PSYCH 257- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 47 pages long!)

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What is a psychological disorder: dysfunction within an individual, acting in a way that is not consistent with norms. Incidence - ho(cid:449) (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:455) (cid:374)e(cid:449) (cid:272)ases duri(cid:374)g a period gi(cid:448)es up i(cid:374)fo a(cid:271)out risk: prevalence - how many ppl have this ex. Depression: onset - at which age did the symptoms start, course - what does that disorder look like over time The supernatural tradition: good vs evil, and evil is winning, christians believed abnormal behaviour was the devil, exorcisms were typically used to treat Stress and melancholy - what we also believe today. Lunatic - person is acting bad because of the moon. The biological tradition: thought fluids contributed to certain feelings - hippo(cid:272)rates a(cid:374)d gale(cid:374) e(cid:454). More (cid:271)lood i(cid:374) body means more sad: hysteria - once believed the uterus was wandering around the body searching for conception in a women , the cure was thought to be married.