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10TH EDITION
By Robert Feldman
Powerpoint slides by Kimberly Foreman
Revised for 10th Ed by Cathleen Hunt
Medical Perspective
› Suggests that when an individual displays
symptoms of abnormal behavior, the fundamental
cause will be found through a physical
examination of the individual
Hormonal imbalance
Chemical deficiency
Brain injury
Psychoanalytic Perspective
› Abnormal behavior stems from childhood conflicts
over opposing wishes regarding sex and
aggression
Freud
Behavioral Perspective
› The behavior itself is the problem
› Uses basic principles of learning
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Cognitive Perspective
› Assumes that cognitions (thoughts and beliefs)
are central to a person’s abnormal behavior
Humanistic Perspective
› Concentrates on the view of people as basically
rational, oriented toward a social world, and
motivated to seek self-actualization
Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow 8
Sociocultural Perspective
› Assumes that people’s behavior is shaped by the
kind of family group, society, and culture in which
they live
Culture may cause or support abnormal behaviors
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Phobic Disorder
› Intense, irrational fear of a specific object or
situation
› Social phobia
Fear of strangers
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
› Obsession
Persistent unwanted thought or idea that keeps
recurring
› Compulsion
Irresistible urges to repeatedly carry out some act
that seems strange and unreasonable
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Hypochondriasis
› Constant fear of illness and a preoccupation with
one’s health
Conversion Disorder
› Actual physical disturbance such as the inability
to see or hear or to move an arm or leg
› Cause is purely psychological
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Dissociative Amnesia
› Significant, selective memory loss
› “Forgotten” material is still present in memory but
is repressed
Dissociative Fugue
› People with amnesia take sudden, impulsive
trips, and sometimes assume a new identity
› After some time they suddenly remember 24
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Major Depression
› Severe form of
depression that
interferes with
concentration, decision
making, and sociability
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Mania
› Extended state of intense, wild elation
Bipolar Disorder
› Formerly known as manic-depressive disorder
› Periods of alternating mania and depression
May occur over a few days or over a period of
years
Periods of depression are usually longer than
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Process schizophrenia
› Symptoms develop slowly and subtly
Reactive schizophrenia
› Symptoms are sudden and conspicuous
Type I Schizophrenia
› Positive symptoms are dominant
Type II Schizophrenia
› Negative symptoms are dominant 31
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Environmental Perspectives on
Schizophrenia
› Emotional and communication patterns of the
families of people with schizophrenia
Expressed emotion
› Cognitive perspective
Overattention or underattention to stimuli in the
environment
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