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Chapter 14 Outline Notes Psychology Weiten 7th Edition

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Grant Clay Period 3 11/22/08 AP Psychology Outline Chapter 14: Psychological Disorders Red ? Definition Blue ? Important Points Green ? Important People & Contributions Medical Model ? Proposes to Think of Abnormal Behavior as a Disease. Thomas Szasz = Medical Model Critic, ?Minds can be ?sick? only in the sense that jokes are ?sick? or Economies are ?sick?.? Diagnosis ? Distinguishing 1 Illness from another. Etiology ? Apparent Causation and Developmental History of an Illness. Prognosis ? A Forecast about the Probable Course of an Illness. Criteria of Abnormal Behavior = Deviance, Maladaptive Behavior, & Personal Distress. Decisions upon if a Person is ?Normal? or ?Abnormal? is based off Social Norms of the Time.

Psychological Disorders

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health

Grant Clay Period 3 11/22/08 AP Psychology Outline Chapter 14: Psychological Disorders Red ? Definition Blue ? Important Points Green ? Important People & Contributions Medical Model ? Proposes to Think of Abnormal Behavior as a Disease. Thomas Szasz = Medical Model Critic, ?Minds can be ?sick? only in the sense that jokes are ?sick? or Economies are ?sick?.? Diagnosis ? Distinguishing 1 Illness from another. Etiology ? Apparent Causation and Developmental History of an Illness. Prognosis ? A Forecast about the Probable Course of an Illness. Criteria of Abnormal Behavior = Deviance, Maladaptive Behavior, & Personal Distress. Decisions upon if a Person is ?Normal? or ?Abnormal? is based off Social Norms of the Time.

Chapter 14 Glossary

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Glossary Chapter 14 Agoraphobia A fear of going out to public places. Amnesia A significant memory loss that is too extensive to be due to normal forgetting. See also Anterograde amnesia, Retrograde amnesia. Anorexia nervosa Eating disorder characterized by intense fear of gaining weight, disturbed body image, refusal to maintain normal weight, and dangerous measures to lose weight. Anterograde amnesia Loss of memories for events that occur after a head injury. Antisocial personality disorder A type of personality disorder marked by impulsive, callous, manipulative, aggressive, and irresponsible behavior that reflects a failure to accept social norms. Anxiety disorders A class of disorders marked by feelings of excessive apprehension and anxiety.
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