PSY240H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Trepanning, Unconditional Positive Regard, Aaron T. Beck
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Psychopathology: refers to anything leading to the end mentally. Standards for what is normal and abnormal: cultural relativism, unusualness of behaviour, discomfort of the person exhibiting the behaviour, mental illness, maladaptiveness controllability: someone who feels compelled to do something, don(cid:495)t have a choice, do so willingly. Gets in the way of your daily life. No universal standards or rules for labelling a behaviour as abnormal; behaviours can only be abnormal relative to cultural norms: however, culture can change over time. Is the behaviour rare? (depends in part on the norms for that behaviour in a culture. ) Example: in canada it would be very rare to see loud screaming and wailing at a funeral. In the middle east it would be very strange were people not screaming and wailing at a funeral: consider a rare behaviour, the person demonstrating it, and the situation (context) in which it occurs.
