Abnormal Psych Chapter 1- Flash cards

Symptoms that cause mental, emotional, or physical pain

The environment and circumstances in which a behaviour occurs

• No universal definition of what is abnormal
• abnormality is relative to specific culture norms

Freud definition: What society considers to be the appropriate behavior of males and females

criterion for abnormality that usggests that abnormal behaviours are rare or unexpected

behaviours that cause a person great distress should be labelled as abnormal

• also called dysfunctional
• lost touch with reality and cannot control their thoughts
• for people who have behaviors that cause physical or emotional harm

physical illness that causes severe abnormal thoughts, behaviors and feelings

theories of abnormalities that focus on the biological causes of abnormal behaviours

Mental disorders causes by psychological process: beliefs, thinking styles and coping styles

mental disorders are the results of supernatural forces ( divine intervention, curses, demonic aurora). Mental disorders can be cured through religious rituals, and maybe death.

• Performed during stone ages
• procedures in which holes were drilled in the skulls of people to allow evil spirits to depart their bodies.

A phenomena where large numbers of people begin to engage in unusual behaviors that has a psychological origin

• A treatment
• patients are treated with respect & dignity, and encourages to exercise self-control

• disease that leads to paralysis, insanity and then death
• this established the connection between biological diseases and mental disorders

• treatment for hysterical patients
• idea that there are magnetic fluids in patients' bodies, and it is affected by external people and objects
• treatment procedure is to realign the magnetic force by practioner

• Form of treatment for psychopathology involving alleviating unconscious conflicts that cause psychological conflict
• essentially help people gain insight into their conflict and finding ways to resolve them

the study of the impact of reinforcements and punishments on behaviour

thoughts or beliefs

Believing that one can engage in hte behaviors necessary to overcome a situation

a social movement for restoring their basic legal rights of psychiatric patients

• a movement to ensure that psychiatric patients retain their basic rights
• remove them from institutions
• care for them within the community

• people with masters degree in social work
• helps people over come social conditions which drives psychological problems

people specialized in these relationships to overcome problems that are interfering with their well being

• holds a masters degree
• help individual overcome mental/physical issues that affect their productivity

people with a nursing degree who specialized in the treatment of people with severe psychological issues

an approach to psychpathology using the biosociopsych model

• expected to mourn for their loved one after demise, and then to "let go" and move one instantly after a long period of time
• itf its complicated, it means they believe they are still talking to their deceased as if they are alive

We should not rely on cultural relitivism to dictate what is abnormal, as this influence was used to justify the Holocaust.

A sickness slaves got to desire freedom

• The 3Ds
• distress,dysfunction, deviance

• Two elements in the model:
• a diasthesis: predisposition to devloping a mental disorder
• and a trigger: usually a stressful life event

• 4 in total
• cultural relitivism
• unusualness
• discomfort
• mental illness

• biological theories - seen as similar to physical inless
• supernatural theories - a divine internvention
• psychological theories - caused from trauma and bereavement

They were supernatural believers

• The Chinese believed in supernatural theory ( yin and yang)
• The Greek believed in biological theories

In the 18th centuary