarily distinct. Mind n body fully interconnected; not separate like dualists believed in.
