Dysfunctional Behaviour
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- Dysfunctional Behaviour
- Definitions of dysfunctional behaviour
- STATISTICAL INFREQUENCY
- Any behaviour which lies outside the range most people fall into is abmnormal(includes rare behaviour)
- One issue is that some rare behaviours are highly valued-high IQ or music skill
- EVALUATION
- Any behaviour which lies outside the range most people fall into is abmnormal(includes rare behaviour)
- One issue is that some rare behaviours are highly valued-high IQ or music skill
- EVALUATION
- Abnormal if violate unwritten rules of expect behaviour in a particular social group.
- Social behaviour varies with different cultures- in some countries women drivers deviate from social norms.
- Social behaviour varies with different cultures- in some countries women drivers deviate from social norms.
- Abnormal if unable to cope with demands of everyday life.
- Unable to self-care, hold down a job, interact meaningfully with others, make themselves understood
- Unable to self-care, hold down a job, interact meaningfully with others, make themselves understood
- Abnormal if violate unwritten rules of expect behaviour in a particular social group.
- EVALUATION
- One issue is that some rare behaviours are highly valued-high IQ or music skill
- Abnormal if violate unwritten rules of expect behaviour in a particular social group.
- Abnormal if unable to cope with demands of everyday life.
- Any behaviour which lies outside the range most people fall into is abmnormal(includes rare behaviour)
- EVALUATION
- One issue is that some rare behaviours are highly valued-high IQ or music skill
- Any behaviour which lies outside the range most people fall into is abmnormal(includes rare behaviour)
- STATISTICAL INFREQUENCY
- Definitions of dysfunctional behaviour
- DEVIATION FROM SOCIAL NORMS
- Definitions of dysfunctional behaviour
- STATISTICAL INFREQUENCY
- STATISTICAL INFREQUENCY
- Definitions of dysfunctional behaviour
- Some behaviours which are highly valued are seen as abnormal- e.g high IQ.
- Mainly used in the USA.
- DSM IV
- Lists nearly 300 mental disorders.
- DSM IV
- Differences
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- Similarities
- Axis III- Physical disorders and conditions (e.g diabetes, heart condition)
- Axis IV- Psychosocial stressors- (divorce, death, unemployment)
- Axis V- Global assesment of functioning(GAF)- overall judgement of current functioning.
- Axis IV- Psychosocial stressors- (divorce, death, unemployment)
- ICD used worldwide, DSM mainly used in USA.
- EVALUATION
- Biases in Diagnosis
- FORD AND WIDIGER
- Aimed to see if clinicians were stereotyping in diagnosis.
- Self-report- clinicians given scenarios and asked to make diagnosis on information.
- IV= Gender DV= diagnosis given
- Self-report- clinicians given scenarios and asked to make diagnosis on information.
- Aimed to see if clinicians were stereotyping in diagnosis.
- Dysfunctional Behaviour
- FORD AND WIDIGER
- P's= 354 clinicial psychologists from 1127, randomly selected from national register.
- IDM design, each participant given female, male or sex-unspecified case.
- Validity- Self report= questionned validity (social desirability bias or demand characteristics)
- EVALUATION
- FORD AND WIDIGER
- Aimed to see if clinicians were stereotyping in diagnosis.
- Self-report- clinicians given scenarios and asked to make diagnosis on information.
- IV= Gender DV= diagnosis given
- Self-report- clinicians given scenarios and asked to make diagnosis on information.
- Aimed to see if clinicians were stereotyping in diagnosis.
- FORD AND WIDIGER
- EVALUATION
- Usefulness- very useful as highlights flaws in diagnosis. Provides practical applications to improve diagnosis through eliminating gender stereotypes.
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