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What disorder might link to deviation from social norms? And why

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OCD eg switching a light on and off 10 times is considered abnormal and not normal in society

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Three definitions of abnormality

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  1. Deviation from social norms
  2. Failure to function adequately
  3. Deviation from idea mental health
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3 Limitations of deviation from social Norms

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  1. Ignores role of context
  2. Ignores social norms changes over times
  3. Culturally relative
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Short explanation of failure to function adequately

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Cannot cope with every day life

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Who studied into failure to function adequately

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Rosehan and seligman

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Two characteristics of ROSEHAN and SELIGMAN

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  1. Behaviour is unpredictable and uncontrollable

2. Irrational and hard to understand

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Limitations of failure to function adequately

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  1. Abormality is not always accompied by dysfunction
  2. Ignores role of context
  3. Culturally relative
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Short explanation of deviation from idea mental health

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Defines abnormality as the absence of well being

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Who studied into deviation from idea mental health

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MARIE JAHODA 1958

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Six characteristics of Marie JAHODA in deviation from idea mental health

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1 self acculisation

  1. Stress
  2. Identity
  3. autonomy
  4. Accurate perception of reality
  5. Mastery of the environment
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Limitations of deviation from ideal mental health

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Over demanding criteria
Mental health changes over time
Culturally relative

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