ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR
INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS
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So different that it violates a social norm
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A behavior that is troublesome to other people
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Behavior that does not have a rational basis
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An exaggeration of normal, acceptable behavior
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Detailed explanation-1: -In a psychological diagnosis “atypical” refers to symptoms that are recognized as part of mental illnesses yet do not rise to the level needed for diagnosis as part of recognized syndromes or do not respond to outside stimuli in the manner most common to a syndrome.
Detailed explanation-2: -Typicality-normality of a behavior or mental process of often determined by the degree to which it is average. The fact that a behavior is not typical of most people does not mean it is abnormal.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -Violating cultural expectations is not, in and of itself, a satisfactory means of identifying the presence of a psychological disorder. Since behavior varies from one culture to another, what may be expected and considered appropriate in one culture may not be viewed as such in other cultures.