PSY 1102 Lecture 1: Chapter 15 Summary

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

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Psychological disorders: deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional patterns of thoughts, feelings or behaviours. Standards for deviant behavior vary by context, culture and time. From 1952 through december 9 1973 homosexuality was classified as an illness and by dec 10th it wasn"t. American psychiatric association dropped homosexuality as a disorder bc more and more of the members believed it was no longer a psychological problem. To be considered disordered, deviant behavior usually causes a person distress: deviant and distressful behaviours are more likely to be considered disordered when also judged to be harmful dysfunction. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd): a psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more of three key symptoms: extreme inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. Yes this is because depending where they live children who are a persistent pain in the neck at school, as seen by their teachers, are diagnosed as such and given a powerful prescription drug.