Definitions of Abnormality
- Created by: Emma-Cargillxx
- Created on: 30-05-17 09:28
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- Definitions of Abnormality
- There are four definitions of abnormality
- Statistical Deviation
- Any usual behaviour can be thought of as normal, and any behaviour that is different to this is abnormal
- So Statistical Deviation is when an individual has a less common characteristic for example less intelligent than most of the population
- Example for this is IQ, the majority of human intelligence will cluster around the mean, going above or below the mean will have less people in that category.
- Failure to Function Adequately
- Failure to function adequately occurs when a person is unable to cope with demands of everyday life
- Someone may be failing to function adequately when they can no longer maintain basic standards of nutrition or hygiene
- Cant hold down a job or a relationship
- Deviation from Social Norms
- So this is just when a person behaves in a way that is different from how we expect people to behave, and groups of people would define this behaviour as abnormal
- Social Norms will be different for each generation and every culture there are few behaviours which are universally abnormal
- Homosexuality continues to be viewed as abnormal lin some cultures
- Deviation from Ideal Mental Health
- Deviation from ideal mental health occurs when someone does not meet a set of criteria for good mental health
- Once we have a picture of how we should be then we can identify people who deviate from this
- Jahoda suggested we are in good mental health if...
- We Self Actualise
- Good Self Esteem
- Independant
- We can think rationally
- Statistical Deviation
- There are four definitions of abnormality
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