Deviation from social norms Limitations
- Created by: Hannah Wiersma
- Created on: 02-06-13 11:43
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- Deviation from social norms: Limitations
- Cultural Relativism
- Defined by social norms, but they are defined by culture.
- Diagnoses is different in cultures.
- There are no universal standards, rules as DSM glossary labels culture bound syndromes.
- Deviance related to context, degree
- Judgements of deviance based on context of the behaviour
- Not a clear line between abnormality and eccentricity
- Shows that deviance cannot give complete definition
- Susceptible to abuse
- Varies as time changes, as social norms change through time e.g. gays.
- If we accept this definition fully, allow diagnosis based on social morals and attitudes.
- Szasz (1974) claimed concept of mental illness way to exclude nonconformists.
- Cultural Relativism
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