PSYCH 2AP3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Classical Conditioning, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Psychosexual Development
7 Feb 2017
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Abnormal psychology chapter 1: abnormal behaviour in historical context. Psychological disorder: psychological dysfunction within an individual associated with distress or impairment in functioning and a response that is not typical or culturally expected. Psychological dysfunction: a breakdown in cognitive, emotional, or behavioural functioning. Personal distress or impairment: satisfied if patient is clearly upset. Atypical or not culturally expected: harmful dysfunction. Scientist-practitioner: consumer of science (enhancing the practice), evaluator of science (determining the effectiveness of the practice), creator of science (conducting research that leads to new procedures useful in practice) Prese(cid:374)ti(cid:374)g pro(cid:271)le(cid:373): the patie(cid:374)t"s pro(cid:271)le(cid:373) or set of problems. Clinical description: unique combination of behaviours, thoughts, and feelings that make up a specific disorder. Prevalence: the number of people in the population as a whole who have the disorder. Incidence: statistics on how many new cases occur during a given period. Course: the individual pattern of a disorder (chronic, episodic, time- limited, etc. ) Prognosis: the anticipated course of the disorder.
