Lesson 1 - Deviation From Social Norms

Question 1

Psychopathology

Answer 1

Scientific study of mental disorders

Question 2

Deviation from Social Norms

Answer 2

Abnormal behaviour is that which goes against the unwritten rules in a given society or culture

All societies have social norms and those are standards of acceptable behaviour created by a social group and adhered to by all who socialise in that group
Anyways deviating from such norms is classed as abnormal

Question 3

Deviation from Social Norms Evaluation
Eccentric
Negative

Answer 3

Deviation from social norms does not always have mental health consequences
Those who do not confirm may not be abnormal but merely eccentric

Question 4

Deviation from Social Norms Evaluation
Time
Negative

Answer 4

Social norms of a society change overtime
Homosexuality was classed as a mental illness in the international classification of diseases (ICD) until 1990 but is no longer considered an abnormality

Question 5

Deviation from Social Norms Evaluation
Benefit
Negative

Answer 5

In some instances it can be beneficial to break social norms

Suffragettes broke many social norms but this led to women gaining the right to vote

Question 6

Deviation from Social Norms Evaluation Points

Answer 6

Eccentric Negative
Time Negative
Benefit Negative