[Psychology 2310A/B] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (127 pages long)

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2310A/B
• Professor: Elizabeth Hayden

Document Summary

^ all disorders classified in the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm-5) American psychistric association (2013) - most broadly accepted system for identifying disorders. Also used: international classification of mental and behavioral disorders (icd-10) Eileen: religious girl, believed in astrology, end of the world and talking to the dead. Strict family rules, no makeup, no colourful clothes, etc. Painted windows black 2 avoid neighbors, cluttered office, old tattered suit and baseball cap, rambled in lectures. Above = eccentric and unusual but no psychological disorder. Two problems defining abnormality: eccentric and unusual behavior/ beliefs are not necessarily abnormal according to diagnostic criteria, behaviors that are threatening to others = not always signs of an underlying psychological disorder. Psychological abnormality : behavior, speech, or thought that prevents you from functioning normally (how people expect you to act) Mental illness: conveys the same meaning as psychological abnormality but implies a medical rather than psychological cause.