PSYC 2060U Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder
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Psychopathology: scientific study of mental, emotional, and behavioural disorders. Subjective discomfort: feelings of discomfort, unhappiness, or emotional distress. Statistical abnormality: having extreme scores on some dimension, such as intelligence, anxiety, or depression. Social non-conformity: disobeying societal standards for normal conduct; usually leads to destructive or self-destructive behaviour. Situational context: social situation, behavioural setting, or general circumstances in which an action takes place. Cultural relativity: judgments are made relative to the values of one"s culture. Behaviour that makes it difficult to function, to adapt to the environment, and to meet everyday demands. Insanity: a legal term; refers to an inability to manage one"s affairs or to be aware of the consequences of one"s actions. Canadian criminal code uses expression criminally not responsible on account of mental disorder instead of insanity. Insanity is established by testimony from expert witness. Expert witness: person recognized by a court of law as being qualified to give expert testimony on a specific topic.
