PSYC 3480 Lecture Notes - Pascal Boyer, Richard Dawkins, Speed Dating
31 Mar 2014
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Eliminates personal responsibility rationalize that it isn"t their fault that they"re crazy. External/internal causes beyond their control: (cid:160, (cid:160, (cid:160, (cid:160, (cid:160, morally questionable when one tries to justify harmful behavior with the i"m crazy i can"t help it" claim. Political correctness becomes compromised when reacting to/describing cases of abnormal behavior. Normal can be a strictly statistical term most people don"t do that": hard to characterize parameters of abnormal. People began to downgrade his credentials, scrambling for reasons to discredit his qualifications and not like him: (cid:160) Prof said anyone notice he was fat? : we have attitudes toward abnormal properties whether we know it or not. If he had a medical excuse we would accept it more easily: (cid:160, (cid:160) If he was just a food-loving guy we would judge him. Insurance issues if it isn"t in the dsm, not obligated to pay for it but if it is then there is compensation.
