PS280 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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Defining abnormality five principles that are commonly considered in attempts to establish criteria for abnormality must be considered together to properly define abnormality. Statistical concept behaviours that occur infrequently in the population; statistical rarities e. g. , on iq tests the majority of the population falls between 85 and 115; Personal distress fear, apprehension, depression, confusion, etc. ) to function adequately mania) distress, and the impact of distress on an individual"s functioning. Stone age= evidence of supernatural beliefs has been found skulls with circular sections cut out of them= trephination were conducted presumably to let out evil spirits that were causing the victim to engage in severely abnormal behaviour. Egyptian papyri describe supernatural explanations for various disorders and the use of magic as treatment procedures hunter gather societies viewed both mental and physical disorders as having supernatural causes. Greek and roman thought preferred naturalistic explanations of madness and their treatments followed from these explanations.
