PSYC 3406 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Social Forces, Personality Disorder, Measure (Mathematics)

• School: Northeastern University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3406
• Professor: Gobrogge

Document Summary

Ch1: overview to understanding abnormal behavior blue . 1. 2 social impact: stigma : label that causes certain people to be regarded as different, defective, and set apart from mainstream members of society, comes from language, humour, stereotypes b. Distressing to the person who exhibits it or to the people around them. Maladaptive: limits ability to function or life responsibilities. 1. 3 defining abnormality: criterion measurable degree of impairment in behavior: clinical significance: criterion for psych disorder in which there is evaluable, psychological or biological disturbance, behavior must be associated with significant distress or disability. Individual feels/behaves beyond what clinician can measure a: feels negatively affected = distress, suffers negative consequences in life = disability, cannot be simply socially deviant from religion, politics, or sexuality, cannot be a socially expectable response. 1. 4 causes: biopsychosocial perspective, biological, genetics inheritance, biochemistry, brain structures, physiological changes, exposure to toxic substances, psychological, personality traits, coping ability, perception, learning experiences, difficulties coping with stress, sociocultural.