Defining Abnormality: Limitations of Deviation From Social Norms
- Created by: Holly
- Created on: 17-05-15 17:13
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- Deviation From Social Norms
- Susceptible to abuse
- It varies as times change
- Definitions are based on prevailing social attitudes
- Szasz: mental illness was a way to exclude nonconformists
- Related to context and degree
- Judgements are often related to the context of behaviour
- There is no clear line between what is deviation and what is eccentricity
- Social deviance alone cannot define abnormality
- Cultural relativism
- Disorders are defined in different ways in different cultures
- No universal standards for labelling a behaviour as abnormal
- Susceptible to abuse
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