Psychopathology - deviations from abnormality (1)

Question 1

What is statistical frequency?

Answer 1

Occurs when an individual has a less common characteristic

Question 2

What is an example of statistical frequency?

Answer 2

Intellectual disability disorder

Question 3

What percentage of people have an IQ score of 85 to 115?

Answer 3

68%

Question 4

What percentage of people have an IQ score of below 70?

Answer 4

2%

Question 5

What are those individuals scoring below 70?

Answer 5

Abnormal and are liable to receive a diagnosis of a psychological disorder (IDD)

Question 6

What is deviation from social norms?

Answer 6

Concerns behaviour that is different from the accepted standards of behaviour in a community

Question 7

What is an example of deviation from social norms?

Answer 7

Antisocial personality disorder

Question 8

What is one important symptom of antisocial personality disorder?

Answer 8

An absence of prosocial internal standards associated with failure to conform to lawful and culturally normative ethical behaviour

Question 9

What is one strength of statistical infrequency?

Answer 9

Real world application

Question 10

What is an evaluation of statistical infrequency having real world application?

Answer 10

P: Usefulness
E: Used in clinical practise
E: An example of statistical infrequency used in an assessment tool is Beck depression inventory
E: A score of 30+ is widely interpretated as indicating severe depression
L: Useful in diagnostic and assessment processes