Psychology 2030A/B Lecture 1: Lecture 1

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

Document Summary

Chapter 1: abnormal psychology: theme of the textbook: abnormal behaviour must always be considered in context. Inconsistent with social norms, developmental norms and cultural norms. Factors to consider when addressing abnormal behaviour: personal characteristics e. g. race, sex, or ethnicity, example: women are more likely to suffer from anxiety disorders and mood disorders. Eccentricity: example: millionaire who wills his entire real estate to his dog, this behaviours violates cultural norms, but it is labelled eccentric, not abnormal, not always negative or harmful to others. Sometimes behaviours initially appear eccentric cross line into dangerousness. External symptoms indicated imbalance of fluids (bloods) found in the body: he believed hysteria only occurred in women empty uterus wandering, galen"s contribution studied human anatomy the wandering uterus theory that the uterus lodged internally. He believed in a substance called animal magnetism existed within the body when it was disturbed categories etiology and prognosis. Best known for dementia praecox deterioration believed resulted from autointoxication self poisoning.