Past And Present Flashcards
On what are we basing psychological abnormality
dysfunction,distress, deviance and danger
What is psychology dysfunction?
It’s when you are so emotionally unstable that you cannot function in your every day life
What is personal distress
Difficulty in performing expected roles
Deviance
Violation of norms. (Norms are cultural)
What is danger
When a person is a threat to others or themselves e.g. suicide
What is clinical description
The goal of describing clinical description, prevalence and incidence
What is clinical description
Feelings and behaviours that cause dysfunction
What is prevalence
Number of people displaying a disorder in the total population
What is incidence
Nb of cases appearing in specific period of time
What are the different courses of a disorder
Episodic, time-limited and chronic course
What is a episodic course
It is when you experience a disorder, it improves, there is a recurrence and it gets better again
What is a time-limited course
When a disorder improve w/o treatment
What is a chronic course
When a disorder is long lasting
What is an acute onset of disorder
It is when a disorder begin suddenly
What is an insidious onset disorder
It is when a disorder appears gradually
What are the types of prognosis
Good: the treatment will help the person overtime
Guarded: you cannot predict what is going to happen over time
What is etiology
Study of origins and cause of the development of psychopathology
What is the integrative approach
When we consider multiple factors like biological, psychological and social
What are the three methods
Case study, correlational methods and experimental method
Advantages and disadvantages of case study
+: gain insight and learn something new
- : you have biases and it provides little base for generalizations
What are three important aspects of the experimental methods
- Control group
- Random assignment
- Double blind design
