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Insanity
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A legal (psychological) term, the inability to appreciate the nature and quality of wrongfullness of one's acts
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Abnormal behavior
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Behavior that is deviant, maladaptive, or personally distressful over a long period of time
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Deviant
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Varies form normal behavior accepted by society
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Maladaptive
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Interferes with a person's ability to function effectively in the world (cannot adapt)
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Biological approach
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An approach to abnormal behavior which attributes psychological disorders to organic and internal causes
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Medical model
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Describes psychological disorders as medical diseases with a biological origin
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Structural views
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Abnormalities in the brain's structure cause psychological disorders
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Biochemical views
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Imbalances in neurotransmitters or hormones cause psychological disorders
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Psychological approach
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An approach to abnormal behavior that says personality is the cause of the behavior
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Psychodynamic perspectives
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Stress that psychological disorders arise from unconscious conflicts that produce anxiety and result in maladaptive behavior, believe the key to understanding is looking at childhood and repressed sexual conflicts
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Behavioral and social cognitive perspectives
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Focuses on the rewards and punishments in the environment that lead to abnormal behavior
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Trait perspectives
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Five factor model summarizes that the broad dimensions of personality characteristics have been used to assess psychological disorders especially personality disorders
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Humanistic perspectives
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Emphasize positive personal qualities, capacity for growth, and freedom to choose one's own destiny, a psychological disorder reflects an inability to fulfill one's potential likely arising from the pressures of society to conform to other's expectations and values
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Sociocultural Approach
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Places emphasis on the larger social contexts in which a person lives than other approaches
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Internalizing disorders
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Involve turning negative feelings inward (more associated with women)
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