PSYC 101 Lecture 19: PSYC 101 - Lecture 19
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Psyc 101 lecture 19 psychological disorders. Psychopathology pattern of thinking and behaving that is maladaptive, disruptive, or uncomfortable for the affected person or for others. 27% of adults in the us show some form of mental disorder: 46% at some point in their life. 13% of children show signs of mental disorders. Deviance when behavior violates social and cultural norms of how people are supposed to behave it may be considered abnormal. If we judge normal as what most people do, then engaging in a behavior less or more frequently than others would be atypical: social norms vary widely across cultures, within cultures, and across historical times. Example, changing views on homosexuality in part influenced the. American psychiatric association to remove homosexuality from its list of mental health disorders in 1973: because social norms vary so widely, judging the abnormality of behavior on this aspect alone is especially problematic.
