Psychopathology - defintions of abnormality 1 Flashcards
statsitics are about
numbers
when does statistical infrequrency occur `
when individual has a less common charactersitic e.g being more intelligent than most of population
according to statistical definition what can be thought of as notmal
any relativeley usual behaviour
according to statistical defiinition what is abnormal
any behaviour thats unsual
statistical approach comes into its own wehn we are dealing with
characteristics that can be reliably measured
e.g intelligence
explain normal distribution
in any human charactersitic
majority of people’s scores will cluster around the avg
the further we go above or below that avg
the fewer people will attain that score
avg iq
100
av iq is 100 , in normal distribution where would most people score
(68%)most people
range 85-115
avg iq 100 , how many people would have score below 70
2%
those 2% people who have a score below 70 would be considered
abnormal
those 2% people who have a score below 70 would be considered abnormal and are liable to recieve
diagnosis of a pscyhological disorder - intellectual disabbility disorder
most of us notice people whose behaviour represents a
devation from social norms
what is a deviation from social norms
behaviour different
from accepted standards of behaviour
in a community or society
groups of people choose to define behaviour as abnormal on the basis it ..
offends their senese of whats acceptable or the norm
what do we make a collective judgement about a a society
whats right
why are there relativley few behaviours that wold be considered universally abnormal on basis they breach social norms
social norms are diff for each gen
and
different in every culture
give example of somethng considered abnormal in past and how its today
homosexuality
still voewed as abnomal in some cultures
brunei april 2019 made new law sex between men offence punsihable by stoning to death
what is a person with antisocial personality disorder
3 characteristics
impuolsive
aggresive
irresponsible
in other words antisocial personality disroder we make a what judegemtn about psychopaths
social
what is the social judegemtn we make about psychopaths
theyre abnormal
why do we make the social judgement about psychopaths that theyre abnormal
dont conform to our moral standards
in a wide range of cultures psychopathic behaviour would be considered
Abnormal
what are the evalution points for statistical infrequecncy definiton of abnormaltu
-ve labelling an inidividual abnormal can be unhelpful , even detrimental
+ve uses objective standards of deviation to define abnormal behaviour
what are the evaluation points for deviation from social norms
-ve largely influenced by time
counter - people dont have stable behaviours
+ve keeps society orderly