ABNORMAL NOTES Discuss the extent to which biological‚ cognitive‚ and sociocultural influence abnormal behavior Introduction 1. What is abnormal behavior‚ and how it can be looked at under biological‚ cognitive‚ and sociocultural viewpoints * Its hard to diagnose and fully diagnose a person as there may be: cultural differences‚ different cultural beliefs‚ cultural bound syndromes * Hard to classify abnormal‚ some say abnormal is something away from the normal‚ so someone
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Abnormal Psychology and Therapy Paper Learning Team A June 26‚ 2011 PSY/300 Teresa Neal Abnormal Psychology and Therapy Paper In a world where nothing seems to be considered normal anymore‚ psychology tries to draw the line between what it is and what is not. The different schools of thought have their own perspective on the definition‚ origin‚ and treatment of abnormal behavior and this paper will cover a few‚ trying to make it possible to have a clear difference between normal and
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Abnormal Psychology Case Report 1 Patient’s Name: Algernon Greyson Evaluator: Deleted Date of Evaluation: 25 April 2011 1. Purpose for Evaluation: This is the first inpatient admission for this 19 year old‚ single‚ white male who is a student at UW Madison. He was admitted due to abnormal psychological symptoms with possible danger of starving himself to death. The purpose for the current evaluation is to identify and clarify the nature of the patient’s underlying psychological symptoms
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Women In Psychology by Phoenix University PSY 310 Aril 28‚ 2012 1 Inez Beverly Prosser‚ Psychologist Inez Beverly Posser (1895-1934) was America’s first Black female psychologist. http://www.apa.org/monitor/2008/11/prosser.aspx . Not only is this significant in itself‚ it is also the adversity she overcame growing up to get there. And later‚ in the profound
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ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY: MOOD DISORDERS A mood disorder is the term given for a group of diagnoses in the DSM IV TR classification system where a disturbance in the person ’s emotional mood is hypothesised to be the main underlying feature. The classification is known as mood (affective) disorders in ICD 10. English psychiatrist Henry Maudsley proposed an overarching category of affective disorder. The term was then replaced by mood disorder‚ as the latter term refers to the underlying or longitudinal
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Stephanie Quinn April 2‚ 2012 Abnormal Psychology Dr. Azar Dickens Diagnostic Evaluation Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer Born on May 21‚ 1960 Date of evaluation: 1992 sometime before the trial Background Information: Jeffrey Dahmer was a sex offender and serial killer mainly between the years 1978 and 1991. He is well known for his severely atypical behaviors. Among his outward manners that are recognized as abnormal are paraphilia-specifically necrophilia and sexual sadism
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Psychological Disorder Analysis ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY: ABUSE‚ ADDICTION‚ & DISORDERS Psy 270 Jalisa Cooper February 4‚ 2012 Final paper Psychological Disorder Analysis Psychological disorders can be very debilitating for those who suffer from them. Psychological disorders affect a person’s ability to function normally in their daily lives. In regards to the case study of Nicole the patient Nicole is a 40-year-old Hispanic female who comes to the mental health clinical complaining
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Neurocognitive and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Kimberly Hollis PSY/410 February 3‚ 2015 Richard Reinsch Neurocognitive and Neurodevelopmental Disorder When it comes to neurocognitive disorders and neurodevelopmental disorders‚ reaserchers have been able to diagnose symptoms of a variety of disorders pertaining to the brain and growth development. Once knowing what the symptoms are behaviors become noticed and there becomes a reason for certain behaviors in individuals allowing different treatments
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Question 1 Because people who are manic have very elevated moods‚ a new test for mania includes questions about how happy the person feels and how often he or she laughs. This test has: Answers: A. face validity. B. construct validity. C. concurrent validity. D. content validity. Question 2 Which category of clinical tests tends to have the best standardization‚ reliability‚ and validity? Answers: A. projective tests B. response inventories C. personality inventories
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Abnormal Psychology Rumnation and Depression Rumination is defined as the “engagement in contemplation or reflection. It also can be equivocally understood by going over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly.” However‚ depression on the other hand is “a state of unhappiness and hopelessness that can lead up to a lack of energy‚ inability to sleep‚ and‚ sometimes‚ suicidal tendencies.” After the dissection of these denotations‚ individuals can conclude that
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