Abnormal Psychology

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Worth Publishers PSYCHOLOGY ABNORMAL ROBIN S. ROSENBERG AND STEPHEN M. KOSSLYN ...

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B ig Edie” (Edith Bouvier Beale, 1894–1977) and her daughter, “Little Edie” (Edith Beale, 1917–2002), lived together as adults f ...

4 CHAPTER 1 Little Edie was also unusual, most obviously in her style of dress. Little Edie al- ways covered her head, usually w ...

CHAPTER 1 The History of Abnormal Psychology Preface xxi all three elements (distress, impairment, and risk of harm) do not need ...

6 CHAPTER 1 Psychosis An impaired ability to perceive reality to the extent that normal functioning is not possible. The two typ ...

The History of Abnormal Psychology 7 Risk of Harm Some people take more risks than others. They may drive too fast or drink too ...

8 CHAPTER 1 Culture The shared norms and values of a society that are explicitly and implicitly conveyed to its members by examp ...

The History of Abnormal Psychology 9 Constellations of symptoms, such as koro and possession trance, that are generally observed ...

10 CHAPTER 1 After she was married, Big Edie continued to sing, to write songs with her accompanist, and even to record some of ...

The History of Abnormal Psychology 11 Key Concepts and Facts About The Three Criteria for Determining Psychological Disorders A ...

12 CHAPTER 1 have a life force, called qi (pronounced “chee” as in cheetah), which fl ows through the body along 12 channels to ...

The History of Abnormal Psychology 13 throughout Europe affected the view of psychopathology: The views that biological or emoti ...

14 CHAPTER 1 Asylums Institutions to house and care for people who are affl icted with mental illness. However, defi cits in rat ...

The History of Abnormal Psychology 15 Moral treatment The treatment of the mentally ill that provided an environment in which pe ...

16 CHAPTER 1 again became overcrowded and underfunded, and moral treatment—or treatments of any kind—were no longer provided (Po ...

The History of Abnormal Psychology 17 Psychoanalytic theory The theory that thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are a result of co ...

18 CHAPTER 1 Id According to Freud, the seat of sexual and aggressive drives, as well as of the desire for immediate gratifi cat ...