PSYC 337 Study Guide - Summer 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Schizophrenia, Major Depressive Disorder, Twin Study
12 Oct 2018
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Dysfunction, meaning an organ system performing contrary to its design (and importantly, not at the peak of its design) That"s why we can"t just say deviant , because deviant could be a good thing (i. e. venus williams is statistically deviant in terms of her physical ability) He would argue that the brain is designed to perform a number of functions. Problems with any of these functions indicates a disorder. Presumes however that we understand everything about how the brain, body, etc. are supposed to function. I. e. , we don"t know enough about the brain, body, etc. Natural selection depends on variability - some variability is necessary and will always be present in a population (i. e. how many people must have this disorder for it to be contrary to the norm ) Some disorders may represent adaptations, not maladaptations (e. g. depression may be an adaptive response to a hopeless situation - clinical depression is just an extreme of the adaptive response)
