Definitions of abnormality

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  • Created on: 18-05-23 09:48

1. What is deviation from social norms?

  • When a person does not meet the criteria for ideal mental health
  • When an individual behaves in a way which society does not expect
  • When a person can no longer cope with the demands of every day life
  • When an individual is in the top or bottom 2.5% of a population (not within 2 standard deviations from the mean)
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2. Who created the criteria for ideal mental health?

  • Jahoda
  • Rosenhan and Seligman

3. What is deviation from ideal mental health?

  • When a person does not meet the criteria for ideal mental health
  • When a person can no longer cope with the demands of every day life
  • When an individual is in the top or bottom 2.5% of a population (not within 2 standard deviations from the mean)
  • When an individual behaves in a way which society does not expect

4. Who proposed some indications of someone failing to function adequately?

  • Rosenhan and Seligman
  • Jahoda

5. What is statistical infrequency?

  • When a person can no longer cope with the demands of every day life
  • When a person does not meet the criteria for ideal mental health
  • When an individual is in the top or bottom 2.5% of a population (not within 2 standard deviations from the mean)
  • When an individual does not act in a way that society would expect
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