Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, Twin

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Mark Holden

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Behavior that"s personally distressing, dysfunctional, and/or culturally. Distressing, dysfunctional & deviant (cid:523)3 d"s(cid:524) deviant that other people judge it as inappropriate or maladaptive. Disturbed people were either involuntarily possessed by the devil or made a dark pact. General paresis = a disorder characterized as mental deterioration and bizarre behavior resulting in massive brain degeneration caused by the sexually transmitted disease syphilis. Treatment = psychological interpretation of disordered behavior (introduced by freud) Vulnerability = biological, personality, environmental or cultural factors increase or decrease odds of developing a psychological disorder (given sufficient stress) genotype, hormones, neurotransmitters, self esteem, Stressors = combine with vulnerability to trigger disorder. I. e. genetic predisposition toward depression; triggered by loss of loved one optimism, poverty. Diagnostic & statistical manual of mental disorders (5th edition) Problems = to specific, people with the same diagnosis only share. Uses detailed, specific (cid:498)checklists(cid:499) of behavioral criteria to make a some symptoms, doesn"t capture severity.