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Abnormal Psychology
Psychology Grade 12
Ms. Rebecca
Reminder
• Psychology: is the study of the way
people think feel and act in everyday life.
I. Psychological Disorders
• Behaviors or mental processes that cause
pain or make it so a person CAN’T deal
with everyday life.
A. Identifying Psychological
Disorders
• Almost 1/3 of people in the U.S. have
some sort of psychological disorder at
some point in their lives.
• So how do you know if you have a
psychological disorder?
A. Identifying Psychological
Disorders
• People with psychological disorders
usually aren’t that different) from “normal
people” (or the majority of the population).
They often just have an exaggeration or
are more extreme in terms of certain
thoughts or behaviors.
A. Identifying Psychological
Disorders
• Example:
• Wanting to be clean is pretty “normal”
• Having an urge to wash your hands until
they bleed is not normal.
B. Symptoms of Psychological
Disorders
• Note: Just because someone may exhibit
some of these symptoms it does NOT
necessarily mean that they definitely have
a psychological disorder!
• It is EXTREMELY difficult to diagnose
someone with a psychological disorder
B. Symptoms of Psychological
Disorders
• Psychologists look at 4 different things to
try to figure out if a person may have a
psychological disorder.
1. Typicality
• How does a person’s thoughts or behavior
compare to most people in that person’s
culture? Are they “normal”?
2. Maladaptivity
• Do a person’s thoughts or actions make it
hard for them to live normally in everyday
life? Does the person have thoughts or
behaviors that are dangerous to
themselves or others? Ex) Alcohol abuse;
suicide thoughts; physically abusive to
others or oneself
3. Emotional Discomfort
• Does the person feel depressed, helpless,
hopeless, worthless, guilty, or extremely
sad? Do they maybe even feel like life is
not worth living?
4. Socially Unacceptable
Behavior
• Does a person exhibit behavior that goes
against their society’s accepted “norms”?
• Depends on the society or culture
III. Classifying Psychological
Disorders
• Once a psychologist believes that
someone shows some signs of maybe
having a psychological disorder they need
to classify it to try to figure out exactly
what disorder someone has so that it can
be treated.
III. Classifying Psychological
Disorders
• DSM IV: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
of Mental Disorders
• Most widely used classification system for
psychological disorders.
18 Dif categories of disorders
• Page 414 in textbook
B. 6 Major Types of Psychological
Disorders
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1. Anxiety Disorders
2. Dissociative Disorders
3. Somatoform disorders
4. Mood Disorders
5. Schizophrenia
6. Personality Disorders
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Define the following words on your
new vocabulary note cards
template
Typicality
Maladaptivity
Emotional Discomfort
Socially Unacceptable Behavior
DSM IV
Anxiety Disorders
Dissociative Disorders
Somatoform Disorders
Mood Disorders
Schizophrenia
Personality Disorders
Exit Slip
• 1. How are people with psychological
disorders different from “normal” people?
• 2. How do psychologists try to figure out
whether or not someone has a
psychological disorder?
• You must write the answers to these and
turn them in before you leave class!