PSYC 3300 Midterm: PSYC 3300 Midterm Notes
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Lecture 1: definitional and historical considerations, and canada"s mental health system: Is a field concerned with the nature and development of abnormal . When describing and labelling behaviour, there is a need to be as objective as possible. This is an interesting time in the study of abnormal behaviour . The field is also under great scrutiny subsequent to the introduction, in may 2013, of in part, fuelled by developments in neuroscience. the: Diagnostic and statistical manual fifth edition (dsm-5; see http://www. dsm5. org) Canada now has its first comprehensive mental health strategy: http://strategy. mentalhealthcommission. ca. Abnormality usually determined by the presence of several characteristics at one time such as: A behaviour that occurs rarely or infrequently. A behaviour that defies or goes against social norms; it either threatens or makes anxious those observing it. This is a definition of abnormal behaviour that is relative to one"s culture/group: what is the norm in one culture may be abnormal in another.
