Psychopathology

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What is deviation from social norms ?
What society deems as acceptable or irrational, behaviour has to go beyond ecentric and be seen to have a negative impact. It also has to persist.
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Deviation from social norms evaluation
S - looks at context so can be seen holistically
S - can adapt with age
S - behaviour is visible to others
S -- individualistic

W- very subjective
W- change in attitudes over time
W- ethnocentric bias
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What is statistical infrequency ?
A standard deviation that can be used to plot results for a behaviour against the norms for that behaviour, normal is classed as -1 - 1
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Statistical infrequency evaluation
S - objective point
S - uses scores from well established standardised tests so is more scientific.

W- some abnormal behaviour is disirable - high IQ
W- scores are based on self report so subjective
W - does not consider any cultural factors
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What is failure to function adequately ?
Rosenhan and seligman's 7 features of personal dysfunction describe when someone is uunable to cope.
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What are the rosenhan and seliman 7 features
1. personal distress
2 .maladaptive behaviour
3. unpredictability
4. irrationalality
5. observer dysfunction
6. violation of moral standards
7. unconventionality
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S - looks at context so can be seen holistically
S - can adapt with age
S - behaviour is visible to others
S -- individualistic

W- very subjective
W- change in attitudes over time
W- ethnocentric bias

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What is statistical infrequency ?

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