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    Abnormal Behavior A known psychological disorder is abnormal behavior. Abnormal behavior is classified into four different categories. The characteristics of these categories consist of statistical deviance‚ cultural deviance‚ emotional distress‚ and dysfunction. Each behavior has specific characteristics as reasons for their classifications. Statistical deviance is sometimes wrongly classified such as being extremely intelligent or being a very good athlete. According to statistical deviance

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    hPsychological Disorders and Approaches to Treatment APSS 111 Teaching Team What is Abnormal Behavior? • Some leading definitions about what is considered abnormal: • Deviance  »Deviate from normative behaviors in our society / culture • Maladaptive Behavior  »Impair the person’s normal functioning  • Personal Distress • A continuum  perspective to  understanding  abnormality Classification of Psychological Disorders • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – 4th Ed.  (Text Revision) (DSM IV‐TR)

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    PSY-100: Normal and Abnormal Behavior Scenarios To reflect on what you have read or studied so far in a course is an essential part of understanding. This worksheet form will provide a place for you to take some time and reflect on understanding how psychology can help you in your everyday life. Please use this week’s readings to assist you. As you have learned‚ your mental health and wellness can affect your life and how you interact with others as a student‚ professional‚ and in your personal

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    Chrissy Hernandez 01/27/2014 PSY-100 Lori Eyre The two scenarios that I chose are as followed: John- Anxiety Disorder- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder 1. As his friend‚ what recommendations could you make in helping him reduce his anxiety? I would suggest that he not make such a demanding schedule and to not put a time limit on the chores that he does every morning. I would help him realize that things do not always happen as one plans and it is not possible to stay on a pattern

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    D1 In this section of my work I will be writing about how you can manage an animal will has an abnormal behaviour or how you can start the treatment for an animal if it has an abnormal behaviour. When an animal has an abnormal behaviour there is many ways in which the owner or trainer can help rehabilitate the animal so they can try and decrease or stop the animal from acting out the abnormal behaviour. There is many different enrichment techniques that you can do for both captive and domestic animals

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    Abnormal Behavior Dee Castellano Psy/410 Version 2 December 3‚ 2011 Sara Beth Lohre Abnormal Behavior With writing this paper lets first begin with the definition of abnormal psychology. According to the dictionary abnormal psychology is the branch of psychology dealing with mental disorders or maladaptive behavior and the study of mental retardation‚ hypnosis‚ mental phenomena such as dreams‚ and altered states or levels of consciousness. (Yourdictionary‚ 2010) * I will begin with

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    relationship or simple obsessional stalker. According to the course text‚ the perpetrator and victim typically has had a previous relationship that could include friendship‚ marriage‚ or even a coworker (Gosselin‚ 2014). In my opinion‚ I think that stalking is a serious matter that should not be taken lightly. Therefore‚ I think that she should contact law enforcement immediately before things take a turn for the worst. According to the course text‚ Gosselin (2014)‚ “simple obsession is likely to result

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    A Close Look at Stalking Mary Lolo Abstract Stalking is a lot more serious than people realize. It happens more often than people realize as well. Anyone can be a victim of stalking. Stalking affects three point four million people a year. Majority of stalking happen to women‚ but it still does happen to men. It is more common for the men to do the stalking on women. There are a number of reasons why a certain individual

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    Definitions of Abnormal Behavior Through the years it has been understood that there exists a great deal of difficulty when attempting to define an individual case of abnormal behavior. Many pros and con’s must be described and studied in order to accurately define‚ decipher‚ or explain a particular aspect of the many behavioral abnormalities. Abnormalities as a legal concept can be defined most simply as the definition of insanity given by the judicial system‚

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    perspectives of deviance‚ distress‚ dysfunction‚ and danger. * Deviance’s role in abnormality centers on the ‘norms’ of a society. Dysfunctional behavior is important to look at when deciding if a person is abnormal. 2. Discuss some of the difficulties of defining a person’s behavior as abnormal. * Many cutlers have different views so one abnormal person in one culture could be normal in another. 3. Describe the main modern treatments of abnormality. * Therapy now days can help

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