PSYCH101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Social Anxiety Disorder, Dependent Personality Disorder, Avoidant Personality Disorder

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Paul Wehr

Document Summary

What are the 3 main forms of superstition: possession exorcism (where demon has taken over body, witchcraft torture (use of spells, affliction prayer (use of prayers, or god) Analogy by which abnormal behaviour is treated as disease: mental disease - psychological disorder; psychopathology, diagnosis classification, etiology - cause, prognosis - forecast. Might be inappropriate sometimes analogy is accurate, sometimes it isn"t (keep an open-mind! Behaviour or mental state that causes suffering, destructive behaviour, or disrupts normal functioning. o. Most recover or symptoms can be treated. o. Unaware of the consequences of actions or cannot control behaviour (legal term). Most people with disorder are not violent. You are not held responsible for your actions when there is a legal aspect to them o. Vincent li thought he was a demon when he was on a. Greyhound bus and wanted to kill people not considered a murderer as it was his disease that lead to it.