PSYC 350 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Amitriptyline, Cultural Relativism, Workaholic

• School: University of Kansas
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 350
• Professor: All

Document Summary

: homosexuality, workaholism, nazi germany, byzantine pillar dwellers: pros, culture has clear role in shaping perceptions of normality , some disorders seem specific to specific cultures, ex. Ocd give a damn level drops when medicated: ex. Amitriptyline antidepressant turns off error detection (tricyclic: logical sequential thinking circuits, pro, potential to compare & analyze behavior across cultures, acknowledges the human connection between cultures, ex. Addiction looks the same across cultures: richly informed by biology, neurosciences, etc. (scientific, still acknowledges a role for culture (via harm criterion, harm criteria: what"s harmful is determined by your culture, ex. Design function can be misfiring but culture could deem it acceptable. In some cultures, if you see and hear things and are partially psychotic, you could be seen as a healer or shaman: ex. Sex drive circuits could be offline someone could be abstinent: con: but condemned, not always a clear failed mechanism behind abnormality, ex.