FUNDAMENTALS OF PSYCHOLOGY – MIDTERMS 1.

Maladaptive behavior actions that prevent people

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR from adapting, adjusting, or participating in different
PCPT ANTIONETTE ALINIO aspects of life.

A. MALFUNCTIONED BEHAVIOR
JOHN B. WATSON
-Behaviors, which due to circumstance, are not fully
-Father of Behaviorism
B. BEHAVIOR THAT VIOLATES THE STANDATDS OF
-focused not on the internal emotional and SOCIETY
psychological conditions of people, but rather more on
-people don’t follow the conventional state
their external and outward behaviors.
C. OBSERVER DISCOMFORT
-he believed that a person’s physical responses provided
the only insight into internal actions -brings discomfort to those in observation
BASIC ASSUMPTIONS: 2. Statistical Criterion – rare behaviors are called
abnormal
1.all behavior is learmned from, shapeeed by, the
environment. Assignment:
2. Psychology should be regarded as a science 1.What mental disorder?
3. 2.identify someone who is suffering from mental
CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR – criminal acts occur when there is disorder.
a motive, a means, and an opportunity. Criminal 3.How did you know the facts about his/her underlying
behavior that lead offenders to recidivate are often mental health condition.
called “risk factors”
PT:
6 TRAITS THAT LEAD TO CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR
1.What is depression?
1.Anti-social values – a manner deemed socially
inappropriate or even morally wrong. 2.Identify someone who has signs of depression.

2.Criminal Peers – peers associated with criminal 3.What help can you do to someone who is experiencing
activities. depression.

3. Anti-social Personality – mental disorder

4. Low Self-Control – ability to control temperament and

impulsivity.

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6. DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY

4D of Abonrmal Behavior

Disfuctions

Distress

Deviance

Danger

SUBJECTIVE CRITERIA