PSYC 21211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: American Psychological Association, Dsm-5, Personal Distress
20 Mar 2019
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
What criteria might you use to determine something is abnormal from a psychological perspective: 1. Deviance: must be significantly different from what society deems acceptable: 2. Maladaptive behavior: interferes with persons ability to function: 3. Depends on social norms consider example of spiritual experiences: psychodiagnosis: classification of disorders, the american psychological association uses the diagnostic and statistical. Now in its fifth revision: the dsm-5. Pervasiveness & extremity of problems matter for thresholds. Worry constantly about minor matters related to family, finances, work, personal illness. Worrying to prepare for the worst but just generates negative emotions and prolonged physiological arousal. Lifetime prevalence: about 5-6: phobic disorder is marked by a persistent and irrational fear of an object of situation that presents no realistic danger. Precise focus, must interfere with everyday behavior: panic disorder is characterized by recurrent attacks of overwhelming anxiety that usually occur suddenly and unexpectedly, agoraphobia is a fear of going out to public places.
