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

Question 11

What is one limitation of statistical infrequency?

Answer 11

Unusual characteristics can be positive

Question 12

What is an evaluation of statistical infrequency where unusual characteristics can be positive?

Answer 12

P: Infrequent characteristics can be positive as well as negative
E: We would not think of someone with a low score on BDI to be abnormal
E: This shows that being on one end of the psychological spectrum does not necessarily make somone abnormal
L: Never sufficient as the sole basis for defining abnormality

Question 13

What is one strength of deviation from social norms?

Answer 13

Real world application

Question 14

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

Answer 14

P: Useful
E: Used in clinical practise
E: Plays a part in the diagnosis of schizotypal personality disorder
L: Has value in psychiatry

Question 15

What is one limitation of deviation from social norms?

Answer 15

Cultural and situational relativism

Question 16

What is an evaluation of statistical infrequency having cultural and situational relativism?

Answer 16

P: Variability between social norms in different cultures
E: A person from one’s social group may label someone from another group as abnormal
E: Deceitful behaviour in the context of family life is more socially unnaceptable than in the context of deal-making
L: Difficult to judge across different situations and cultures