Download Chapter 16 Part I Intro to Abnormal Psychology,

Chapter 16 Part I
Intro to Abnormal
Psychology,
Information in text pages 619-625
Please utilize Barron’s Book for this
chapter!
4/3 Chapter 16 quiz – Intro to abnormal, anxiety,
OCD, PTSD, and mood disorders quiz (25 MC
questions)
Defining Psychological
Disorders (Flip it video 65)
Abnormal psychology: the study of people who
suffer from a psychological disorder.
Defining Abnormal:
1. Unjustifiable
2. Maladaptive (harmful)
3. Atypical (uncommon)
4. Disturbing (dysfunctional)
*Insanity – comes out of the legal system. It is not a
psychological or medical diagnosis.*
Early Theories
(Defining Psychological Disorders)
• Historically: Abnormal behavior
was evil spirits trying to get
out.
Medical model – Philippe Pinel
Psychological disorders, have
physical causes that can be
diagnosed, treated, and in most
cases cured, often through
treatment in a hospital.
Perspectives and
Disorders
Psychological School/Perspective
Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic
Cause of the Disorder
Internal, unconscious drives
Humanistic
Failure to strive to one’s potential or
being out of touch with one’s feelings.
Behavioral
Reinforcement history, the
environment.
Cognitive
Irrational, dysfunctional thoughts or
ways of thinking.
Sociocultural
Biomedical/Neuroscience
Dysfunctional Society
Organic problems, biochemical
imbalances, genetic predispositions.
Biopsychosocial Approach
Figure 65.1 The biopsychosocial approach to psychological disorders
David G. Myers: Myers’ Psychology for AP®, Second Edition
Copyright © 2014 by Worth Publishers
Classifying Psychological
Disorders
DSM-V: Diagnostic & Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders (5th
Edition)
• Used to diagnose psychological
disorders.
• Includes symptoms for all
psychological disorders.
• DOES NOT LIST CAUSES OR
TREATMENTS.
• Categories: Anxiety, Somatoform,
Dissociative, Mood, schizophrenia,
and personality disorders.
Two Major Classifications in the
DSM
Neurotic Disorders
• Distressing but one can
still function in society
and act rationally.
Psychotic Disorders
• Person loses contact
with reality,
experiences distorted
perceptions.
John Wayne Gacy
Labeling Psychological
Disorders
• Rosenhan’s study: misdiagnosed with disorders.
• Power of labels
– Preconception can stigmatize
• Stereotypes of the mentally ill