PSYB32H3- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 44 pages long!)
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Self actualization: when you don"t care about other ppl"s opinions. Focus on the topics discussed on the ppt for the midterm and exams. Statistical infrequency: when we try to describe the general population ability to perform a task, this is the normal curve called the digit span task. Violation of norms: e. g. walking in the elevator singing to jb song in a business building. Personal distress: symptoms of abnormality causing distress (impairment) Disability or dysfunction: big difference between distress (impairment) and disability. **disorder is not a disorder unless it causes disability** e. g. stress feel stress (a distress) but doesn"t leaves you out of things. Feel stress and causes you to miss school (a disability) Unexpectedness: e. g. death of a family member, feel sad, expected. Brought lottery, feel distress wondering how you"ll live without all that money, unexpected. Case of the man & the feces fetish. Violation of norms: yes (different from porn b/c cleanliness norms, but this is subjective)
