PSY 1102 Midterm: PSY1102

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: Marcel Viens

Document Summary

Maladaptive (aggressive behaviour normal in certain gangs) Psychological disorder- deviant, distressful and dysfunctional behaviour patterns of thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Normality: efficient perception of reality, ability to exercise control over behaviour, self-esteem and acceptance, ability to form relationships, productivity. Trephination- a surger(cid:455) to (cid:862)release(cid:863) e(cid:448)il spirits. Religio(cid:374)"s role: 1484- two dominican monks wrote a manual for hunting and disposing witches, during the next 200 years more than 100,000 people with behaviour disorders were identified as witches and executed. 1792- pinel believed that abnormal behaviour was due to sickness and stress, unchained his patients in his asylum. Psychiatry and drugs: biological theories- focus on genetic and biochemical causes. The biopsychological approach- how biological, psychological and social-cultural factors can produce specific psychological disorders. Dsm- diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. Dsm-v was introduced last year: got rid of axis, changes to autism, adhd, bereavement, etc, anxiety, dissociative, somatoform, schizophrenia and other psychotic, mood, personality.