PSY346H5 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Dopamine, Serotonin, Prefrontal Cortex
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Understand the current view about the biological underpinnings of psychopathology. Approach abnormal psychology from an empirical pe(cid:396)spe(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e . The current problem is not access to info but the critical analysis of that info. Identif(cid:455) fo(cid:396) the legal s(cid:455)ste(cid:373) (1) an assumption made in seeking the truth (2) rules or guidelines for seeking the truth (3) a decision rule for claiming the truth. There is a process in order to find the truth/info/knowledge. Psych has been historically plagued with issues mainly due to subjective analysis w/out a scientific processed. Psychiatrists diagnose and categorize mental illness using the dsm-v. Originally the dsm had only 60 disorders. And there was a big emphasis on the cultural of the time homosexuality as a disorder. Note this belief ^^^^ is based on personal philosophical belief. The(cid:396)e ha(cid:448)e (cid:271)ee(cid:374) a lot of shifti(cid:374)g as to (cid:858)(cid:449)hat(cid:859) is (cid:272)lassified as a diso(cid:396)de(cid:396). American psychiatric association (apa) declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder in 1973.
