PSY 1205 Chapter 1-5: Textbook Notes Exam 1_9-12
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Syndrome group of symptoms that appear together assumed to represent a specific type of disorder: persistent maladaptive behaviors more problematic and will interfere with social and occupational functioning. Does not specify how unusual a behavior needs to be before its considered abnormal. Harmful dysfunction incorporates one element that is based as much as possible on an objective evaluation of performance: disruption of thought, feeling, communication, perception, motivation, only dysfunctions that result in significant harm to person disorders. Culture: terms of values, beliefs, practices shared by a community or group of people. Incidence: number of new cases of a disorder that appear in a population during a specific period of time. Prevalence: total number of active cases, both old and new, that are present during a specific period of time. Lifetime prevalence: total proportion of people in a given population who have been affected by the disorder at some point in their lives.
