Psychopathology - Abnormality

Question 1

What are the 4 reasons behind abnormality?

Answer 1

Statistical deviation
Deviation from social norms
Deviation from ideal mental health
Failure to function adequatley

Question 2

What is a strength to statistical deviation?

Answer 2

real life application - comparison of symptoms to social norms

Question 3

What is a weakness to statistical deviation?

Answer 3

IQ and such can be a positive form
Sometimes no benefit to being labelled

Question 4

What are the limitations to deviation from social norms?

Answer 4

cultural relativity - scottish skirts, hearing voices
norms over time - homosexuality
situational norms
developmental norms - toddler

Question 5

When is someone failing to function adequatley?

Answer 5

maladaptive
unpredictable
irrational
observer discomfort

Question 6

Limitations to failure to function adequately?

Answer 6

something may be functional for one and not another
some people unaware - SZ
cultural relativaty

Question 7

SPARSE deviation from ideal MH

Answer 7

Self esteem
Perception of reality
autonomy
resistance to stress
self actualisation
environmental mastery

Question 8

limitations to deviation from ideal mental health?

Answer 8

difficult criteria - easy to be deviated
cultural - collectivist and individualistic