PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Louis Pasteur, Paresis, Supportive Housing
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Violation of norms: whether the behaviour violates social norms or threatens or makes anxious those observing it helps categorize it as abnormal. Disability or dysfunction: another component of abnormality is disability or dysfunction, disability: impairment in some important area of life because of an abnormality, ex. Brett"s marital relationship: substance abuse also fits, as well as phobia (that can produce distress and disability, disability applies to some but all disorders, transvestism: cross dressing for sexual pleasure. Unexpectedness: distress and disability are considered abnormal when they are unexpected responses to environmental stressors, ex. Hunger is an expected response to not eating: brett was experiencing some life stress, but many people do so without developing psychological problems. The mental health professions: clinical psychologist, requires ph. d. or psy. d. degree (4-7 years of graduate study) In canada, depending upon regulatory statues, a psychologist may have either a doctoral- or a master"s-level degree.
