Abnormal/Normal Behavior When I think of abnormal behavior, the first thing that comes to mind is one of my aunt’s. She committed suicide when I very young, so early 1970’s. As I got older, inevitably stories of her would arise during holiday get togethers. She was married with three children and in her early thirties, residing in Florida, when she walked out and away from her husband and small children. For over a year, no one knew what happened to her, she made no effort to contact anyone. Eventually
Abnormal Behavior A known psychological disorder is abnormal behavior. Abnormal behavior is classified into four different categories. The characteristics of these categories consist of statistical deviance, cultural deviance, emotional distress, and dysfunction. Each behavior has specific characteristics as reasons for their classifications. Statistical deviance is sometimes wrongly classified such as being extremely intelligent or being a very good athlete. According to statistical deviance
1. Your uncle consumes a quart of whiskey per day; he has trouble remembering the names of those around him. Drinking alcohol in some limit may be considered as normal behavior. However, since drinking quarter of whiskey clearly effects brain and bodily functions, we can say this behavior is abnormal. Possible diagnoses would be substance use disorders. One can be drunk after he or she got divorced, however this is not a sign of mental disorder. However, it is clear that my uncle suffers from every
Lesson 1 Essay on Abnormal Behavior and Models of Abnormal Behavior By Tiffany Wegener for PSY266 - Class # 23624 This essay will cover a few topics learned in chapters one and two of Essentials of Understanding Abnormal Behavior. This essay will go over the differences between normal and abnormal behavior, abnormal behavior throughout history and the major evolutions, the one and multidimensional models of mental disorder, what I hope to gain from studying abnormal psychology, my personal experiences
mind and behavior and it pursues to assimilate people by comprehending mental function and social behavior. It reconnoiters the neurobiological and physiological developments that can initiative cognitive functions and behaviors. However, which motivates to apprehend mental procedures that thrusts psychologists to learn about the normal and abnormal behavior. And how we people adapt to these behaviors. Which bring us to question how we differentiate between adaptive and abnormal behavior? Both behaviors
Abnormal behavior can be caused by; suffering, maladaptiveness, statistical deviancy, violation of the standards of society, social discomfort, irrationality and unpredictable behavior, as well as dangerousness (Butcher, Hooley, & Mineka, 2014, p. 3). However, having any of the above causes is not an indication by itself that a behavior is abnormal. Thus, abnormal behavior is a complex ideation. For a depth understanding, a focus on all perspectives of psychology must be considered. Thereof, abnormal
ng the characteristic feature of a monster and reflects on multiple dimensions of abnormal behavior. As Foucault says, he is suggesting a philosophical theory which is essential in the question of pleasure, and shows a marked concern for body and sexual pleasures. To an extent, Foucault is suggesting that mentally deranged people exhibit certain behaviors which are regarded monstrous such as 'Masturbation.' So the in and out of body experience comes down to insanity or is it a reaction to the situation
There are different types of social phenomenon in our society, and one existing phenomenon that capture our attention like no other is crime. What is crime? Crime is an abnormal behavior that violates norms, and especially cultural standards that we as human are suppose to respect and have certain behavior towards. Standards such as : the changing of social, political, psychological, and economic conditions that have an effect on the justification of crime and the structural reaction of the criminal
There are many things that can affect a person’s behavior. This is what makes the world unique in itself because not all people who live in the world are the same and do not have the same values as others. Some people may get irritated or annoyed by having visitors come over every day and for other people this is a blessing and at their home everyone is welcomed. The thing that makes human behavior interesting is the fact that most of the world wants to learn more about why people act the way they
understanding what cults actually are, people apply negative connotations to the word. These negative connotations may therefore overshadow the perception of cults. It is therefore essential to look at cults as a whole, including leaders, members, and behaviors, in order to understand them better. Cult Leaders Cult leaders are obviously central to the function of cults. The leaders, although different to every group, often share similar characteristics. Charisma is one of the main characteristics used