PSYC 3390 Chapter : Abnormal Psychology.docx

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3390
• Professor: Mary Manson

Document Summary

Family aggregation, whether a disorder runs in families. About 20 percent of canadians will suffer from a mental disorder at some point in their lives, with anxiety disorders being especially common. Double- blind study; neither the participants nor the experimenter who was working with the participants knew who got the genuine magnets. At the most fundamental level, classification systems provide us with a nomenclature ( a naming system) and enable us to structure information in a more helpful manner. Symptom: a symptom is a single indicator of a problem. It can involve affect ( e. g. , sad mood, anxiousness), behaviour ( problems sleeping, lethargy), or cognition ( excessive worry, suicidal thoughts). Syndrome: a syndrome is a group or cluster of symptoms that all occur together. For example, sad or depressed mood, problems sleeping, concentration problems, weight loss, and suicidal thinking are all symptoms that reflect the syndrome of depression.