Psychopathology Revision - Statistical Infrequency
- Created by: nicole_budd
- Created on: 07-07-20 11:55
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- Statistical Infrequency
- A person's trait, thinking or behaviour is classed as abnormal if it is rare, unusual or statistically infrequent.
- Strengths
- Reall life application in the diagnosis of intellectual disability disorder.
- Limitations
- Doesn’t take into account whether a behaviour is desirable or undesirable
- Giving someone a label ‘abnormal’ may not benefit them, it may simply add to their problems.
- The majority of people are in the normal distribution.
- In terms of IQ, an IQ of 45 is classed as statistically abnormal.
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