Abnormal Psych #1

Deviance

Violation of social norms

Dysfunction

Disturbance in behavior/cognition processing underlying mental function.

Psychological Disorder

Disfunction which causes impaired behavior that is not societal standards.

Abnormal psychology

Study of abnormal behavior with the intent to explain/treat.

Psychopathology

The study of psychological disorders.

NoNomenclature

Structure to understand mental disorders in a meaningful way.

Demonological Model

Mental illness is a product of demonic possession.

Trephination

To let evil out

Epidemiology

Scientific study of the frequency and causes of diseases and other health related states

Phlegmatic

Slow, sluggish

Sanguine

Cheerful

Choleric

Quick tempered

Comorbidity

Two or more mental disorders are occurring at the same time in the same person.

Malleus Maleficarum

Type of exocism used for people who are prone to the devil.

Asylum

Separation from the mentally ill and not for treatment.

Who led humanistic ideas?

Jean-Baptiste Pussin, and Philippe Pineal

Moral Treatment Movement

Respectful treatment and moral guidance for the mentally ill.

Emil Kraepelin

Symptoms occurred regularly in clusters called syndrome and helped become the basis of DSM.

Deinstitutionalization

Moving people out of hospitals to the local communities

Naturalistic Method

serving in natural environment

Correlational Method

Co-variation of two or more variables

Epidemiological method

Track rates in the population

Case study method

Study one individual in great depth

Kinship Studies

Look at the frequency of outcomes across populations with different levels of heredity and environment.

What triggers predispositions?

Genes, environment, biology

Afferent neurons or sensory neurons (B)

Input sent to the brain through this

Perception

Brain process the input