Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Cirrhosis, Physical Dependence, Orthodox Judaism

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: All

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What is abnormal: we are likely to label behaviours as abnormal if they: Are distressing to the individual (because we place such a high value on. Are dysfunctional for the individual or for society. Are deviant (statistically and/or culturally) for a particular society (a social. Fore example, in or society, we are much more likely to use the term abnormal" to classify someone who cannot hold down a job than for someone who is a compulsive worker. The demonological view: abnormal behaviour is caused by supernatural forces. An early biological view: mental illnesses are diseases like physical illness that effect the brain (hippocrates, !1: most important contribution was to try to classify mental disorders into a descriptive system, based upon notion that if mental disorders could be as accurately diagnosed as physical ones then they could be cured as precisely. Tuesday, march 29, 2016: two major categories of disorders came from his work, manic-depressive psychosis, dementia praecox.