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1 Abnormal Behavior or Psychological Disorders Content as per College Board Abnormal Behavior 7-9 %

2 What is Normal?  what you would call “normal”?  Not who, what is normal?  What characteristics make a person have “well-being”

3 Well being****As defined by Carol Ryff  Self acceptance  Positive relations with others  Autonomy  Environmental mastery  Purpose in life  Personal growth

4 What is a disorder?  American Psychiatric Association  A psychological disorder can be defined as a pattern of behaviors or psychological symptoms that cause significant personal distress and/or impairs the ability to function in one or more important areas of life.

5 The DSM-IV  Published by the American Psychiatric Association  Widely used diagnostic system  Provides a set of criteria to make assessments  Is the edition that AP Psych uses—there is a section in your book on page 598—you need to study this!

6 Crash Course Videos  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuhJ-GkRRQc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuhJ-GkRRQc  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX7jnVXXG5o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX7jnVXXG5o


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