PSY 309 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Statistical Significance, Parenting Styles, Comorbidity
24 Apr 2017
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What is psychopathology (chapter 1, part 1: defining abnormality culture important to consider the background and differentiation in norms. Dysfunction-- interference with the individual"s everyday life, but is not sufficient to define abnormality (e. g. grieving the loss of a spouse: using cultural norms to define abnormality everything is relative to the, four d(cid:495)s of for defining abnormality. Distress behaviors and feeling that cause intense emotional pain to the: definition of abnormality it is elusive, but there are several indicators: individual and those around them. Deviance statistically rare behaviors (e. g. hearing voices when no one is around) Dangerous harm to self or others: subjective distress, maladaptiveness, statistical deviancy, violation of standards of society, social discomfort, dangerousness. Prevalence of mental illness the person if we rely on categories, facilitates stigma, stereotyping, labeling, fear of others opinions can reduce treatment seeking: problems with classification and diagnosis lose personal information about. Prevalence total number of cases in a population during any specified time period.
