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Understanding Abnormal Psychology: Defining the Line Between Normal and Abnormal Behavior

This chapter explores the complexities of abnormal psychology, examining what constitutes abnormal behavior and mental illness. It discusses key concepts such as statistical deviance, cultural deviance, emotional distress, and dysfunction as criteria for identifying psychological disorders. The chapter also distinguishes between legal insanity and mental illness, highlighting the implications for accountability. Additionally, it reviews the medical model of abnormal behavior as a disease and the sociological perspective that views definitions of abnormality as culturally relative.

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Understanding Abnormal Psychology: Defining the Line Between Normal and Abnormal Behavior

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  1. Chapter 14 Abnormal Psychology Tomàs, J.

  2. Who is abnormal?

  3. Charlie Manson

  4. Michael Jackson?

  5. Courtney Love

  6. George Bush

  7. synonyms • Mental illness • Psychopathology • Milder versions: maladjusted; distressed

  8. Q: What is abnormal? • Answer: behavior caused by an underlying disorder • But, how do we know someone has a disorder? • Because they behave abnormally

  9. Four Standard Answers • 1. Statistical deviance • 2. Cultural deviance • 3. Emotional distress • 4. Dysfunction

  10. Q: What is insanity? • A: a legal concept • Awareness of right-wrong at the time of the crime • Implication: cannot be guilty of the crime

  11. <catch Figure 14.1> The Normal-to-Abnormal Continuum

  12. Medical model • Abnormal behavior is a disease • Measurable symptoms • Cured with appropriate therapy

  13. Sociological Model • completely arbitrary • fits with cultural deviance model • e.g., homosexuality • e.g., PMS

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