PSYC 2030U Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: American Psychiatric Association, Etiology, Intellectual Disability
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Identifying abnormality is not easy: opinions on normality differ depending on persons experience/ culture. Psychological disorder: a psychological d(cid:455)sfu(cid:374)(cid:272)tio(cid:374) (cid:449)ithi(cid:374) a(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual that"s asso(cid:272)iated (cid:449)ith distress or impairment in functioning and a response that is not typical or culturally expected. Atypical or not culturally expected: these criteria"s see(cid:373) o(cid:271)(cid:448)ious (cid:271)ut the(cid:455) (cid:449)ere(cid:374)"t easil(cid:455) arri(cid:448)ed at, no criteria has yet been developed that can fully define abnormality. The continuum of abnormality: the continuum between normal and abnormal behaviour (ex. Intelligence -> suicidality: all personalities can fall into this continuum because it depends on the person whether they are high or low, social personality disorder (in the dsm) Criteria is approx. when someone has been aggressive, has committed a crime, has shown lack of control in multiple occasions. In the prison system, it is more likely to be diagnosed with this. Definition of abnormal behaviour: psychological dysfunction or disability. When abnormality can be caused by a mental disorder.
