PSYCH 2AP3 Midterm: Abnormal Psychology Midterm 1.docx
23 Oct 2013
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Family aggregation: whether a disorder runs in the family. No universal agreement on what abnormality/disorder is: a prototype is adopted to assess the degree of abnormality . Irrationality and unpredictability: social discomfort: violating a social rule -> uneasiness/discomfort. Society is constantly evolving and changing -> definition of abnormality can change. Stigma: (disgrace) attached to receiving a psychiatric diagnosis. Stereotyping: automatic beliefs people have about others based on knowing one thing about them. Symptom: single indicator of a problem; can involve affect, behaviour and cognition. Syndrome: group/cluster of symptoms that all occur together. Dsm (diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders: doesn"t refer to causes of mental disorders, rules out behaviour that is culturally sanctioned, mental disorder: a clinically significant behavioural/psychological syndrome or pattern. Abnormal behaviour: behaviour that deviates from norms of society enacted in. Epidemiology: study of distribution of diseases, disorders in a given population. Prevalence: number of active cases in a population during any given period of time.
