Psychology 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Anxiety Disorder

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Dysfunction: behaviours are abnormal if they are dysfunctional for the individual or society: ie. Behaviours that are maladaptive/self-defeating or interfere with the well-being of society: still not completely decided is suicide bomber psychologically disturbed or a criminal or patriot. Deviance: behaviours are abnormal if they deviate from societal norms: norms behavioural rules of how people are expected to think, feel, or behave. Abnormal behaviour: behaviour that is distressing, dysfunctional, and/or so culturally deviant that other people judge it to be inappropriate/maladaptive. Psychological disorders are not modern (in the bible, mozart was paranoid) Different explanations: ancient chinese, egyptians, hebrews -> supernatural forces/devil. Trephination used a sharp tool to cut a hole in skull to release evil spirit: medieval europe -> body is possessed involuntarily or voluntarily by the devil. Believed impurities float -> binded hands/feet and threw people into lakes where they drowned and were then declared pure lol but dead: hippocrates -> mental illnesses are diseases like physical disorders.