Phenomenology of Ind. Behavior
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- Psychology
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The scientific study of behavior and mental precesses.
The application of the understanding developed through such study to human behavior. - Phenomenology
- The study of people as they actually behave.
- Theory
- suppositional explanantion w/no truth value, rather utility. Liable to modification.
- Law
- Statement of invvariable sequence between specified conditions and specified phenomenon. Has truth value
- DSM
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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (APsychA)
Allowed for common language and diagnostic criteria. - Publication Manual of Am. Psychological Assn.
- serves as recognized source for standardized form for publication.
- Affect
- pattern of observable behaviors that is the expression of a subjectively experienced feeling state. i.e. emotion or feelings
- Broad/Normal Affect
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normal expression of affect. Congruent with the content of speech, context, facial expression, etc.
(Still covers wide range depending on the person and the culture) - Blunted Affect
- A servere restriction in the intensity of affective expression. (from trama experience, such as new med school interns)
- Flat Affect
- Virtuallly no affective expression. Monotone voice and immobile face.
- Inappropriate Affect
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emotion that is clearly discordant with the content of the person's speech or ideation.
(smiling when told of someone's death) - Labile Affect
- Repeated, rapid, and abrupt shifts in affect, generally without apparent reason.
- Mood
- A pervasive and sustained emotion. Can at extremes influence a person's perception of the world. (depression, elation, anxiety, etc.)
- Circumstantiality
- speech that is indirect and delayed in reaching the point because of unnecessary details. Still has a meaningful connection and awareness. (common in OCD)