PSYC 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Vincent Van Gogh, Osama Bin Laden, Charles Manson
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Psyc 102 - introductory psychology - lecture 24: abnormal behavior and psychological. Many related terms concerning abnormal behavior and psychological disorders. Mentally ill - okay but assumes it"s medical. Four standard criteria: statistical deviance, cultural deviance, emotional distress, dysfunction. Creates an appearance that looks as bizarre as possible. Strong in this aggression that he remains out of control. Creating things that make people happy and joyful. Able to capture the artistic side of human being. Awareness of right-wrong at the time of the crime. Implication: if insane, then not guilty of the crime. The less guilty they are legally but. Jeffrey dahmer - cooked and ate young boys. Andre yates - drowned her children over a long period of time. Two models of mental illness (parallel with the nature vs. nurture contribution: medical model. Abnormal behavior is caused by a disease. Cured with appropriate therapy: sociological model. E. g. , homosexuality - now only if distressing.
