ANTHRO 169 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Differential Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Mens Rea

• School: UCLA
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHRO 169
• Professor: Jeffrey Brantingham

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Disregards of others: the following criteria defines a person with abnormal behavior: Deliberate refusal to comply to social norms. Does not admit to having physically or emotionally hurt another person. Willingly to comply to criminal acts and behavior, This form of behavior is more often times than not reinforced by hollywood films that depict personality disorders to lead to criminality. These are ideas being unconsciously sold to people. Connection between abnormal psychology and criminal behavior. The following statistics depicts the percentages of incarcerated people in the population who admit to having mental health issues: Criminality and mental health are connected, which is incredibly problematic because people become incarcerated due to mental health issues that may generate criminal behavior, rather than assisting them with necessary psychological facilities to treat mental health issues. 1: mens rea : deliberate criminal intentions or negligence: people should know that their behavior violates law.