PSY 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 202
• Professor: Taryn Grieder

Document Summary

Abnormal: abnormal thoughts and behaviours are just more extreme versions of thoughts and behaviours we all product, even with extreme behaviours, what get called abnormal" depends on context. Abnormal behaviour: subjective because other places might seen abnormal behaviour as normal. Mental illness: psychopathology ( mental illness ) is often seen as a failure of adaptation to the environment, failure analysis approach tries to understand mi by examining breakdown in functioning, mental disorder does not have a cut de nition. Psychological abnormality: refs to behaviour, speech, or thought that impairs the ability of a person to function in a way that is generally expected of them. Psychological disorder: manifestation of this impairment that is described by certain criteria. Many different conceptions of this abnormal behaviour each with pros & cons: statistical rarity, subjective distress, impairment, societal disapproval (culturally relative , biological dysfunction.