Abnormal psychology has criteria for determining its factors. Some of them are very common‚ but have a line that separates what is really normal and what is not. Such as Unusualness; it is considered abnormal if you see or hear things that are not there to begin with‚ but in some cases it is the norm in certain societies. While most people experience anxiety before an interview‚ it is abnormal to continue to feel that way. The world has “norms” or standards‚ and one can step into social deviance
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A Comparative study of the Differences in Cultures and Psychopathology Sainiran S/O V. Thanapal James Cook University‚ Singapore Word Count: 1780 Abstract Cultural factors have a heavy influence in the study of psychopathology. In this essay‚ this viewpoint will be analysed and discussed. By understanding these factors and taking them into consideration when treating patients‚ we as psychologists have a higher chance of efficiently helping in the betterment of our patients’ mental health
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DSM-IV-TR Abnormal Psychology Abnormality Maladaptive dysfunctional – non productive Normal Adaptive able to produce positive outcomes Ability to change behavior to meet demands of environment or situation‚ Able to protect‚ Learning what works and what doesn’t‚ taking responsibility Statistics Population‚ Social norms‚ cultural Irrational behavior – unpredictable Cohort – groups experiencing things in the same time frame Psychological – covers behaviors (suicide‚ compulsions‚ emotions
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general population Radloff‚ L.‚ & Locke‚ B. (Eds.). (1986). The community mental health assessment survey and the CES-D scale Raskin‚ A.‚ Schulterbrandt‚ J.‚ Reatig‚ N.‚ & McKeon‚ J. (1969). Replication of factors of psychopathology in interview‚ ward behavior‚ and self-report ratings of hospitalized depressives Roelands‚ M.‚ Van Oost‚ P.‚ Buysse‚ A.‚ & Depoorter‚ A. (2002). Awareness among community- dwelling elderly of assistive devices for mobility and self-care and attitudes towards
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Week 1&2 - Chapter 1 – Conceptual Issues in Abnormal Psychology Mental illness: Severe abnormal thoughts‚ behaviours and feelings cause by a physical illness Affect: Experience of feeling or emotion Dementia: Cognitive disorder in which a gradual decline of intellectual functioning occurs Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT): Treatment for mood disorders that involves the induction of a brain seizure by passing electrical current through the patient’s brain while they are anesthetised Psychosurgery: Biological
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Outline and evaluate the behavioural approach to psychopathology. (12 marks) Behaviourists believe that all of a person’s complex behaviours are the result of learning through interaction with the environment. Behaviourists deal with the following forms of learning: classical conditioning and operant conditioning. In classical conditioning people learn to associate two stimuli when they occur together‚ such that the response originally elicited by one stimulus is transferred to another. The person
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ASSIGNMENT ON PSY 310 “FOUR MODELS OF ABNORMAL BEHAVOURS” BY ODEH‚ JENNIFER OMARI BSU/PSY/UG/09/9532 What Are Models? Models are representations containing the essential structures of some object or event in the real world. There is a variety of things that are commonly referred to as models: physical objects‚ fictional objects‚ set-theoretic structures‚ descriptions‚ equations‚ or combinations of some of these. However‚ these categories are neither mutually exclusive
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.................................................... 17 Psychology can be defined as the scientific study of behavior and mental process. Abnormal psychology is the branch of psychology that studies unusual patterns of behavior‚ emotion or thought‚ which may not be understood as being a mental disorder. Abnormality psychology defined as the study of any behavior that deviates from culturally accepted norms (Mosby’s Pocket Dictionary‚ 2002). From Gerric‚ R. J.‚ & Zimbardo‚
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Warren Gray Contemporary & Classical Leadership Styles ORG 6504: Leadership and Management Kathryn Kelly August 5‚ 2012 Contemporary & Classical Leadership Styles There has been much research compiled that compares the differences of the classic theories of leadership and management versus contemporary style of leadership and management. Both styles have been found to have their unique advantages‚ depending on the type of organization the theories are being utilized in. In this paper
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Maggie Halverson Abnormal Psychology 4/20/2014 Media Project: Shutter Island In the movie “Shutter Island”‚ the main character‚ Andrew Laeddis struggles with recognizing reality because he suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. The movie is set in 1954 at Ash Cliff‚ a treatment facility on Shutter Island for the “criminally insane”. Laeddis believes he is a U.S. Marshall who has come to the island with his partner‚ Chuck‚ to investigate the disappearance of one of the patients. As Laeddis continues
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