CAS PS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Amygdala, Learned Helplessness, Anal Stage

• School: Boston University
• Department: Psychological & Brain Sciences
• Course: CAS PS 101
• Professor: Martha Tompson

Document Summary

Behavior that"s atypical, maladaptive, socially unacceptable, or produces emotional discomfort. Atypicality , dysfunctionality , distressful , and dangerous (not all are always evident). Ability to function adequately in everyday social roles is impaired. People with abnormal behavior are in emotional distress and often in emotional pain. First widely accepted system for classifying behavioral disorders was published in 1952. 2013, dsm-5 - reclassified several of the major psychological disorders and refined by the american psychiatric association (apa) - dsm 1. diagnostic criteria for many of them. A pattern of inattention and hyperactivity that interferes with educational, social and. Adhd often dissipates in early adulthood because of neural development. Generalized feeling of dread or apprehension accompanied by physiological reactions like increased hr, shallow breathing, sweating and muscle tension. Differs from fear - fear has an obvious cause and once that"s eliminated, fear subsides - anxiety is less clearly linked to stimuli and thus harder to solve.