PSYC 3390 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Mania, Psychopathology, Behaviorism

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3390
• Professor: Heather Mc Lean

Document Summary

Psychological disorder: a psychological dysfunction within an individual that is associated with distress or impairment in functioning and a response that is not typically or culturally expected. Jody: 16 year old boy who fainted at the sight of blood, finds it difficult to look at raw meat or band-aids. Phobia: psychological disorder characterized by marked and persistent fear of an object or situation. Breakdown in cognitive, behavioral, or emotional functioning. Criterion is satisfied if the individual is very upset. Although this distress may not be present in mania or antisocial disorder. Fainting at the sight of sometime is an obvious impairment. Something is abnormal because it deviates from the average: but celebrities do this all the time and it doesn"t make them abnormal. You are violating social norms: masai example, a woman is crazy because she killed a goat (only men kill goats) and she heard voices at the wrong time.