Definitions of Abnormality

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What are the three definitions of abnormality?
deviation from social norms, failure to function adequately and deviation from ideal mental health
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What is a criticism of the definition of abnormality: deviation from social norms?
deviance is related to context and degree, there is often not a clear line between deviance and eccentricity
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What is a criticism of the definition of abnormality: failure to function adequately?
In order to determine if someone is functioning inadequately someone else needs to decide if this actually the case, often individuals are quite content with their situation
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What is a criticism of the definition of abnormality: deviation from ideal mental health?
It is difficult to achieve all the criteria set by Jahoda, it is nessesary to acertain how many need to be lacking before a person is considered abnormal
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Who pointed out that we define physical illness by looking for absense of signs of ideal physical health and then divised a list which allows us to do the same with mental health?
Marie Jahoda
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In Jahoda's six categories of ideal mental health, what did she mean by: self attitudes
Having high self esteem and a strong sense of identity
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In Jahoda's six categories of ideal mental health, what did she mean by: personal growth and self-actualisation?
The extent to which an individual develops their full capabilities
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In Jahoda's six categories of ideal mental health, what did she mean by: integration?
Being able to cope in stressful situations
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In Jahoda's six categories of ideal mental health, what did she mean by: autonomy
Being independent and self-regulating
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In Jahoda's six categories of ideal mental health, what did she mean by: mastery of the environment?
The ability to love, function at work and in interpersonal relations, adjust to new situations and solve problems
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Having an accute perseption of reality is one of Jahoda's six categories of ideal mental health, true or false?
true
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