Psychology 2030A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Behaviorism, Informed Consent, Macon County, Alabama

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2030A/B
• Professor: Ian Nicholson

Document Summary

In 2001 li began acting strangely and hallucinating. In early july 2008 he was fired from walmart: on july 30 2008 while on a greyhound he obeyed auditory hallucinations to cause harm, committed grisly murder, when treated he felt remorse for what he did. Found not criminally responsible at trial due to schizophrenia. Li is an example of how an abnormal experience (hallucinating) can have a tragic outcome. Research hot topic: approaches to abnormal behaviour: categorical, do you meet diagnostic criteria or not, things to consider. Just as people are different, so are symptoms: at what point is "enough" regarding one"s symptoms, dimensional, abnormal behaviour is constantly changing, things to consider, abnormal behaviour can be placed on a continuum. Prevalence of psychological disorders in children by age and sex: the rate of psychological disorders decreases as boys enter teen years, but increases as girls enter adolescence.