Two Views of Abnormal Psychology

Reviews the books, Abnormal Psychology by Henry E. Adams (1981); and Abnormal Psychology in the Human Context by Richard H. Price and Steven J. Lynn (1981). Adams identifies his strongly behavioral orientation early in the text. Abnormal behavior is presented as different from normal behavior only i...

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Published in:Contemporary psychology 1982-05, Vol.27 (5), p.384-385
Main Author: Pharis, Mary E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abnormal Psychology
Human
Humanism
Learning
Psychodynamics
Social Psychology
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Summary:Reviews the books, Abnormal Psychology by Henry E. Adams (1981); and Abnormal Psychology in the Human Context by Richard H. Price and Steven J. Lynn (1981). Adams identifies his strongly behavioral orientation early in the text. Abnormal behavior is presented as different from normal behavior only in degree, and Adams states that the mechanisms by which abnormal and normal behaviors arise are the same. In their text, Price and Lynn seek to present a research-based account of abnormal psychology, and a good review of how such behavior is interpreted from several different viewpoints, including the disease, psychodynamic, learning, social, and humanistic perspectives. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
ISSN:0010-7549
DOI:10.1037/021162