Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Limbic System, Dysthymia, Panic Attack

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We are likely to label behaviors as abnormal if they are intensely distressing to the individual. Most behaviors judged abnormal are dysfunctional either for the individual or for society (e. g. , interferes with a person"s ability to work or to experience satisfying relationships) Conduct within every society is regulate by norms, rules that specify how people. Abnormality is society"s judgments concerning the deviance of a given behavior are expected to think, feel, and behave. Abnormal behavior behavior that is personally distressing, personally dysfunctional, and/or so culturally deviant that other people judge it to be inappropriate or maladaptive. One ancient treatment was based on the notion that bizarre behavior reflected an evil spirit"s attempt to escape from a person"s body trephination was used to release it. General paresis a disorder characterized in its advanced stages by mental deterioration and bizarre behavior, resulting from massive brain deterioration caused by syphilis.

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