6 Normality Flashcards
What are the 6 types of normality divided into by Gross 1995?
context-dependent
maladaptive focus
What are the 4 context-development types of normality?
Socio-cultural
functional
historical
situational
What are the 2 maladaptive focus types of normality?
medical
statistical
Name an example of historical normality changing
Smoking attitudes
How is normality expressed in statistical normality?
an expression of the central tendency (mean, bell shaped curve)
Offer 5 examples of the use of normal distribution in medical practice
Birth weight Sperm count Serum cholesterol Blood pressure Growing and adult heights
What 3 things might be one to help maintain norms?
ritual/routine
mores (customs of a society)
Law
How might mores norms be violated?
resopnding to auditory hallucinations in public
How did Crutchfield (1954) define conformity?
‘yielding to group pressure’
How did Myers (1999) define conformity?
‘a change in behaviour as a result of real or imagined group pressure’
How did Zimbardo et al (1995) define conformity?
‘a tendency for people to adopt the behaviour, attitudes and values of a reference group’
How can informational influence cause private conformity?
we change our thoughts, feelings, and behaviour according to social influence
What is the basis of normative influence?
we need to work co-operativel with each other to get on, we are motivated by a desire to avoid the severe consequences of being a deviant
What is the basis of public ocnformity?
don’t change your actual opinion but change your opinion superficially to fit in
What is maladaptive behaviour?
behaviour that negatively impacts on your daily life
