PSYC 2364 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Longitudinal Study, Random Assignment, Institutional Review Board
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Psychological disorder abnormal behavior pattern that involves a disturbance of psychological functioning or behavior. Abnormal psychology the branch of psychology that deals with the description, causes, and treatment of abnormal behavior patterns. Medical model a biological perspective in which abnormal behavior is viewed as symptomatic of underlying illness. Criteria for determining abnormality: unusualness, social deviance, faulty perceptions or interpretations of reality, significant personal distress, maladaptive or self-defeating behavior, dangerousness. Behavior that is normal in one culture may be deemed abnormal in another. The standards we use in making judgments of abnormal behavior must take into account cultural norms. Trephination a harsh, prehistoric practice of cutting a hole in a person"s skull, possibly in attempt to release demons. The notion of supernatural causes of abnormal behavior, or demonology, was prominent in western society until the age of enlightenment. In ancient greece, people who behaved abnormally were sent to temples dedicated to. Incurables were driven from the temple by stoning.
