PSYCH 14 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Intellectual Disability, Mania, Psych
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: iq tests the majority of the population falls between 85 and 115. Intellectual disability is defined by an iq score that falls below 75. This represents about 3% of the population: limitation: not all infrequently occurring behaviour is or should be considered abnormal. : innovative thinkers and athletically gifted individuals: alone: may define widely distributed but undesirable characteristics or behaviours as normal because they are mathematically not infrequent. Some studies have demonstrated that almost 20% of the population will at some time in their lives experience an affective (or mood) disorder. May not be considered statistically abnormal yet they are clearly abnormal conditions: personal distress. What: present when the individual reports feeling distressed. : fear, apprehension, depression, despair, confusion: limitation: not all disorders result in personal distress for the individual. Ex: alone, violation of norms, what: behaviours or thoughts that run counter to what might be considered appropriate. Ex: limitation: social norms change over time and across cultures.
