PSYCH 2AP3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Taijin Kyofusho, Abnormal Psychology, Mental Disorder
15 Jun 2013
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Abnormal psychology: an overview family aggregation: whether a disorder runs in the family. No universal agreement about what is abnormality or disorder. 1. 1 developments in research: do magnets help with repetitive-stress injury. Used for chronic hand or wrist pain, repetitive-stress injury (rsi) Pope and mcnally: 3 groups, magnet group, sham group and no-treatment group. Double-blind study: neither the participant nor the experimenter knew who dot the genuine magnets. Placebo treatment conditions: enable experimenters to control for the possibility that believing one is getting an effective type of treatment produces therapeutic benefits. No-treatment control group enables the experimenters to see what happens when they don"t provide any treatment. Magnet therapy works via the placebo effect. 1. 2 the world around us: the elements of abnormality suffering: Neither a sufficient condition nor a necessary condition. Maladativeness: interferes with our well-being and with our ability to enjoy our work and relationships.
