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Sample Mind Map

Ved Debora salerno

The Pursuit of Happyness

Ved Shem Kasahwni - Rick Hansen SS (2542)

OM at Ferrari

Ved Matteo Polli

Genetic Disorders

Ved Olivia Gillespie

Defining Abnormality and normality

Mental weakness

Jahoda defines six characteristics each view normality and abnormality from different perspectives

Medical

Abnormal thoughts, feelings or behaviourist have underlying biological cause and can be diagnosed and treated

Maladaptive

The approach view maladaptive behaviour as failure to function adequately, however many people engage in such behaviour but are not consider abnormal

Legal Act

Violation of country rules

Deviation from social norm

The approach regard breaking society's standards or norms as an abnormality

It defines abnormality in terms of trait, thinking or behaviour that are statistically infrequent ( Simple psychology 2018)

Violation of social norms

Violation of social norms is a definition of abnormality where a person's thinking or behavior is classified as abnormal if it violates the (unwritten) rules about what is expected or acceptable behavior in a particular social group.

Effect on others

Ranges from having a positive effect to being barely noticeable

Socially accepted

Normal behaviour is socially accepted while abnormal behaviour is not accepted

Situation

Behaviour that is normal in one place and context may be abnormal in a different situation. E.g nudity is normal in the bath, changing room and on the nudist beaches but not on supermarkets

History

What is abnormal at one time might be Norma later, even in the same culture. E.g homosexuality used to be viewed as a mental illness but now accepted by most in Western culture

Unpredictability

Does the person act in ways that are unexpected by themselves or other people

Normal curve indicates that behaviour are common while others are rare

A normal psychological disorder is a condition characterised by abnornormal thought feelings and behaviour ( Boundless psychology)