PSYC 2280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Scientific Method, Dsm-5

• School: University of Windsor
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2280
• Professor: Langton

Document Summary

Psychological disfuction: ways of thinking, feeling, acting that appear abnormal and. Personal distress or impairment: distress and suffering is a natural part of life and loss. Prevalence rates are important to recognize generalizability within research. Timing and context: somethings are normal in a certain context yet inappropriate or. Thoughts, feelings and behaviours that are harmful to the individual. How it impacts upon your daily living quality. If so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e is(cid:374)"t distressed or i(cid:373)paired it is outside the realm of modern psychology. The patie(cid:374)t"s le(cid:448)el of hope is (cid:448)ery i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t. Atypical or not culturaly expected: abnormal in other contexts. Example: woman acting aggressively and attacking people, (cid:862)she hears (cid:448)oi(cid:272)es at the (cid:449)ro(cid:374)g ti(cid:373)e(cid:863) Scientist-practitioner model: different disciplines have something to contribute to psychology , Multidisciplinary models (psychiatrists, psychologists, psych nurses, social workers) It is important to follow up and evaluate what you are doing to help a client/patient. Supernatural explanations: no place in the scientific study of psychology.