Psy. 101

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THE TEST

Multiple Choice

Four or five alternatives

Half from lectures

Divided among the lectures

Half from textbook

Distributed among the chapters

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Multiple choice questions

THE CLASS

What is Psychology?

What is Psychopathology?

Psychology: The scientific study of human behaviour

The fundamental question in Psychological Science

"Why do people behave the way they do?"

"Why do people act, think, feel the way they do?"

How do we answer those questions?

According to the rules of SCIENTIFIC METHOD

What is Psychology?

What is Psychopathology?

Psychopathology: The scientific study of psychological disorders.

The fundamental question in Psychopathology

"Why do people behave in abnormal ways?"

"Why do people act, think, feel abnormally?"

How do we answer those questions?

According to the rules of SCIENTIFIC METHOD

Words Words Words

Mental illness

Psychological disorder

Psychopathology

Any psychological disorder

Psychopathy

One type of psychopathology

Words Words Words

Psychosis

Set of symptoms

Sometimes present

Hallucinations

Visual

Auditory

Tactile

Professional Team

Psychologist (PhD+)

Scientist-Practitioner

Psychiatrist (MD+)

Prescription Drugs

Medical Treatment

Psychoanalyst (MD/PHD++)

Psychoanalysis

Psychiatric Nurse (RN)

Specialist

Psychiatric Social Worker (MSW)

Case management

Family Therapy

Scientist-Practitioner

WorkPlaces

Universities and Colleges

Teaching and Research

Hospitals and Clinics

Private Practice

Assessment

Treatment

Business

Human Resources

Advertising

Schools

Learning Disabilities

Government

Criminal Justice

History of Abnormal Behaviour

"How a particular society reacts to abnormality depends on its values and assumptions about human life and behaviour..."

History...

Three Traditions/Models

Supernatural

Possession

Medical/Biological

Disease process

Genetics

Psychological/Experience

Learning

Diathesis/Stress

Supernatural Explanations

Supernatural

Demonology

Moon and stars

Prehistoric

-500,000 years

Abnormality was due to divine intervention

Punishment from gods

Curses

Possession

Angry gods

Demons

Personal sin

Stigma: Negative

Ancient Greece...

Example

Religion

Oracles at Delphi

-1400

Possession

Predict future

Answer questions

Hallucinogenic gasses!

Biblical -700

Moses warns his people that if they "will not obey the voice of the Lord your God or be careful to do all his commandments and his statutes...the Lord will smite you with madness and blindness and confusion of the mind...(Deuteronomy 28:15, 28)

Job 13:4 physicians comfort mad people

Respect for those who had the "gift of tongues"

Remedy?

Exorcism