Lecture 1 What is Abnormal Psychology? Students’ Definitions and Examples of Abnormal Psychology Behaviour that is not socially acceptable Science of learning how biological changes affect personality & behaviour Prolonged or repeated psychological state that is harmful to the individual or others Person with an illness‚ on medication‚ deviates from the norm Study of illnesses‚ mental disorders that the DSM-IV does not recognize as normal Myths
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Behavior * Economic man * Primarily rational 合理的 * Complete knowledge * Needs defined清晰的 * Estimate satisfy action判断令人满意的行为 * Maslow马斯洛 * Physiological 85%生理学上的 * Safety 70% * Social 50% * Esteem 40%尊敬 * Self actualization 10%自我实现 * High evolvement decisions * Low evolvement decisions * Engle-Kollat-Blackwell (EKB) * Mentalist心灵主义者 -exposure揭露‚ attention‚ comprehension理解‚ acceptance‚ retention保留 -stored information personality‚ attitudes
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this was quite an unusual quality for a single‚ busy guy‚ but took it at face value as I didn ’t know anything about psychological disorders at the time. As our friendship grew and we spent more time together‚ I started to notice more "strange" behaviors‚ especially revolving around cleaning at first. No matter what time of day or night I visited my friend‚ everything in his apartment was spotless. And I mean everything! Every drawer was organized with every item of clothing facing the exact same
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applies cologne more frequently than the usual. The thoughts have also often made him worry and get anxious of other people’s reaction towards his smell. The client remained cooperative all throughout the interview. He smelled good‚ has no unusual behaviors and showed no signs of extreme depression or anxiety. More importantly‚ no hallucinations
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Spongebob Squarepants In the tv show Spongebob Squarepants‚ there are many characters with psychological disorders that you normally would not suspect until you take professor Daniels amazing psychology class! The first character noticed with a psychotic disorder is Spongebob. Spongebob would be considered an extravert because he is very talkative and sociable. In one specific episode Spongebob displays characteristics of Agoraphobia. Agoraphobia is a type of panic disorder in which one has a group
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Michael Levin I Introduction This essay defends the view that homosexuality is abnormal and hence undesirable - not because it is immoral or sinful‚ or because it weakens society or hampers evolutionary development‚ but for a purely mechanical reason. It is a misuse of bodily parts. Clear empirical sense attaches to the idea of ¡he use of such bodily parts as genitals‚ the idea that they *efor some- thing‚ and consequently to the idea of their misuse. I argue on grounds involving natural selection
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Evaluate Psychological models for abnormal behaviour (psychoanalytic‚ learning & cognitive) which in your view is the most convincing? There are three main models of abnormal behaviour which include the cognitive model‚ the learning model and the psychoanalytic model. Each model is a general structure made up of guidelines and individual ideas of abnormal behaviour which are all supported by research and studies. However‚ it is argued about within psychology about which model is the most convincing
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GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER (GAD)- A disorder marked by persistent and excessive feelings of anxiety and worry about numerous events and activities Symptoms- Excessive or ongoing anxiety and worry for several months‚ Restlessness &/or muscle tension‚ Behavior may be affected by anxiety‚ Significant distress ACUTE STRESS DISORDER- A disorder in which fear and related symptoms are experienced soon after a traumatic event and last less than a month POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)- A disorder in which
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Human Factors and Ergonomics in Consumer Product Design Uses and Applications Ergonomics Design and Management: Theory and Applications Industrial Engineering and Management Systems University of Central Florida (UCF) – Orlando‚ Florida Waldemar Karwowski Series Editor Published Titles Aircraft Interior Comfort and Design Peter Vink and Klaus Brauer Ergonomics and Psychology: Developments in Theory and Practice Olexiy Ya Chebykin‚ Gregory Z. Bedny‚ and Waldemar Karwowski Ergonomics
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The film I chose to watch is the original Psycho‚ filmed in 1960 and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The stars of the cast included Anthony Perkins‚ Janet Leigh‚ Vera Miles‚ John Gavin‚ and Martin Balsam. (IMDB.com‚ 2006) The story begins about a young woman named Marion Crane from Arizona who is fed up with her life and longs to marry her boyfriend‚ Sam. Unfortunately‚ the couple has little money and cannot marry. One Friday afternoon‚ she is asked to deposit forty-thousand dollars for her boss. Seeing
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