Major Abnormal Behavior Theories of Psychology Luciano Lara PSY 303 William Ross‚ Ph.D. July 13‚ 2009 Major Abnormal Behavior Theories of Psychology Abnormal behavior has been witnessed by humans throughout the age of modern man. From the pre-industrialized societies of the past that correlated abnormal behavior to evil spirits and supernatural and magical forces to be cast out by spiritual healers or magician with magical spells and holy ritualistic incantations‚ to the purveyors of
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Distinctiveness‚ it means whether an individual displays different behaviors in different situations. Consensus‚ it occurs if everyone who is in a similar situation responds in a same way‚ and the last one‚ which is consistency in a person’s actions. The more consistent the behavior of one person‚ the more the observer is inclined to attribute it to internal causes. Attribution theory defines that when we observe an individual’s behavior‚ we try to determine whether it was internally or externally caused
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Chapter I-A Primer on Abnormality A. What is Abnormal Psychology? It is a branch of psychology which deals with psychopathology (mental disorders) and abnormal behavior. B. Why study abnormal psychology? Abnormal behavior is part of our common experience Lots of unanswered questions and complexities Preparation for future careers C. Why clarify the definition of mental disorder? Influences what is seen as pathological Influences explanation‚ classification and treatment Clarifies
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Vygotsky is a sociocultural theorist; he believed that the social nature of cognitive development excelled with guided participation. A young child will learn how to complete a new task when a more skilled individual either shows the child how to do the new task or tells the child how to do it. Children are able to learn new things more quickly and more accurately with guidance. If a child that had never practiced the dance techniques of ballet was placed in a ballet class‚ they would most likely
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1. What are the 3 main challenges to studying abnormal psychology that we discussed in class? List the 3 challenges and describe why they are important to consider. (4 points) Avoiding stigma‚ objectivity‚ and preconceived notions 2. What are 4 criteria used to define abnormal behavior? Define each criterion and give an example. (4 points) 4 D’s Dysfunction Distress Disability Deviance 3. Describe the diathesis stress model. Give an example of a diathesis and a stress and how they
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relation to the development of abnormal behavior. Use Aaron T. Beck and Albert Ellis as theorists for reference. If you believe the saying ’Perception is everything‚’ then you may well be a cognitivist. According to the cognitive perspective‚ people engage in abnormal behavior because of particular thoughts and behaviors that are often based upon their false assumptions. Cognitives believe that without these thought processes‚ we could have no emotions and no behavior and would therefore not function
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Abnormal psychology has been in existence for more than a century. Mental illness was approached from a spiritual point of view. Individuals of certain beliefs would misdiagnose others from the spiritual perspective and would assume that evil spirits controlled his or hers physical‚ mental‚ and observable world (Tyrer‚ 2010). The following will be covered in this document: Abnormal and normal psychology‚ Mental illness and Personality disorders‚ and Therapies for each illness mentioned in this paper
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Running Heading: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Historical Perspectives of Abnormal Psychology Psychology 410 Abnormal Psychology 7/29/2010 Throughout the history of human kind there has been a fascination of human behavior‚ especially behaviors that are considered to be abnormal. Dating back to biblical times the pursuit of clarity and the desire to cure such behaviors has existed. Theories ranging for demonic possession to biological perspective have been considered. This intense research
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Kristi Husk 26 August 2013 Abnormal Psychology Abnormal psychology is the branch of psychology that examines unusual behavior as compared to that behavior that is classified normal. Throughout history society has tried to understand and control behavior. Many studies such as Skinner’s reinforcement theory‚ has tried to develop techniques to modify behavior. The field of abnormal psychology draws identifies causes for behavior not considered normal by drawing from the general
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circular approach to psychopathology and define abnormal psychology from each of these two perspectives (5) (b) Sue et al (1994‚ p. A-11) define primary prevention as: an effort to lower the incidence of new cases of behavioural disorders by strengthening resources that promote mental health and eliminate features that threaten mental health. Use the two approaches you chose in (a) and show how each of them would approach primary prevention of abnormal behaviour. (20) [25] QUESTION 2 Discuss
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