1. IB Psychology 2.27.17 Today’s Agenda: Turn in: Abnormal Intro Nothing
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Today’s Learning Objectives:
Discuss to what extent biological, cognitive and sociocultural factors influence abnormal behavior.
Evaluate psychological research relevant to the study of abnormal behavior.

2. Intro to Abnormal Behavior

3. Intro to Abnormal Behavior
What is “Normal?”
c. 1500, "typical, common;" 1640s, "standing at a right angle," from Late Latin normalis "in conformity with rule, normal," from Latin normalis "made according to a carpenter's square," from norma "rule, pattern," literally "carpenter's square," which is of unknown origin (see norm). Meaning "conforming to common standards, usual" is from 1828, but probably older than the record [Barnhart]. 

4. Intro to Abnormal Behavior
What is “Normal?”
We will look at 3 groups of “abnormal” behaviors…
Anxiety disorders
Affective disorders
Eating disorders

5. Intro to Abnormal Behavior
What is “Normal?”
We will look at 3 groups of “abnormal” behaviors…
Anxiety disorders
Affective disorders
Eating disorders
18.1% of Americans…40 million people…(many estimate approximately 30%)

6. Intro to Abnormal Behavior
What is “Normal?”
We will look at 3 groups of “abnormal” behaviors…
Anxiety disorders
Affective disorders
Eating disorders
10% of Americans…10-20% also SAD

7. Intro to Abnormal Behavior
What is “Normal?”
We will look at 3 groups of “abnormal” behaviors…
Anxiety disorders
Affective disorders
Eating disorders
About 20 million women…about 10 million men

8. Problems with Defining
What is “normal” and what is “abnormal” is very difficult to define
Therefore, it is difficult to diagnose behavior as abnormal
Varies individually, socially, and culturally
Changes over time
Behavioral measures, such as intelligence and STM, tend to be normally distributed
Something rare doesn’t mean it is abnormal

9. Problems with Defining (cont.)
Psychological disorders: deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional behavior patterns (Myers)
More than just being deviant
deviance must cause distress
also, judged as dysfunctional

10. Problems in Defining (cont.)
Can we define abnormality as behavior that violates social norms?
Problematic because what is seen as normal in one culture may be seen as abnormal in another

11. 7 criteria by Rosenhan and Seligman
Suffering
Maladaptiveness
Irrationality
Unpredictability
Vividness and unconventionality
Observer discomfort
Violation of moral and ideal standards

12. Mental Illness Criterion
Medical Model
The view that abnormal behavior is of physiological origin
Treatment addresses the physiological problems
Concerns:
Reductionist
Misuse because criteria aren’t objective