PSYCH257 Midterm: Psych 257 Midterm 1.docx

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH257
• Professor: Heidi Engelhardt

Document Summary

Abnormal behaviour in a historical context chapter 1. Many definitions have proposed over history yet none universally accepted. Ongoing debate in the field of psychiatry and clinical psychology. The three ds all three must be present: dysfunction. Breakdown in cognitive, emotional or behavioural functioning. Knowing where to draw the line between normal and abnormal dysfunction is often difficult. Suffering and distress = big part of life. Some disorders suffering or distress are absent: impairment. Replaces distress when distress is not present in the disorder (ex. The greater the deviations, the more abnormal it is. May people are far from the average in their behaviour but few would be considered disordered. May call them eccentric celebrities and artists: different from socio-cultural norms. Even if some people are sympathetic to your point of view. A social standrad of normal has been misused. The dsm-5 is what we use as diagnostic criteria ex. D and e are distress or impairment.