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Biographical
I am a 41 year-old mother of five children whose ages range from 4 to nine. I work part-time while I am also full-time a dual-enrolled student at Old Dominion University and Piedmont Virginia Community College. I became interested in the Teltectnet program after visiting the website http://www.pvcc.edu/odu/. This is my first semester returning to school, and I am enjoying the challenges. However I do feel like the dog below now that the semester is quickly coming to a close.
Challenging subject
The most challenging subject that I have this semester is Principals of Psychology 200-02. Psychology is a very unique subject because, its roots can be trace from various sources: philosophy and biology to name a few. One topic that I have to define and study is abnormal behavior. It can be defined as behavior that is :
Statistically unusual compared to the behavior of the average population in the environment in which the individual interacts.
Maladaptive to the individual
Described as having distortion of perception , cognition, or emotion on the part of the person
Considered abnormal by the society that the individual is a member
Here are some examples of diagnosed abnormal behavior and the Categories
Diagnoses of Disorder |
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| Anxiety disorders | Phobias, panic disorders, stress disorders |
| Mood Disorders | Bipolar, Depressive |
| Dissociative disorders | Amnesia, Fugue, and Identity |
| Schizophrenia disorders | Disorganized, Catatonic, Paranoid |
| Personality disorders | Paranoid,, Narcissistic |
Here are some web addresses that gave me some insight into the subject of psychology
Here is the reason why schizophrenia is a condition that encompasses such an awful collection of disorders. It strikes many young adults who are in the same stage of life as these young men in this picture.
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