Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter Chapter 16: Autism Spectrum, Specific Phobia, Conversion Disorder

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- Dehoog

Document Summary

The demonological view: abnormal behaviour was claimed to be work of the devil, procedure called trephination drilled hole in skull to release evil spirits. Early biological views: hippocrates suggested that mental illnesses are diseases just like physical disorders, believed that site of illness was the brain, biological emphasis increased after discovery that general paresis (mental deterioration disorder) resulted from brain deterioration. Insanity presumed state of mind of defendant at time of crime. Anxiety disorders group of behaviour disorders in which anxiety and maladaptive behaviours are core of the disturbance: frequency and intensity of anxiety responses are out of proportion to situation that triggered them. Phobic disorder: phobias strong and irrational fears of certain situations or objects, most common include agoraphobia (fear of open and public spaces), social phobias, and specific phobias (dogs, snakes, spiders, etc. ) Generalized anxiety disorder: generalized anxiety disorder a chronic state of diffuse, or free-floating , anxiety that is not attached to specific situations or objects.