Abnormal Psychology Janelle Gunnels Psy/410 November 7‚ 2013 Stephen Hoyer Abnormal Psychology Even though abnormal psychology is a highly controversial aspect of psychology‚ often challenges define and classify normal and abnormal behavior. Abnormal psychology has evolved into a scientific discipline and several theories have advanced our comprehension of psychology through theoretical models. Abnormal psychology is defined as a branch of psychology that correlates
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John Doe 11/22/2013 PSY-150 Chapter 13 Activity Anxiety Disorder When a person is faced with a stressful situation‚ the body’s reaction is to become anxious. In some cases‚ that reaction is severe‚ causing individuals to become unable to move beyond the fear and anxiety they feel for long periods of time. Often‚ this is indicative of an anxiety disorder. There are a number of different
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diagnosing the person with Anti Social Personality Disorder (ASPD) (Meyers‚ 2006). Another factor that is considered is the environment in which a person grows up in (nurture). For example‚ a child experiencing abuse‚ punishment‚ depression and anxiety all combined with social and biological factors are explanations developing serial killers. In Jeffrey Dahmer’s case there seems to be a number of influences that motivated his actions‚ such as; socially‚ nurture and biological explanations. Jeffrey
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Neurocognitive and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Kimberly Hollis PSY/410 February 3‚ 2015 Richard Reinsch Neurocognitive and Neurodevelopmental Disorder When it comes to neurocognitive disorders and neurodevelopmental disorders‚ reaserchers have been able to diagnose symptoms of a variety of disorders pertaining to the brain and growth development. Once knowing what the symptoms are behaviors become noticed and there becomes a reason for certain behaviors in individuals allowing different treatments
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Somatoform Disorders PSY/410 Somatoform Disorders “Somatoform disorders are characterized by the presence of physical symptoms or concerns that are not due to a medical disorder” (Hansell & Damour‚ 2008‚ p. 224). Individuals who suffer from somatoform disorders experience symptoms of physical disease or defect when there is nothing wrong with their bodies medically. Factitious disorders are similar to somatoform disorder in that individual’s fake bodily symptoms to give others the perception
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1 Disorder Clarification & Case Analysis Loren Sims PSY/410 April 30‚ 2013 NICHELLE GAUSE 2 Disorder Clarification & Case Analysis The Case study of Sally is an example of undifferentiated schizophrenia; undifferentiated schizophrenia is a type of schizophrenia where the patients have “the characteristics positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia but do not meet the specific criteria for the paranoid‚ disorganized‚ or catatonic subtypes” (Meyer‚ Chapman‚ & Weaver ‚
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Jillian Kaman October 27‚ 2011 Writing Assignment 6 Gregory Bovasso Somatoform Disorders Somatoform disorders and dissociative disorders are issues that look like medical problems but are actually psychosocially induced. Somatoform disorders are psychological issues being shown mostly as a physical problem. When asked to compare and contrast a few of the main Somatoform disorders I can strongly say that what I found in my studies was quite interesting. In a few short paragraphs below I
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University of Phoenix Material Learning Personality Theories Matrix Theory | Assumptions | Reliability | Validity | Application | Behavioral Analysis Theory | * Originated by E.L. Thorndike and John Watson but typically associated with B.F. Skinner. * General focus was on observable behavior even though internal states such as thinking and feeling can influence behavior as well. * History of an individual provides the most useful data for predicting and controlling behavior. However‚
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Somatoform Disorder Somatoform disorders deal with people who show symptoms of a somatic or bodily disorder‚ even though there is no physical cause for it. This psychological disorder takes a somatic/bodily form‚ thus it is called a somatoform disorder. There are mainly five types of this disorder: Undifferentiated Somatoform Disorder‚ Conversion Disorder‚ Pain Disorder‚ Hypochondriasis‚ Body Dysmorphic Disorder‚ and Somatoform Disorder not Otherwise Specified (NOS). One example of this
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University of Phoenix Material Psychotherapy Matrix Select three therapeutic approaches to summarize using any of the following: psychodynamic therapy‚ behavior therapy‚ humanistic therapy‚ cognitive therapy‚ family systems and group therapy‚ and biomedical therapies. |Therapy Approach |Techniques Used |Disorders Appropriate for This Therapy | |Psychodynamic |People meet with their therapist at least once
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