Abnormality✅ Flashcards
Statistical infrequency
Behaviour which is statistically rare is seen as abnormal
Deviation form social norms
Behaviour which deviates from social norms
Failure to function adequately
A person is unable to live a normal life unable to experience the normal range of emotions or engage in the normal range of behaviour
Deviation from ideal mental health
Starts with a definition of normality. If a person doesn’t fulfil the criteria this could indicate an abnormality
Description of statistical infrequency
A persons trait thinking or behaviour is classified as abnormal
Example of stat infrequency
Fear of dogs
Example of psychological abnormalities in stat infrequency
OCD
Agoraphobia
Description of deviation from social norms
A persons thinking or behaviour is classified as abnormal if it violates the rules about what is expected
Example of deviation from social norms
Not being polite
Laughing at a funeral
Not wearing clothes in public
Psychological abnormality example of deviation from social norms
OCD
Depression
Description of Failure to function adequately
A person is considered abnormal if they are unable to cope with the demands of everyday life
Who proposed 7 major features which indicates that a person may not be functioning adequately
Rosenhan and seligman
4 of Rosenhan and seligmans criteria
Personal distress
Maladptiveness
Irrationality
Unpredictablity
Psychological abnormalities of failure to function adequatley
OCD
Depression
Who made a criteria for deviation from ideal mental health
Jahoda
