PSYC 3390 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Hermann Rorschach, Thematic Apperception Test

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3390
• Professor: Mary Manson

Document Summary

Unit 3 summary (part 2) p. 102-110, 114-138, 139-146: 102-110. 20th century sociology and anthropology are recognized as separate disciplines and working towards understanding sociocultural factors regarding human development and behaviour. There is a relationship between sociocultural factors and psychological disorders these discoveries have aided in modern perspectives of abnormal behaviour. Sociocultural viewpoint -> concerned with impact of culture and other features of the social environment on psychological disorders: these relationships are complex, studied mainly through cross-cultural studies. Cross cultural research enhances knowledge about a range of variation in human behavioural and emotional development; it also generates ideas about what causes normal and abnormal behaviours that can later be tested in laboratories. Research supports that many psychological disturbances in children and adults are universal. There are also marked difference in over- and under-controlled behaviour across countries: chinese are intolerant of undercontrolled behaviours in their children (aggression, disobedience, disrespect, etc. ) whereas north americans have a higher tolerance.