PSYC 3140 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Electroconvulsive Therapy, Cognitive Therapy, Inter-Rater Reliability
9 Feb 2017
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Abnormal psychology the scientific study of abnormal behavior undertaken to describe, predict, explain, and change abnormal patterns of functioning. What is psychological abnormality: difficult to define, but most common definitions have something in common the four ds deviance, Abnormal thoughts, feelings, behaviour and emotions that differ from a societies idea about proper functioning: distress. According to clinical theorists, behaviour, ideas or emptions usually cause distress before they can be labelled abnormal: dysfunction. Has to interfere with daily functioning social or work productivity: danger. How was abnormality viewed and treated in the past: ancient societies have concluded abnormal behaviour as the works of evil spirits. Cure: get rid of the demons out of the victim"s body (exorcism: greeks (hypocrates specifically) viewed it as an internal physical cause. Cure: exercises, celibacy, vegetables, bleeding, etc: middle ages viewed it again, return of the demonological explanations, the renaissance, tried to take better care of these people with abnormalities.
