PSYC 100 Chapter Notes -Twin, Pedophilia, Zoophilia
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Abnormal psychology the study of people who suffer from psychological disorders. Psychological disorder persistently harmful thoughts, feelings, actions; when behaviour is deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional. Abnormality: atypical, unusual, deviant; not shared by many members of the population, maladaptive, dysfunctional, harmful and/or disturbing to the individual, disturbing to others; distressful, unjustifiable, irrational; does not make sense to the average person. Dsm-iv american psychiatric association"s diagnostic and statistical manual of mental. Disorders a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders: axis i clinical disorders, axis ii personality and developmental disorders, axis iii medical conditions, axis iv psychosocial conditions, axis v global assessment of functioning. Anxiety disorders psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviours that reduce anxiety. Explaining anxiety disorders: behavioural (learning) model, classical conditioning, operant conditioning (reinforcement, generalization, observational learning (bandura, biological model, evolution, genetics, physiology, psychoanalytic: as a result of repressed impulses that begin to come into consciousness.
