PSYC 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Mattress, Dyskinesia, Therapeutic Relationship

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Lisa Giguere

Document Summary

What is abnormal: most definitions refer to the three d"s: Deviance: thoughts or emotions that fall outside cultural norms. Distress: intense negative emotional reaction that doesn"t match situation. Dysfunction: behaviour interferes with individual"s daily functioning. Historical perspectives on deviant behaviour: demenological view: Abnormal behaviour = results of supernatural forces, possessed by a spirit. Treatment: trephination (hole in the skull: early biological views: Mental illnesses are diseases like physical illness that affect the brain (hippocrates, 5th century b. c. ) Breakthroughs: general paresis caused by syphilis, disorders linked to physical causes, current physiological and psychological, vulnerability-stress model: Vulnerability = predisposition to disorders: biological basis; personality or environmental factors. Predisposition creates disorder only when person is subject to a stressor. Issues: reliability, validity: dsm-iv-tr for diagnosing each. The most complete description of nearly 400 mental disorders & criteria. Assumes psychological disorders are no different from a physical illness (symptoms, diagnosis, prognosis)