PSYC 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Behaviorism, Electra Complex, Microorganism
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Psychological disorder: a psychological dysfunction associated with distress or impairment in functioning & response that is not typically or culturally expected. Judy, 16 years old faints a lot graphic film of frog dissection, she fainted. She started avoiding situations which she might see blood or injury. Before she visited the clinic, she fainted when she encountered something bloody by the time she was admitted she was fainting a lot, the principal thought that she was fainting on purpose. Phobia: psychological disorder characterized by marked and persistent fear of object or situation. Abnormal behavior: psychological dysfunction that is associated w/ distress or impaired in functioning *response that is not typical or culturally unexpected. Psychological dysfunction: breakdown in cognitive, emotional, or behavioral functioning. There was dysfunction present for judy many ppl experience this but more mild so it is not a psychological disorder. Behavior must be associated w/ distress = abnormal. Judy was distressed does not define abnormal behavior.
