definitions of abnormality
- Created by: Caseycantz
- Created on: 21-05-17 13:26
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- Definitions of Abnormality
- statistical infrequency
- occurs when an individual has a less common characteristic
- e.g. being more depressed than the rest of the population or being less intelligent
- e.g. the IQ scores
- Evaluations
- real life appication
- can be used to diagnose intellectual disability disorder (retardation)
- all mental patients are compared with how severe they are compared to statistical norms
- statistical infrequency is actually useful
- unusual characteristics can be positive
- having a high IQ is something that is now desired. it used to be abnormal
- people with extremely low IQ's or high IQ's can still be capable and does not always require treatment
- limitation to concept of statistical infrequency. also means we need more than this to diagnose someone
- not everyone unusual benefits from a label
- someone with a low IQ but is perfectly capable of working and living life will have no bnefits from being labelled mentally retarded
- can view themselves negatively and make others view them differently even though they're capable
- real life appication
- occurs when an individual has a less common characteristic
- deviation from social norms
- behaviour that is different from the expectation of social norms
- making a collective judgement as a society about what is right
- norms are different depending on the culture we live in
- e.g. being homosexual is still abnormal in some society's /cultures, now accepted in this society.
- Evaluations
- real life application to the diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder
- need to consider the distress to people suffering fro antisocial personality disorder
- so never the sole reason for defining abnormality
- need to consider the distress to people suffering fro antisocial personality disorder
- cultural relativism
- social norms are different from generations
- creates a problem for people living in a particular country with a different culture to them
- E.G. some cultures think it is fine to hear voices, in UK it is abnormal
- creates a problem for people living in a particular country with a different culture to them
- social norms are different from generations
- can lead to systematic abuse of human rights
- some social norms from the past appear stupid now, only because time and society has changed
- are we abusing peoples rights to be different?...
- real life application to the diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder
- behaviour that is different from the expectation of social norms
- statistical infrequency
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