Definitions of abnormality
- Created by: princess adewale
- Created on: 10-01-17 15:10
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- Definitions of abnormality
- Deviation of social norms
- Draw line between what societies have acceptable behaviour and which is seen as undesirable
- Abnormal behaviour is visible to others. It helps us identify people who need help so we can support them
- It adapts to age. A toddler who bitter another small toddler is naughty but an adult who bitter another is abnormal
- Some people want to stay abnormal and unique so they stay away from social norms
- Deviation mental health
- Marie Jahoda
- Suggested 6 common categories for mental health
- 1. We are symptom free
- 2. We are rational
- 3. We are self-actualized (we have achieved our potential)
- 4. We are unstressed
- 5. We are realistic
- 6. We have good self esteem
- Suggested 6 common categories for mental health
- It's positive as it can be used to set goals for a person to achieve
- It's a holistic approach as it looks at many variables
- An individual cannot achieve these characteristic all the time but we would not say we are abnormal. So the defenition cannot truly identify those who are abnormal
- Marie Jahoda
- Deviation of statistical norms
- Can be used to plot anyone's results on any test against the norm of that behavior
- It can be used to measure the normal development of children
- It uses an objective point of two standard deviations to define abnormal
- Some abnormal behaviour is desirable such as a genius level IQ
- Failure to function adequately
- When an individual is unable to cope with an ordinary life
- Personal distress-feeling upset
- Manipulative behaviour-behaving odly
- This puts the personal experience of the client at heart
- GAF scale can be used to access the severity of the condition
- Sometimes it's normal to be distressed for example after berevement
- When an individual is unable to cope with an ordinary life
- Deviation of social norms
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