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PSY30010: Week 1, Abnormal Psychology Exam Study Guide Solutions abnormality - ANSWER-There is still no universal agreement about what is meant by abnormality or disorder Indicators of Abnormality - ANSWER-subjective distress, maladaptiveness, statistical deviancy, violation of the standards ...

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PSY30010: Week 1, Abnormal Psychology

Exam Study Guide Solutions


abnormality - ANSWER✔✔-There is still no universal agreement about what is meant by abnormality or

disorder


Indicators of Abnormality - ANSWER✔✔-subjective distress, maladaptiveness,


statistical deviancy,


violation of the standards of society,


social discomfort,


irrationality and unpredictability, dangerousness


Indicator of abnormality: Subjective distress - ANSWER✔✔-If people suffer or experience psychological

pain, we are inclined to consider this as indicative of abnormality. People with depression clearly report

being distressed, as do people with anxiety disorders.


Indicator of abnormality: Maladaptiveness. - ANSWER✔✔-Maladaptive behaviour interferes with our

well-being and with our ability to enjoy our work and our relationships




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Indicator of abnormality: Statistical Deviancy. - ANSWER✔✔-This tells us that in defining abnormality we

make value judgments. If something is statistically rare and undesirable (as is severely diminished

intellectual functioning), we are more likely to consider it abnormal than something that is statistically

rare and highly desirable (such as genius) or something that is undesirable but statistically common (such

as rudeness).


Indicator of abnormality: Violation of the standards of society. - ANSWER✔✔-When people fail to follow

the conventional social and moral rules of their cultural group, we may consider their behaviour as

abnormal.


Indicator of abnormality: Social discomfort. - ANSWER✔✔-Not all rules are explicit. And not all rules

bother us when they are violated. Nonetheless, when someone violates an implicit or unwritten social

rule, those around him or her may experience a sense of discomfort or unease.


Indicator of abnormality: Irrationality and unpredictability. - ANSWER✔✔-We expect people to behave in

certain ways. Although a little unconventionality may add some spice to life, there is a point at which we

are likely to consider a given unorthodox behaviour abnormal.


Indicator of abnormality: Dangerousness. - ANSWER✔✔-It seems quite reasonable to think that

someone who is a danger to him- or herself or to another person must be psychologically abnormal.


DSM-5 - ANSWER✔✔-the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental

Disorders, Fifth Edition; a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders.


nomenclature - ANSWER✔✔-A system of naming, especially in the arts or sciences



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