PSYC 241- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 129 pages long!)
30 Nov 2017
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Application of psychological science to the study of mental disorders. Field concerned with the nature and development of abnormal: Write down one ex. of something you would think is abnormal. How are you defining it? other than average (normal) May feel sadness in a different way, for a longer time. Abnormality usually determined by the presence of several characteristics at one time such as statistical infrequency violation of norms personal distress disability or dysfunction unexpectedness. For example, 14-year old boy wetting his bed and intellectual disabilities occur infrequently as do most mental disorders. Abnormal behaviour violates social norms or threatens or makes anxious those observing. Anti-social behaviour violates social norms and makes those observing it anxious. Although some things are abnormal, some things are criminal. Even if canada is a cultural mosaic, domestic violence may be accepted in their culture, it is still a crime. Abnormal behaviour creates great distress and torment in the person (personal suffering)
