PSYC 2900 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Psychopathology, Human Behavior, Behaviorism
24 Dec 2019
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Scientific study of symptoms and causes of mental disorders. Objectives: describing, explaining, predicting, and modifying behaviors associated with mental disorders. People who work in the field strive to alleviate distress and life disruption of those with mental disorders. Assists in care of a patient"s mental health: psychodiagnosis. Attempts to describe, assess, and understand the situation: treatment plan. High priority for mental health professionals: human behavior is complex multiple contributing factors. Predicting behavior: various risk factors for violent behavior, civil commitment (involuntary confinement) Extreme decision impacting an individual"s civil liberties: the premise of the legal system. An individual is innocent until proven guilty. Objective: improve a person"s behavioral, emotional, or cognitive state. Many types of therapies and professional helpers. Views of abnormality: the most widely used classification system. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 5th edition (dsm-5: aspects of judging psychopathology distress. Learned behavior that members of a group transmit to the next generation: viewpoints.
