Psychology 2310A/B Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Schizophrenia, Major Depressive Disorder, Amplitude Modulation
12 Oct 2018
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Common misconceptions: psychological disorders are always bizarre, the difference between normality and abnormality is radical. Greyhound bus decapitation (cbc documentary: mental disorders are something to be ashamed of, exaggerated fear of one"s own susceptibility. Supernatural beliefs - spiritual: bad spirits possessing and entering the human body, treatment, exorcism, prayer, rituals, treatment approach may be cruel or benign/compassionate, consistent with certain religious views. Biological/medical - somatogenesis: your body is experiencing a problem with its functioning, anatomy, physiology, treatment: Separates mind from body: doctors, medication, bodily intervention, hippocrates(400bce, four humours: Black bile - melancholic temperament: treatment to balance humours done through blood-letting, purging, laxatives, etc, these treatments continued until mid-1800s, believed an imbalance of humours influenced your personality, hysteria. "wandering uterus: causes stress, early classification system, mania. Impulsivity: energy, driven in ways that can cause harm, physically, financially, emotionally, melancholia sadness, phrenitis. Inflammation of the brain: paracelsus (1500s, spiritus vitae lunacy.
