PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Abnormal Psychology, Trepanning, Clinical Neuropsychology
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Statistical infrequency starts to fall apart and we cannot rely on it all the time. We can"t define abnormality as being statistically infrequent because in some cases it is a positive abnormality ( remembering 15 digits) Statistical infrequency falls apart when we don"t have any actual epidemiological evidence or statistics about certain things (i. e. playing with feces) Violation of norms is also another way to prove abnormality. Distress and disability when it is unexpected is a big hint towards abnormality. There is no one way to diagnose abnormal behaviour, no single definition. In the beginning: people got rid of abnormalities" with demonology, exorcism, trepanning (make a whole in the skull by hitting it with a rock) Persecution of witches" was also very common in dark ages. Franz joseph gall (1758-1828) noticed that some students were better at some things than others. Basic tenets of gall"s system were: the brain is the organ of the mind.
