PSYC 2300H Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Surgical Instrument, Demonology, Dementia Praecox
4 Apr 2016
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Normal behavior will sit on the normal curve and extremes are deined as abnormal as they sit outside the normal curve: used to examine the iq test. Substance use disorders are deined by occupaional or social disability (ex. Yelling at a spouse, poor work performance) created by substance abuse and addicion. Can also consider phobias as they interfere with someone"s everyday life. Clinicians (speciically psychiatrists) have a high level of autonomy in choosing their client base. Clinicians are authorized physicians/professionals authorized to provide psychological services. Clinical psychologists require 4 7 years of post graduate work: individuals with master"s level are psychological associates. Demonology is the idea that a devil or evil spirit can possess an individual and control their thoughts and acions. Trepanning was used to cure possessed through using a surgical instrument to open a piece of an individual"s skull. Hippocrates established early somatogensis through the noion that something wrong with the body means disturbance in thought and acion.
