PSYC 2000 Chapter : Chapter 14 Comprehensive Notes
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Psychological disorder: any pattern of behavior that causes people significant distress, causes them to harm themselves or others, or harms their ability to function in daily life. Abnormality: something that goes against the norms or standards of the society in which the individual lives. Biological: model of explaining behavior as caused by biological changes in the chemical, structural, or genetic systems of the body. Psychological: encompasses three areas: 1 psychoanalytic, psychoanalytic theorists assume that abnormal behavior stems from repressed conflicts and urges that are fighting to become conscious, ex. What might a psychoanalyst say about ocd: freud: potty training troubles, trying to counteract inappropriate/unacceptable impulses, 2. Behaviorists: see abnormal behavior as learned, 3. Cognitive: cognitive theorists see abnormal behavior as coming from irrational beliefs and illogical patterns of thought, many clinicians take a cognitive behavioral approach (ex. Biopsychosocial perspective: incorporates biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors.
