PSYC 1F90 Chapter Notes - Chapter 60: Exhibitionism, Voyeurism, Pyromania
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Normality: psychopathology the scientific study of mental, emotional, and behavioural disorders; also maladaptive behaviour. Statistical abnormality abnormality defined on the basis of an extreme score on some dimension, such as iq or anxiety. Those who score too high/too low abnormal, most fall in the average. Factors like social norms, culture, social non corformity all affect judgments of abnormality. Social non-conformity failure to conform to societal norms or the usual minimum standards for social conduct. Extreme conformity/non-conformity can lead to destructive or illegal behaviour. Some cultures have a different way of describing abnormal behaviour: core features. Maladaptive behaviour arising from an underlying psychological or biological dysfunction that makes it difficult to adapt to the environment and meet the demands of day-to-day life: civil commitment. Civil commitment the commitment of an individual to psychiatric care against their will. People who are not criminally responsible for committing a crime, cannot be held responsible under canadian law.