PSY100H1 Study Guide - Caudate Nucleus, Social Anxiety Disorder, Asperger Syndrome
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behaviour of an individual must be considered iwhtin a social context, family. problems with individual are due to family problems. psychopathology as result of interaction between individuals and cultures. anorexia nervosa more common in upper clsses. cognitive havioural approach is that abnormal behaviour is learned. strict behaviourism argue mental disorders are result of classical and operant conditioning. thoughts can be considered as behaviour, they can become distorted and produce maladaptive behaviours and emotions. thought processes are believed to be available to the conscious mind biological factors. how physiological factors like genetics contribute to mental illness]] brain imaging reveal brain regions of mental illness. diathesis-stress model proposes that a disorder may develop when an underlying vulnerability is coupled with a precipitating event. this predisposition can be biological or environmental. family history suggests vulnerability rather than destiny. The legal system has its own definition of psychopathology.
