sociocultural factors influence abnormal behavior? • Biological • Genetic predisposition (e.g. depression‚ schizophrenia‚ anorexia nervosa) • Imbalance of neurotransmitters (anorexia nervosa and depression – serotonin‚ schizophrenia – depression • Hormones (anorexia nervosa: cortisol‚ orexin) • Cognitive • Cognitive theorists believe that abnormality is caused by unrealistic‚ distorted or irrational understanding‚ perceptions and thoughts about oneself‚ others or the environment. Abnormal behavior is also
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Abnormal Behavior A known psychological disorder is abnormal behavior. Abnormal behavior is classified into four different categories. The characteristics of these categories consist of statistical deviance‚ cultural deviance‚ emotional distress‚ and dysfunction. Each behavior has specific characteristics as reasons for their classifications. Statistical deviance is sometimes wrongly classified such as being extremely intelligent or being a very good athlete. According to statistical deviance
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Bradley Barn 1.) What are the salient situational factors? • My daughter is allergic to tobacco smoke. • The waiter made a big mistake or careless error in seating preference. • The business men where in the wrong area (non-smoking). • Selecting the restaurant should have been carefully reconsidered because of the allergic reaction to tobacco smoking. 2.) What is the most appropriate conflict management strategy? The most appropriate conflict management strategy would be to avoid forcing
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hPsychological Disorders and Approaches to Treatment APSS 111 Teaching Team What is Abnormal Behavior? • Some leading definitions about what is considered abnormal: • Deviance »Deviate from normative behaviors in our society / culture • Maladaptive Behavior »Impair the person’s normal functioning • Personal Distress • A continuum perspective to understanding abnormality Classification of Psychological Disorders • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – 4th Ed. (Text Revision) (DSM IV‐TR)
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PSY-100: Normal and Abnormal Behavior Scenarios To reflect on what you have read or studied so far in a course is an essential part of understanding. This worksheet form will provide a place for you to take some time and reflect on understanding how psychology can help you in your everyday life. Please use this week’s readings to assist you. As you have learned‚ your mental health and wellness can affect your life and how you interact with others as a student‚ professional‚ and in your personal
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Abnormal Behavior Dee Castellano Psy/410 Version 2 December 3‚ 2011 Sara Beth Lohre Abnormal Behavior With writing this paper lets first begin with the definition of abnormal psychology. According to the dictionary abnormal psychology is the branch of psychology dealing with mental disorders or maladaptive behavior and the study of mental retardation‚ hypnosis‚ mental phenomena such as dreams‚ and altered states or levels of consciousness. (Yourdictionary‚ 2010) * I will begin with
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D1 In this section of my work I will be writing about how you can manage an animal will has an abnormal behaviour or how you can start the treatment for an animal if it has an abnormal behaviour. When an animal has an abnormal behaviour there is many ways in which the owner or trainer can help rehabilitate the animal so they can try and decrease or stop the animal from acting out the abnormal behaviour. There is many different enrichment techniques that you can do for both captive and domestic animals
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Chrissy Hernandez 01/27/2014 PSY-100 Lori Eyre The two scenarios that I chose are as followed: John- Anxiety Disorder- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder 1. As his friend‚ what recommendations could you make in helping him reduce his anxiety? I would suggest that he not make such a demanding schedule and to not put a time limit on the chores that he does every morning. I would help him realize that things do not always happen as one plans and it is not possible to stay on a pattern
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Describe the role of situational and dispositional factors in explaining behavior Both situation and dispositional factors play a significant role in people explaining behavior. (in that they guide the judgment on both our actions and people’s actions.) Attribution theory‚ known as how people interpret and explain behavior in the social world‚ is closely related to these two factors. People tend to attribute behavior depending on their roles as actors or observers‚ known as the actor-observer effect
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This paper will demonstrate the ubiquitous nature of abnormal behaviors/mental disorders in our society. I will touch on different perspectives of having abnormal behaviors and mental disorders. Abnormal behavior is a behavior that is consistent with the individual’s development‚ cultural‚ and societal norms‚ creates emotional distress‚ or interferes with daily functioning. A Mental Disorder is defined as psychological syndrome or behavioral pattern that is associated with subjective distress and/or
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