Mental Disorders — psychology STD 12 Arts — Question
Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ArtspsychologyMental Disorders5 Marks
Question
What is abnormal behavior? Explain its form.
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Answer
Normal is called normal in English.
Which is made up of the word "Norma".
Which means carpenter's scale.
Based on the status of its norm, it can be said that "the ideal condition of all accepted standards is normal behavior".
The abnormal is called "Abnormal" in English.
Which means far from normal.
It is difficult to determine which behavior is normal or abnormal.
Ordinary people are found to be different in terms of extraordinary age, gender, culture. Normal behavior is called social norms and expectations according to the stage of society, culture or age.
Behavior that goes against social norms or expectations is called abnormal behavior.
Definition:
"Abnormal behavior is normal enough or behavior that differs from the sample form to such an extent that it cannot be represented as a representative of normal behavior." – Warren
"Behavior that lowers the standard of moral values is extraordinary." - JC Coleman.
"Abnormal behavior is behavior that is somewhat unacceptable and deviates from the norms set by society and makes it difficult for an individual or others to engage in social behavior and adjustment."
“Extraordinary behavior is flawed, unpredictable, irrational, incompatible, destructive and harmful.”
Individuals who manifest such behavior experience difficulties themselves and others are relieved of the difficulties.-James Page.
Two organizations work for the classification of mental illness.
The WHO and APA in which the classification issued by WHO is called ICD (International Classification of Disease) and the classification published by APA is called DSM (Diagnostic and statistical mannua of mental disorders).
In 1948, ICD-6 was the first to classify mental illness with physical illness by the WHO.
When DSM-1 was released by APA in 1952.
The last edition was released in DSM – v 2013.
Many theories exist in psychology to understand abnormal behavior. There are five main types. (1) Psychoanalytic paradigm (2) Narrative paradigm (3) Cognitive paradigm (4) Humanistic paradigm (5) Interpersonal paradigm.
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