Definitions Flashcards
What disorder might link to deviation from social norms? And why
OCD eg switching a light on and off 10 times is considered abnormal and not normal in society
Three definitions of abnormality
- Deviation from social norms
- Failure to function adequately
- Deviation from idea mental health
3 Limitations of deviation from social Norms
- Ignores role of context
- Ignores social norms changes over times
- Culturally relative
Short explanation of failure to function adequately
Cannot cope with every day life
Who studied into failure to function adequately
Rosehan and seligman
Two characteristics of ROSEHAN and SELIGMAN
- Behaviour is unpredictable and uncontrollable
2. Irrational and hard to understand
Limitations of failure to function adequately
- Abormality is not always accompied by dysfunction
- Ignores role of context
- Culturally relative
Short explanation of deviation from idea mental health
Defines abnormality as the absence of well being
Who studied into deviation from idea mental health
MARIE JAHODA 1958
Six characteristics of Marie JAHODA in deviation from idea mental health
1 self acculisation
- Stress
- Identity
- autonomy
- Accurate perception of reality
- Mastery of the environment
Limitations of deviation from ideal mental health
Over demanding criteria
Mental health changes over time
Culturally relative