PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Abnormal Psychology, Trepanning, Demonology
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If material is found both in lecture and readings give lots of focus. If material is found in textbook and not lectures read it over a few times. What is abnormal behavior: statistical infrequency, doesn"t happen often. , e. g. digital span. If someone cannot recite at least 2 numbers is that abnormal: abnormal: behavior is statistically infrequent, this cannot be a loan criteria, it falls apart. Is someone abnormal if they have a shoe fetish (odd) and can remember 15 digits (superb): positive things can be statistically infrequent. Needs to have another criteria for abnormality. It falls apart here because we do not know how frequent this situation happens. Possible but something that is not normal to one group could be normal to another. Someone could go to a party on the weekend, drink alcohol and do drugs but still show up to work on monday. Personal distress does translate into disability, we can have a problem.
