Unit 1.1.5 - Typical + Atypical Behaviour Flashcards
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Psychological criteria for categorising behaviour
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- Cultural perspectives
- Social norms
- Statistical rarity
- Personal distress
- Maladaptive behaviours
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Psychological criteria (in relation to typicality)
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Standards against which a judgment can be made about a person’s behaviour + abilities
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Cultural perspectives
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- Determines if a behaviour is typical or atypical by accounting for cultural norms or social standards
- What’s viewed as typical varies for different cultures
- E.g. eating snails is common in France (typical) but not in Mexico (atypical)
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Social norms
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- Shared standards/social beliefs about what’s normal/acceptable/typical behaviour
- Society’s unofficial rules/expectations of how to act
- E.g. shaking hands when you meet someone is typical behaviour
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Statistical rarity
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- Views abnormal/atypical behaviours as digressing significantly from the statistical average
- E.g. Albert Einstein’s predicted IQ was 160 which is a statistical rarity because it’s predicted that only 0.003% of the population would have an IQ this high
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Personal distress
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- A state in which a person experiences unpleasant/upsetting emotions such as sadness, anxiety, or feeling overwhelmed
- E.g. excessive alcohol consumption may lead someone to have alcohol dependency/associated health problems causing them to feel shame/anxiety/sadness
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Cultural perspectives - strengths/limitations
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- STRENGTH: different cultural contexts considered
- LIMITATION: different social norms can intersect in a multicultural society
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Social norms - strength/limitation
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- STRENGTH: act as a baseline to compare behaviours to
- LIMITATION: can depend on the situation or context
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Statistical rarity - strength/limitation
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- STRENGTH: provides an objective perspective allowing for a more accurate way to categorise
- LIMITATION: can be difficult to understand/apply to an abstract concept
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Personal distress - strength/limitation
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- STRENGTH: can provide visual indication that someone is behaving in a way uncommon for them
- LIMITATION: some people may conceal it
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Maladaptive behaviours - strength/limitation
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- STRENGTH: allows for consideration of consequences of behaviour
- LIMITATION: what’s considered maladaptive can change depending who’s judging the behaviour
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Typical behaviour
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- An activity/behaviour that’s consistent with how an individual usually behaves
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Typical development
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When behaviours, skills, or abilities fall within the expected range of development or progress at a similar pace compared to peers of the same age
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Atypical behaviour
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- An activity/behaviour that’s inconsistent compared to how one usually behaves
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Atypical development
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- When behaviours, skills, or abilities fall outside the expected range of development or progress at a different pace compared to similar-aged peers
