PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Neurosis, Abnormal Psychology, Distressing

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

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Final exam: wednesday april 13: what is abnormal psychology? o. Criteria/ classification for psychological disorders: anxiety disorders: o o o o. Person is suffering, unhappy: 2) behaviour is maladaptive. Deviation from statistical average: changes with age, classification. Neurotic: distressing problem but person is still coherent and can function socially (once acute phase of disorder is treated), e. g. most disorders discussed today. Psychotics: more bizarre, involving delusions or hallucinations. Individual has impaired thought processes and cannot function socially. Fear is a normal reaction to a known, external source of danger. In anxiety, the individual is frightened by the course of the danger is not known, not recognized, or inadequate to account for the symptoms. Anxiety: fear in situations that pose no objective threat, 3 components, anxiety disorders, cognitive: Muscle tension, increased heart rate: behavioural: Simple phobias: most common fears: animals, heights, blood, flying.