3rd sem Psychology Free Pdf Notes Kashmir University By IASzahid

Personality and psychopathological Unit 1 Basic concepts Q. Defining and criteria of Abnormality? Ans: as you can see, these three approaches to defining abnormally have several strengths and weakness. A successful approach to defining abnormality has thus been to combine the perspectives to merge their strengths and avoid their weakness. At least one of three characteristics must be present for abnormality to be defined as such. We refer to emotion, thoughts, or behaviors as abnormal when they. 1. Violate social norms or are statically deviant ( like Treva’s usual behavior, insisting she was another person) 2. Interfere which functioning (like Sasha’s worries that keep her from performing well at school). Dimensions underlying mental disorders ae Relevant to everyone Our discussion to this point might suggest a person’s behavior is either abnormal or not, but this is not really so. With many experts in abnormal psychology, we view the abnormality of emotions, thoughts, or behaviors as a matter of degree not of kind. In other words, emotions, thoughts and behavior associated with mental disorders are present, to some degree, in all of us. This statement may seem strange or even shocking to you at first, but let’s explore it a little more. Abnormal behaviors are not simply present or absent but exist along a continuum in every one to some degree. Think about sex drive, motor coordination, anxiety, or sadness. Each characteristic is present to some degree in everyone all different times.