Psyc 218 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

abnormal psychology - Answer the scientific study of abnormal behavior in an effort to describe, predict, explain, and change abnormal patterns of functioning norms - Answer society's stated and unstated rules for proper conduct. culture - Answer a person's common history, values, institutions, habits, skills, technology, and arts 4 D's - Answer deviance, distress, dysfunction, danger treatment - Answer systematic procedure designed to change abnormal behavior into more normal beh...

What are the Four D's? - Answer Deviance, Distress, Dysfunction, Danger What do the models or perspectives used to explain events do? - Answer spell out basic assumptions give order to the field under study set guidelines for investigation influence investigator behaviors What are the models? - Answer Biological, Psychodynamic, Behavioral, Cognitive, Humanistic-Existential, Sociocultural Explain the Biological Model - Answer -adopts a medical perspective -focuses on idea that abnor...

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PSYC 3140 Abnormal Psychology Test Bank (answered) 1 Psychological abnormality may include deviance, distress, dysfunction, and danger. First, explain what these terms mean regarding psychological abnormality. Second, provide an example of a time when each aspect of abnormality would not be considered abnormal. • 2 Suppose a friend of yours says to you, “I feel really lousy today, and I don't know why. You're taking abnormal psych—what do you think?” If, after your conversation wi...