PSYC 4430 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders, Major Depressive Disorder, Dsm-5
PSYC 4430
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
What is Noral?
• Abnormal = deviating from the norm or average
• Normal = according with, constituting or not deviating from a norm, rule
or principle; conforming to a type, standard or regular pattern
o Synonyms:
▪ Average, common, commonplace, everyday, ordinary,
prosaic, routine, standard, unexceptional, unremarkable,
usual, workday
Norality
• Cultural relativism
o Not exclusively a psychology term. Encompasses knowledge
from anthropology, history, sociology and psychology
• Statistical normality
o That hih ours ost of the tie e ted to lael oral
Aorality
• Abnormal behavior is most commonly defined as that which is culturally
or statistically deviant (or both)
• An ethnocentric idea
o We get caught up in cultural experiences we have lived
• What happens when we have aspirational ideas of normality?
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What is Psyhologial Aorality?
• Deviance = from social/cultural norms
• Distress = subjective to the individual in question
• Dysfunction = in daily functioning
o As defined by social norms
• Danger = to oneself or others
o Statistically uncommon, though often cited – why?
▪ People like to talk about mental health a lot
• bad guys (overdramatized)
Another perspective
• The elements of abnormality are:
o Suffering
o Maladaptiveness
o Irrationality and incomprehensibility
o Unpredictability and loss of control
o Vividness and unconventionality
o Observer discomfort
o Violation of moral and ideal standards
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Document Summary
Another perspective: the elements of abnormality are, suffering, maladaptiveness, irrationality and incomprehensibility, unpredictability and loss of control, vividness and unconventionality, observer discomfort, violation of moral and ideal standards. Cli(cid:374)i(cid:272)al (cid:862)a(cid:271)(cid:374)or(cid:373)ality(cid:863: dsm-5, current system of classification (cid:862)a(cid:271)(cid:374)or(cid:373)al(cid:863) psy(cid:272)hology, limitations of the dsm, culturally and contextually bound, describes behavior not etiology, things that are observable, measurable, reportable, etiology (causes, biological, psychological, social. What is etiology : definition = the cause, set of causes, or manner of causation of a disease or condition, examples in medicine, neisseria meningitis, rubeola virus, rhinovirous, sometimes causes are known in mental health, eg. Major neurocognitive disorder, vascular type: patients will display some symptoms from many syndromes. Differential diagnosis: a systematic diagnostic method used to identify the presence of a diagnosis where multiple alternatives are possible. Involves listing diagnostic conclusion, then justifying it with evidence: may also include listing the diagnoses that are ruled out & why they were ruled out.
