Title: Abnormal Psychology:
1Chapter 1
- Abnormal Psychology
- Definition
- The Core Concepts
2Core Concepts in Abnormal Psychology
- Core Concepts in Defining Abnormality
- 1. The importance of context in defining and
understanding abnormality
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4Core Concepts in Abnormal Psychology
- 2. The continuum between normal and abnormal
behavior
Intelligence
Suicidality
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6Core Concepts in Abnormal Psychology
- 3. Cultural and historical relativism in defining
and classifying abnormal behavior - No universal definition of abnormality
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9Approaches to Defining Abnormal Behavior
- Does Infrequency Define Abnormality?
- Does Suffering Define Abnormality?
- Does Strangeness Define Abnormality?
- Does the Behavior Itself Define Abnormality?
- Should Normality Serve as a Guide?
10Commonly Used Criteria for Defining Abnormality
(HIDES)
- Help Seeking
- Irrationality/Dangerousness
- Deviance
- Emotional Distress
- Significant Impairment
11Core Concepts in Abnormal Psychology
- describes behavioral, emotional, or cognitive
dysfunctions that are unexpected in their
cultural context and associated with personal
distress or substantial impairment in
functioning - (DSM-IV)
12Psychopathology Defined
- A psychological dysfunction associated with
distress or impairment in functioning that is not
a typical or culturally expected response - Mental Illness is a less preferred term
- Psychopathology is the scientific study of
psychological disorders
13Core Concepts in Abnormal Psychology
- Science of Pathology
- Roles
- PhD vs. MD vs. MSW
- Clinical descriptions
- Prevalence, onset, prognosis, course
14The Science of Psychopathology
- What Factors Contribute to the Development of
Psychopathology? - Study of etiology
- How Can We Best Improve the Lives of People
Suffering From Psychopathology? - Study of treatment development
- Includes pharmacologic, psychosocial, and/or
combined treatment - How Do We Know That We Have Alleviated
Psychological Suffering? - Study of treatment outcome
- Limited in specifying actual causes of disorders
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16Historical Conceptions of Abnormal Behavior
- Major Psychological Disorders Have Existed
- In all cultures
- Across all time periods
- Supernatural Theory
17Historical Conceptions of Abnormal Behavior
- Disorders caused by demons and supernatural
powers - Treatments include exorcisms
18Historical Conceptions of Abnormal Behavior
- Biological Theory
- Hippocrates
- Syphilis
- John Grey
- Treatment Options
19Historical Conceptions of Abnormal Behavior
- Psychoanalytic Theory
- Freud
- Structure of the mind
- Defense mechanisms
- Stages of development
- Humanistic Theory
- Jung, Alder, Rogers
- Self actualization
20Historical Conceptions of Abnormal Behavior
- Behaviorism
- Pavlovs classical conditioning
- Watsons Albert experiment
- Skinners operant conditioning
21Historical Conceptions of Abnormal Behavior
- Thomas Szasz
- Anti-psychiatry movements
- Myth of Mental Illness
- if you talk to God, you are praying if God
talks to you, you have schizophrenia
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