unit 8 general vocab

Abnormal Behavior

maladaptive behavior, disrupt everyday life, not usual typical behavior

Atypical Behavior

anxious, lack social skills, like autism

Deviance

thoughts, emotions, different from society

Dysfunction

interfere ability to daily activities

distress

pain discomfort

danger

dangerous to self and others

Psychopathology

study of abnormal behavior

Psychosis/Psychotic

symptoms that lose touch with reality (schizophrenic)

Diathesis-Stress Model

mental disorder is developed and directly linked to exposure to stressful life events

Medical Model

biological perspective, of brain problems with neurotransmitters, etc

BioPsychoSocial Approach 

all bio, psych and social perspectives all at once

Comorbidity

combined disorders

Dopamine

neurotransmitter that brings pleasure and happy

Serotonin

neurotransmitter that changes mood

DSM 5 

diagnostic and statistical manuel of psych disorders, psychologists use to refer to

Clusters of personality disorders

cluster A: abnormal behavior, weird
cluster B: wild
cluster C: worried