Psychological Abnormality

As part of the American society we tend to be very quick to place a label on behaviors. For example, in my undergraduate career I took a course called “abnormal Psychology”. The first day of the course the instructor made it very clear that there was no such thing as “normal”, and “abnormal”.

Abnormal behavior relates to the influence of psychological factors, biological factors as well as the social factors referring to inadequate relationships. In the face of diverse definition, abnormal behavior refers to the deviating from norm, which norm is the typical behavior or characteristic of the population. As such, Jim behavior is abnormal because it violates moral and conventional mores of the society (Violates societal standards), as such causing social discomfort to others. For instance, Jim fails to recognize the social cues in conversation thereby annoying other interlocutors. Jim is this case is behaving in a manner counterproductive to his own well being by

“Abnormality is very difficult to define. It can be hard to decide where normal behaviour ends and abnormal behaviour begins”

What constitutes normal and abnormal is not universally agreed upon, but there are certain criteria to consider when evaluating abnormalities, which was pointed out in Rosenhan (1973). However, he questions the standards of sanity in society and the system that diagnoses the abnormal. One of the primary research questions looks at if a psychiatric diagnosis is reflective of the person or the environment. To attempt to answer this, 8 people (pseudopatients) with no history of mental issues checked themselves into a psychiatric hospital under the pretense that they were hearing voices. After they were admitted, they

Abnormality can be portrayed as a misbehavior, disorder, depression, and dysfunction. With the different types of abnormality models can very well describe what the individual is going through and help that individual overcome the abnormality. With the correct treatment or therapy, the abnormality can be cured for the moment or, it can be correctly cured for the rest of their lives. In treatment or therapy there does not necessarily need to be medicine to treat the patient for many reasons because, with the medicine it can have harmful effects on the person’s body. My abnormality model uses three different types of models to help cure patients of it abnormality function such as biological, psychodynamic, and human existential. With these

From my perspective, it is hard to define being abnormal. Above all, the judgments of whether an individual is abnormal or normal depend on the specific culture. What seems to be unusual in one culture might be normal in another culture. Therefore, the first criterion of abnormality is that an individual’s behavior or thinking pattern is against the social norms and the values of the culture he/she belongs to. The second criterion of abnormality is that one’s daily functioning may be disrupted and it puts one at the risk of self-harming and harming others. Personally, the concept of abnormality is based on the comparison with the majority of the society. If a person is very different from most of the people and behave not aligned with the social

Abnormality is a term that should be used with extreme caution due to its subjective nature. What's defined as normal or abnormal is generally determined by the standard of behavior that is expected in regards to a specific community or group. Human societies tend to gravitate towards norms, correct ways to behave, standard ways to look, socially acceptable attitudes that we deem as ordinary. To be judged abnormal is to be rejected, to be regarded as faulty; in need of repair. This contrived idea is all about conformity, what the average is, about what we believe the absolute measure of reality is. In observation you shall see that in many cases society's problems arise from the mismatch between what we really are and the social myths that

Abnormal is something deviating from what is normal or usual, typical in a way that is uncommon or irregular.

The concept of being “normal” is one that is often spoken being the front of conversation, spoken with much defence and controversy. In contrast, this topic is spoken about with great “hush” because it is seen as a taboo in society; due to the sensitive issue of an individual’s expected behaviour. On the other hand, the topic of “abnormal” is often given a similar light to the idea of being “normal”. Many psychologist have tried to explain one of these labels often using the starting point of normality, then any behaviour that deviates away from this is seen as abnormal. However, as many psychologist and theorists have found there is much more complexity behind each label, this is due to diversity of people, cultural relativism and mixed societies within the world all trying to define their own concept of what is “normal” and “abnormal” human behaviour.

Psychologists consider behavior to be abnormal if “it is distressing to the individual or others around them or if it is dysfunctional, or impaired” (McGraw-Hill, 2015). A behavior is thought to be dysfunctional if it causes harm or interferes with the person’s ability to function in everyday life (McGraw-Hill, 2015). For example, someone who does not eat for religious reasons is considered normal whereas someone who refuses to eat in order to watch their weight is considered dysfunctional. Also, a behavior is abnormal if “it deviates from accepted sociocultural norms or is highly unusual” (McGraw-Hill, 2015). For example, a woman who prays to a higher being is normal. However, someone who hears and responds to voices when they are alone is considered abnormal. Normal and abnormal behavior fall at two ends of a continuum, so it is hard to clearly decide whether a certain behavior is completely normal or

Irrationality and maladaptive are the two that I would say are the most valid. A maladaptive speculation once in a while can be joined by "irrational beliefs," which are beliefs that are believed despite the fact that they are not genuine. For instance: Someone with social anxiety disorder (SAD) may feel that they don't deserve to have any friends making this thought maladaptive and irrational. Distress or disability would be the two that I would say are the least valid terms. Based on my research, one’s conduct or behavior can be viewed as abnormal if the action makes a lot of trouble and pain for the individual concerned. Someone who is classified as a psychopath for instance may show "abnormal" conduct, yet may not find that conduct upsetting.

Abnormal psychology has been changed dramatically over the last century. It has made extraordinary advancements that will assist mentally ill individuals live their abnormal existence and not be mistreated due to these abnormalities. The development of the theoretical models was a tremendous step to creativity an organized diagnosis of how to

Research is an on-going process in which a scholar contributes his part through an adopted methodology and adds new knowledge to the pool of existing information. Keeping in view his constraints, the limitations of study are defined which at later stages, become the hypothesis for new researchers.

Abnormal psychology has a troubled past; with a lack of understanding or research into the makings of the human mind and behaviors, people would assume it was the work of outside forces and would only worsen the individual instead of giving them the proper care to recover. Those who suffer(d) from mental health issues often receive incorrect care even in facilities designed to aid them in their healing.

Abnormal is a different behavior from a majority of the society, such as mental disorders, anxiety, mood swings, rage, over sleeping and withdrawal from everyone.