PSY 352 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Thomas Szasz, Drapetomania, Abnormal Psychology
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Practically defining abnormal behavior: discomfort: physical/psychological pain or distress (largely to person experiencing, deviance: bizarre/unusual behavior, dysfunction: inability/loss of ability to perform one"s normal roles. Drapetomania : pathologizing turning something that is not a mental illness into one can be used to oppress people and cause damage. Probabilistic vs deterministic thinking: probabilistic thinking what are the odds something will occur; if says increases , deterministic thinking if a then b will occur. Rosenhan article: your behavior can be viewed differently depending on your socioeconomic status and the environment you"re in. Self care tool kit: 5 senses visualization(relaxation tool: uses all senses and imagine a good place to ease tension, place, vision + hearing, sensations/feel, smell + tastes. Module 3: models and theories of abnormal behavior (i: models in the study of psychopathology, biology, biological models- social and psychological analysis, medical model(diagnosis, prognosis) Dopamine- involved with diseases such as schizophrenia and parkinsons. Endocrine system- slow chemical communication; hormones synthesized by glansa.
