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5 ways to look at Abnormality
- Deviation from average(statistically-based)
- Deviation from ideal(majoritys high standard)
- Sense of personal discomfort
- Legal concept
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insanity, as a term
- Laws View of Abnormal Behavior
- Varies by jurisdiction
- Defendant cant understand right or wrong at time of act; cant understand criminality of behavior
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Medical Perspective
Symptoms of Abnormal behavior, rooted, in physiological causes
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Psychoanalytic perspective
Abnormal behavior; childhood conflicts(sex and aggression)
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Behavioral persepective
Abnormal Behavior as a learned response
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Cognitive perspective
Cognitions(thoughts & beliefs) central to persons abnormal behavior
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Humanistic perspective
- Emphasizes self-awareness & responsiblility for own behavior
- Search for meaning & self-worth
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Sociocultural perspective
Behavior, shaped by unhealthy interactions with family group, society, &
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DSM IV-TR, what it offers & does & doesnt do
- Diagnoses/classifies abnormal behavior in U.S
- Describes problem condition
- Doesnt suggest underlying causes
- Helps clinicians communicate
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Rosenhams study & what happened
- On being sane in insane places
- Heard voices, then acted normal after admitted(hospital)
- Discovered by other patients
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Phobic disorder
Intense, irrational fearsspecific objects or situations
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Panic Disorder
Anxiety, not triggered by identifiable stimulus, lasts a few seconds to several hours
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Experience long term persistent anxiety
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Anxiety Disorder
Anxiety occurs without external justification, begins to affect daily functioning
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hypochondriasis:
- preoccupation with ones health;
- person is worried about health all the time and assumes that there is something wrong with them when in reality there isnt.
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conversion disorder:
- actual physical disturbance;
- inability to see/hear, or to move an arm/leg; cause is PSYCHOLOGICAL
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dissociative identity disorder
- (multiple personalities):
- displays characteristics of 2 or more personalitiles
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dissociative amnesia:
major, selective memory loss
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dissociative fugue:
- amnesiac condition;
- people take sudden trips with identity loss.
- Person goes missing forgetting who they are and remember who they are later on.
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major depression:
- severe depression, may last months or years
- symptoms: worthless feelings, loneliness, and crying; sleep disturbance
- research: low serotonin levels
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bipolar disorder:
people experiences cycles of mania and depression
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mania:
talks about one idea and switches ideas, not aware of differences between good and bad ideas, extended state: intense, wild excitement with poor judgement
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antisocial (sociopath):
no regards for moral or ethical rules of society or others rights, no conscience
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borderline:
individuals have difficulty developing a secure sense of who they are
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narcissistic:
personality disturbance characterized by an exaggerated sense of self-importance
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ADHD(Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder):
inattention, impulsiveness, low tolerance for frustration; usually lots of inappropriate activity
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autism:
- severe developmental disability;
- communication problems(socially awkward)
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disorders found in all cultures
schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
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most commonly reported disorder in college students
depression
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