16: Psychological Disorders - The Scope and Nature of Psychological Disorders Flashcards by Angela Murcia | Brainscape

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The Scope and Nature of Psychological Disorders

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What is “Abnormal”?

Abnormal behaviour

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Behaviour that is personally distressful, personally dysfunctional, and/or culturally deviant

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What is Abnormal?

Three Criteria that govern decisions about abnormality:

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Distressing – we are likely to label behaviours abnormal if they intensely distress an individual
Dysfunctional – most behaviours that are abnormal are dysfunctional for the individual or society
Deviance – abnormality of a behaviour is based on society’s judgments of the deviance of it

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