PSYB32H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Intellectual Disability, Normal Distribution, Mental Disorder
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Considerations, and canada"s mental health system understand what makes up abnormal behaviour. Psychopathology > the eld concerning the nature and development of abnormal behaviour, thoughts, and feelings. Abnormal behaviour > characteristics like statistical infrequency, violation of norms, personal distress, disability or dysfunction, and unexpectedness. Consider behaviours that violate social norms, threatens, or makes others who are observing anxious violation of norms depend on the cultural norms prostitutes violate social norms but we dont view these people as an abnormality. Personal suffering behaviour is seen as abnormal if it creates great distress to the person going through it example, anxiety or depression. Disability or dysfunction a disability is an impairment in an important area of life due to an abnormality example, substance-use disorders a phobia can cause distress and disability. Unexpectedness distress and disability are considered abnormal when they are unexpected responses to environmental stressors something that is out of proportion worrying vs extreme anxiety (mental health professions)
