PY 358 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Etiology, Major Depressive Disorder, Serotonin

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PY 358
• Professor: Theodore Tomeny

Document Summary

Is being different abnormal: being different abilities that distinguish one from the general public, some abnormalities are not negative; rather, they positively contribute to society, many deviations in abilities do not cause distress or impair daily functioning. Introduced the term hysteria an imbalance in four bodily humors: blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile, the middle ages through the renaissance. Breuer: the twentieth century, psychoanalysis, sigmund freud. Importance of the unconscious: iceberg picture, mind consists of the id, ego, and superego, id instinctual drives, ego reality principle, superego internalization of cultural rules, defense mechanisms. Importance of infancy: sexual urges and psychosexual development, then came behaviorism. , or how well the measure produces the. Assesses the consistency of scores across time between. Cultural: assessment instruments, clinical interviews and values between the and a levels of assessment, can be used at interviews . Limitation: potential unreliability: structured interviews . Semistructured interviews use unstructured questions after the standard questions.