Psychopathology Revision - Deviation from Social Norms
- Created by: nicole_budd
- Created on: 07-07-20 10:45
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- Deviation from Social Norms
- Strengths
- Real life application in the diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder.
- Any behaviour which is different to the accepted standards in any given society.
- These norms are implicit (unwritten rules, passed on through social interaction).
- Explicit Social Rules:
- Causing public disorder, spitting
- Implicit Social Norms:
- Laughing at a funeral, being polite
- Explicit Social Rules:
- These norms are implicit (unwritten rules, passed on through social interaction).
- Limitations
- Historical and cultural relativism.
- Can lead to human rights abuses.
- Strengths
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