PSYC 2000 Chapter : Psychology Chapter 14
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Chapter 14 mental illness: early expectation of mental illness. Harms their ability to function in daily life: situational context: the social or environmental setting of a person"s behavior context often determines if something is or is not abnormal or pathological social norms changes over time, ex. Panic attack: sudden onset of intense panic; multiple physical symptoms of stress occur, often with feelings that one is dying. Magnification: interpret situations as far more dangerous, harmful or important than they actually are. All-or-nothing thinking: believe that one"s performance must be perfect or the result will be a total failure. Overgeneralization: interpret a single negative event as a never-ending pattern of defeat and failure. Minimization: give little or no importance to one"s successes or positive events and traits. Laugh at a funeral: flat affect: a lack of emotional responsiveness. On the border of neurosis and psychosis, edge of schizophrenia.
