PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

Document Summary

Diagnosing can color ones perception (might influence the way you perceive them) Expectation can play a huge role in our attitudes and behaviors. Being sane in insane places referring to if someone is legally or illegally normal. (can the sane be distinguished from the insane?) Diagnosed individuals (due to their traits or their environments (could that influence a diagnosis) the system that does the labeling. If you find a particularly behavior where you expect to see abnormal behavior (you might see it) Anxiety disorders: generalized anxiety disorders (free-floating anxiety) always freely floating around ;triggered by any particular stimulus (they tend to worry, always worrying about something 2/3rd of these people are women regretting having to make decisions. A ritualistic behavior that one is compelled to do. Obsessive thoughts have to do with thoughts that something terrible is going to happen. Conversion disorders not common where you wake up one morning either deaf or blind.