Module 2 Lesson 1 Flashcards
An intentional behavior that violates the criminal law
Beyond normal behavior since it is used to describe conducts or actions that do not belong to the standard behavior of man
Criminal Behavior
The socially accepted behavior since it follow the standard norms of the society
Normal behavior
Behaviors that are deviant from social expectations because it go against the norms of the society
Abnormal Behavior
An abnormality as a sense of subjective discomfort
Personal Distress
Abnormality as tha inability to function effectively
Maladaptive Behavior
3 disturbance of Abnormal Behavior
Personal Pattern Disturbance
Personality Trait Disturbance
Sociopathic Personality Disturbance
Characteristically inadequate or distorted style of coping
Less dramatic, less amenable
Personality Pattern Disturbance
Similar to personality pattern disturbance
Symptoms are somewhat more ENCAPSULATED and TEND to resemble nuerotic rather than psychotic styles
Personality Trait Disturbance
Emotionally shallow but sometimes superficially engaging people who cannot conform to society’s demands
Symptoms vary from CHRONIC LACK of responsibility to extreme forms of acting-out
Sociopathic Personality Disturbance
4 Criteria used in determining Abnormal Behavior
Deviation from Statistical Norms
Deviation from Social Norms
Maladaptive Behavior
Personal Distress
A person who is extremely intelligent would be classified as abnormal
Deviation from Statistical Norms
Abnormal means
Away from the norm
Every culture has certain standards for acceptable behavior
Deviation from Social Norms
Third criterion is how the behavior affects the well being of the individual and/or social group
Maladative Behavior
2 aspects of Maladaptive behavior
Maladaptive to One’s self
Maladaptive to society
