1) Adjustment to social norms is important in determining what is considered normal behavior versus abnormal behavior, as those who cannot properly adjust are seen as abnormal.
2) What is deemed normal or abnormal depends on cultural context, as behaviors acceptable in one culture may not be in another.
3) Psychological disorders are classified into categories including impulse control disorders, characterized by failure to resist impulses; mood disorders involving emotional disturbances like depression; and anxiety disorders defined by signs of anxiety such as panic attacks and phobias.
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1) Adjustment to social norms is important in determining what is considered normal behavior versus abnormal behavior, as those who cannot properly adjust are seen as abnormal.
2) What is deemed normal or abnormal depends on cultural context, as behaviors acceptable in one culture may not be in another.
3) Psychological disorders are classified into categories including impulse control disorders, characterized by failure to resist impulses; mood disorders involving emotional disturbances like depression; and anxiety disorders defined by signs of anxiety such as panic attacks and phobias.
1) Adjustment to social norms is important in determining what is considered normal behavior versus abnormal behavior, as those who cannot properly adjust are seen as abnormal.
2) What is deemed normal or abnormal depends on cultural context, as behaviors acceptable in one culture may not be in another.
3) Psychological disorders are classified into categories including impulse control disorders, characterized by failure to resist impulses; mood disorders involving emotional disturbances like depression; and anxiety disorders defined by signs of anxiety such as panic attacks and phobias.
Question 1 (453) : Adjustment is important to determine
normal from abnormal because people say it is normal that people are able to get along in the real world, physically, emotionally and socially. They can feed and clothe themselves, work, find friends and live by the rules. People who are abnormal are the ones who fail to adjust.
Question 2 (454): What we consider normal and abnormal
depends on the context of the behaviour. So, what is normal in one cultural may not be normal in another. For instance, in the Chinese culture they consider it normal to eat dogs but that is a behaviour our culture considers abnormal.
Question 3 (457): 1.) An impulse control disorder includes
disorders characterized by a tendency to act on impulses that others usually inhibit, such as to gamble excessively or to steal. 2.) A mood disorder is characterized by emotional disturbance, such as depression and bipolar disorder. Whereas anxiety disorders are characterized by signs of anxiety, such as panic disorders and phobias.
Question 4: The dsm-5 is a series of axis that psychologists use to
determine someone’s mental state based on other illnesses that also might be influences another feeling or behaviour.