PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Emil Kraepelin, Mental Disorder, Clinical Psychology

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Psychopathology the nature and development of abnormal behaviour thoughts and feelings. The concepts and labels we use to study abnormal behaviour must be free of subjective feelings of appropriateness ordinarily attached to certain human phenomena. Abnormal behaviour includes characteristics such as statistical infrequency, violation of norms, personal distress, disability or dysfunction, and unexpectedness. The normal curve, or bell-shaped curve puts the majority of people in the middle, very few people fall to either extreme. Not all infrequent behaviours/characteristics are considered abnormal (ie athletic ability) Another characteristic is if the behaviour violates norms or makes anxious those who are observing it. Many people who violate norms are not considered abnormal (prostitution or criminals) and many abnormal behaviours do not violate norms (anxiety disorder) In addition the culture can affect how we view social norms. Behaviour is abnormal if it causes great distress to the person experiencing it. But not all abnormal behaviours create personal distress (psychopath who feels no guilt)

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