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Abnormal Psychology
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| Study of causes and progressions of psychological disorders. |
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| causing signigicant:personal distress, impairment in daily life, risk of harm; and behaviour, thought or emotions which are unusual for the context or culuture from which they arise |
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| Significant reduction in ones ability to function in some area of life : school, work, relationships |
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| Impaired ability to percieve reality to the extent that normal functioning is impossible |
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| Sensations (auditory, visual, olfactory, or gustatory) which apear real but they are not |
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| Persistant false beliefs that are held despite evidence that the beliefs are incorrect or exaggerate reality |
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| shared norms and values of a society (each society difines its own norms) |
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Scientific account which focused on observable behaviors and learning theories.
(treatment based on learning) |
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Scientific account which focused on individual thinking processes (mental disorders arise from faulty thought)
(Treatment by changing dysfunctional thoughts and beliefs) |
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| Factors that lead a person to develop a psychological disorder. |
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