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• Overview to understanding abnormal behavior

  1. Teaching about abnormal behavior

  2. First step is an overview to understanding abnormal behavior
• Abnormal behavior is the focus of abnormal psychology
• Psychologists' focus


  What is wrong with an individual
• Criteria for psychological disorders

  • Interfere with ability to work, love, or play
  • Cause distress
  • Not socially acceptable
  • Not defined in terms of social rebellion or deviance
• Psychological disorders may not have a known cause
• General psychology class focuses more on normal behavior
• Criteria for psychological disorders: clinically significant, distressing, not socially acceptable, not defined in terms of social rebellion or deviance
• Psychologists focus on what is wrong with an individual
• Psychological disorders


  May not have a known cause
• The DSM-5 will be the new version
• The DSM-5 is published by the American Psychiatric Association
• The DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual) is considered the Bible of psychology, specifically for abnormal psychology
• Psychologists often focus on the negatives instead of the positive aspects of individuals
• Skulls have been discovered with a procedure called trepanning, possibly used to treat psychological disorders
• Deinstitutionalization movement led to the closure of large state institutions for mental health
• The humanitarian approach views psychological disorders as a result of cruelty, stress, or poor living conditions
• The DSM covers different psychological disorders
• Wires could pull things down on top of them

  Potential danger in the scenario
• A new DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual) is scheduled to come out
• The DSM-5 is not in Roman numerals
• The Mental Hygiene movement aimed to improve psychological functioning by removing stress and poor living conditions
• In ancient civilizations, a spiritual approach was often taken to treat psychological disorders
• Psychological disorders have been present throughout human history
• Benjamin Rush took a scientific approach to psychiatry and treatments
• The funding for deinstitutionalization came from JFK's administration
• Advocacy programs and anti-stigma programs were developed out of the humanitarian movement
• Pavlov is known for classical conditioning and Skinner for behaviorism
• Sigmund Freud used a psychodynamic approach to psychology and psychoanalytic approach to treatment
• The funding for building community mental health centers was largely unfunded
• Hippocrates asked scientific questions about mental illness around 400 BC
• Martin Seligman is prominent in positive psychology
• Research methods involve identifying independent and dependent variables, understanding experimental designs, placebo conditions, double-blind studies, and correlations
• The deinstitutionalization movement led to the closure of large institutions
• Genetics plays a significant role in abnormal psychology research
• Scientific research has led to significant developments in the field of abnormal psychology
• Psychology is a science focused on researching psychological disorders and treatments objectively
• Surveys, laboratory studies, case studies, and single case experimental designs are types of research studies in abnormal psychology