Psychology 2035A/B Lecture Notes - Demon, Operand, Classical Conditioning

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

Drugs used to treat anxiety are the most popular prescribed drug. The three d"s : deviant, dysfunctional, and distressing: problems with definition: Definitions of normal and abnormal: are influenced by cultural norms and values, change over time within a culture. Distress and dysfunction are subjective states (not objective states) Not clear how much deviance, distress, and dysfunction is required before classified as a psychological disorder: normal and abnormal exist on a continuum, the dsm multiaxial classification system (p. 444; don"t memorize the details) Part 2: what causes psychological disorders: the demonic persepective. Drill a hole so spirits can escape (or burned witches during the middle ages: the medical perspective. 14: anxiety, depression, schizophrenia stem from abnormal levels of chemicals in the brain: the psychological perspective(s) Freud"s psychodynamic perspective: conflicts between id, ego, and superego structures of the mind, not brain, according to him anxiety stems from unconscious conflict between these three.