Abnormal Behavior Flashcards
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Abnormal Psychology
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Scientific study aimed at describing, explaining, predicting and treating abnormal behavior
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Determining Abnormal Behavior
THE 3 D’s
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DEVIANCE: Cultural Inappropriateness or DEVIANCE from social norms
DISTRESS:
Feeling pain
Physical harm, substance abuse
DISABILITY:
Impairment or DISABILITY.
Holding normal relationships, keeping a job, going to school
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Prevelance
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Percentage of people in a population with a disorder at a given time
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Lifetime Prevelance
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Total proportion of people in a population who have ever had a disorder
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Incidence
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Onset of new cases of a disorder over a period of time
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ETIOLOGY
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- Mental disorders are caused primarily by biological issues
- Abnormal behavior is caused by psychopathology
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Models in Psychology
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- Biological
- Humanistic
- Psychoanalytic
- Behavioral
