PS280 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Trepanning, Phlegm, Psychopathology

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31 Mar 2014
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Field concerned with the nature and development of abnormal: behaviour, thoughts (cognitions, feelings (emotions, always looked at the affective domain (feelings and emotions); the #1 affective domain is depression, behavioural aspects all i want to do is sleep i can"t sleep at all , cognitive aspects my life sucks my relationships suck the world sucks , physical aspects shoulders shrunken, drawn face, tears. Statistical infrequency: a behaviour that occurs rarely or infrequently, a 14 year old boy wetting his bed; mental retardation (iq < 70) occur infrequently, as do most mental disorders, why don"t we feel the same way about people on the other end of the spectrum; iq > 100; they are well known and admired instead, discussion point: is statistical infrequency a good enough marker to determine if behaviour is abnormal, consider elite athletic ability, consider the flip side of mental retardation intellectual giftedness (iq > 130)

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