ABNORMAL NOTES Discuss the extent to which biological‚ cognitive‚ and sociocultural influence abnormal behavior Introduction 1. What is abnormal behavior‚ and how it can be looked at under biological‚ cognitive‚ and sociocultural viewpoints * Its hard to diagnose and fully diagnose a person as there may be: cultural differences‚ different cultural beliefs‚ cultural bound syndromes * Hard to classify abnormal‚ some say abnormal is something away from the normal‚ so someone
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Abnormal Psychology Case Report 1 Patient’s Name: Algernon Greyson Evaluator: Deleted Date of Evaluation: 25 April 2011 1. Purpose for Evaluation: This is the first inpatient admission for this 19 year old‚ single‚ white male who is a student at UW Madison. He was admitted due to abnormal psychological symptoms with possible danger of starving himself to death. The purpose for the current evaluation is to identify and clarify the nature of the patient’s underlying psychological symptoms
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ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY: MOOD DISORDERS A mood disorder is the term given for a group of diagnoses in the DSM IV TR classification system where a disturbance in the person ’s emotional mood is hypothesised to be the main underlying feature. The classification is known as mood (affective) disorders in ICD 10. English psychiatrist Henry Maudsley proposed an overarching category of affective disorder. The term was then replaced by mood disorder‚ as the latter term refers to the underlying or longitudinal
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Stephanie Quinn April 2‚ 2012 Abnormal Psychology Dr. Azar Dickens Diagnostic Evaluation Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer Born on May 21‚ 1960 Date of evaluation: 1992 sometime before the trial Background Information: Jeffrey Dahmer was a sex offender and serial killer mainly between the years 1978 and 1991. He is well known for his severely atypical behaviors. Among his outward manners that are recognized as abnormal are paraphilia-specifically necrophilia and sexual sadism
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Abnormal Psychology Concepts and Diagnoses Discuss the concepts of normality and abnormality. (Discuss: Offer a considered and balanced review that includes a range of arguments‚ factors or hypotheses. Opinions or conclusions should be presented clearly and supported by appropriate evidence) Defining Abnormality * There are several characteristics that can be viewed as components of abnormal behaviour. * These cannot be used independently‚ as no one component sufficiently defines abnormality
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Question 1 Because people who are manic have very elevated moods‚ a new test for mania includes questions about how happy the person feels and how often he or she laughs. This test has: Answers: A. face validity. B. construct validity. C. concurrent validity. D. content validity. Question 2 Which category of clinical tests tends to have the best standardization‚ reliability‚ and validity? Answers: A. projective tests B. response inventories C. personality inventories
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Abnormal Psychology Rumnation and Depression Rumination is defined as the “engagement in contemplation or reflection. It also can be equivocally understood by going over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly.” However‚ depression on the other hand is “a state of unhappiness and hopelessness that can lead up to a lack of energy‚ inability to sleep‚ and‚ sometimes‚ suicidal tendencies.” After the dissection of these denotations‚ individuals can conclude that
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Running Head: Normal and Abnormal Psychology Differences between normal and abnormal psychology Normal psychology is the study of the state of being okay mentally and physically and to be in a position to perform the roles that the society expects one to perform. Psychologists say that a person’s normality is usually questioned as soon as there are conflicts involving functions. In societies‚ people are known to conform and to do the things that other people are comfortable with. When one
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of Cognitive Psychology as a Discipline Evolution of Cognitive Psychology as a Discipline This paper will cover cognition and what it means; this paper will also look at interdisciplinary perspective as it relates to cognitive psychology. Then the paper will describe the emergence of cognitive psychology as a discipline. And last the paper will assess the effects of the decline of behaviorism on the discipline of cognitive
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IB Psych Study Guide ABNORMAL To what extent do biological‚ cognitive‚ and sociocultural factors influence abnormal behavior? I. Introduction * Biological‚ cognitive‚ and sociocultural factors influence abnormal behavior to a great extent. * All influence abnormal behavior such as anxiety disorders‚ affective disorders‚ and eating disorders. * All of these factors are considered “risk factors” increasing a person’s likelihood of having an abnormal psychiatric outcome but do
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